Example sentences of "[pers pn] took two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took two paperback books , a toothbrush , my Ventolin inhaler and a copy of the repeat prescription , four T-shirts , two pairs of jeans and my other pair of trainers . |
| 2 | and I 'd got a bit of an headache , well I took two tablets and it had gone before Steve come in and er I had me tea and I w I went like that and I thought God almighty ! |
| 3 | Right , when I went to Turkey , I had three jabs before I went away and every two days I took two tablets . |
| 4 | ‘ I took two pills that evening — they 've never affected me like that before . ’ |
| 5 | A week later I took two children and the three of us got there and back for £40.50 , which does seem a comparative snip . |
| 6 | She took two cups and saucers from the dresser and put them on the table ; she got the milk from the fridge . |
| 7 | She took two sips , then the water ran out of her mouth on to her chin . |
| 8 | She took two pills from a bottle by the bed on which she had thrown herself and crushed them between the pages of Mansfield Park . |
| 9 | I introduced her , she took two steps , and there was an almighty clatter . |
| 10 | She took two steps down the corridor , then stopped , relieved . |
| 11 | But , as she took two steps backwards , he followed her into the apartment 's hallway , softly lit by the lamp she had left on . |
| 12 | ‘ It was after that weekend gig in Zimbabwe — but I seem to remember that you took two weeks ’ leave immediately after that , so perhaps you never knew . |
| 13 | We took two hunks and , with the help of a carefully selected team of experts , made them even hunkier ! |
| 14 | No , neither were we when we took two trips to London in a fortnight . |
| 15 | Ian came with us part of the way , so we took two cars and left ours at the finishing point and Ian 's at the entrance to the track . |
| 16 | She lived in a big house in what they called the stockbroker belt , she had healthy and good-looking children , they took two holidays every year . |
| 17 | They took two lorry-loads of ponies including Fantasma . |
| 18 | but they , they wo n't , they took two days off last week and they sat indoors for two days , they 've got a love , you know there fantastic couple , really fantastic , they 'll do anything for you , but it 's like Dave , Dave 's always saying take up golf , go swimming |
| 19 | It was only after he took two bullets in the thigh and wrist and a shotgun blast in the back , and his brother was murdered by rival gangs that he channelled his aggression into baseball . |
| 20 | And he took two cartridges out of his pocket . |
| 21 | Wycliffe said : ‘ He took two holidays a year : a spring fortnight abroad and an autumn fortnight in this country . ’ |
| 22 | He took two strides across the kitchen and gathered her into his arms , crushing his mouth over hers and kissing her ferociously . |
| 23 | Mr Hannis said he took two people in for ten weeks . |
| 24 | Then he took two packets of his swimming biscuits and a carton of orange from the back of the fridge , so his Mum would n't notice . |
| 25 | He took two pears from a bowl and tossed one to Rostov . |
| 26 | The glass roof of the building allowed in sufficient light for his purpose ; though , to be on the safe side , he took two exposures with a magnesium flash-gun also . |
| 27 | And he took two boards and fitted them to the body , one to the breast and the other to the shoulders ; these were so hollowed out and fitted that they met at the sides and under the arms , and the hind one came up to the pole , and the other up to the beard ; and these boards were fastened into the saddle , so that the body could not move . |
| 28 | Then he took two detectives to the Queenshill Bridge over the river Severn , Shrewsbury Crown Court was told on the third day of the trial . |
| 29 | Without the slightest hesitation , he took two hops to the water , waded in and swam across the deep , still pool . |
| 30 | He took two pals along with him for company and planned to spend the time snapping rare African wildlife . |