Example sentences of "[noun prp] take three [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Hudd was Frocester 's best bowler with three for thirty six … from their forty overs Kington made 191 for 6 … it was anybody 's game … you 'd have possibly put money on the Gloucestershire side as they raced to a 143 for three … but leg spinner Clive Scott took three wickets for just ten runs and Frocester were all out for 189 on the very last ball … victory to Kington by two runs …
2 Hudd was Frocester 's best bowler with three for thirty six … from their forty overs Kington made 191 for 6 … it was anybody 's game … you 'd have possibly put money on the Gloucestershire side as they raced to a 143 for three … but leg spinner Clive Scott took three wickets for just ten runs and Frocester were all out for 189 on the very last ball … victory to Kington by two runs …
3 Thomas Gregory-Smith took three Hummersknott Darlington , wickets but they still Durham Johnson School 's total of 54 with four wickets in hand .
4 Brahms took three years to complete his second piano concerto , and he was 48 when it had its first performance ( 1881 ) with himself as soloist , in Budapest — then the twin capital , with Vienna , of the Austro-Hungarian Empire .
5 Andrew Lake and Kevin Ash took three wickets each Tanfield School Stanley , restricted local rivals Greencroft to 58 for eight .
6 Then , leading 12-4 , Hall took three points running for a convincing victory .
7 Eventually , leading 12-4 , Hall took three points running for a convincing victory .
8 McKenna took three days to consider the offer before refusing , nominally on health grounds .
9 The 130-km journey from Belgrade to Kragujevac took three days on horseback and five by horse-drawn carriage , but in 1814 only Miloš , the metropolitan and the Turkish governor had such vehicles .
10 Bootle made just 112 , with Botham taking three wickets and Mike Mannion scoring 37 .
11 David Capel took three wickets to put Northants on top against Kent in the clash between the second and third placed championship teams .
12 Home professional Colwin Cort , took four for 41 while Graham Bell , Graham Young and Brian Lewins took three wickets each to dismiss the Synners for 95 .
13 With Caroline Seebohm , Miss Campbell took three years to write the 160-page book , which is published in February by Arum Press .
14 This is the vehicle that Honda took three years to create .
15 Ho took three gangs off the line and within a week not a tree was left standing .
16 Austria 's Beate Reinstadler took three hours 15 minutes to beat the qualifier Tracy Moreton , of Australia , 5-7 , 7-5 , 7-5 .
17 Mark Waugh 's miserable international season continued with a duck , one of two stumpings for Pandit as left-arm spinner Raju took three wickets .
18 A shot of the heron pond in Grand Teton , Wyoming took three days .
19 A shot of the heron pond in Grand Teton , Wyoming took three days .
20 The Phoenix total is one of the lowest on record for the competition , Alan Nelson taking three wickets for 10 in seven overs to claim the man of the match tankard .
21 Father Peter took three earthenware bowls from a small cupboard near the inglenook and served them generous portions of soup from a black bowl which hung perilously from an iron hook above the flames .
22 Andrew took three steps towards Horatia and caught her shoulders in a grip which made her cry out .
23 The SPS will probably never be attempted but its theoretical viability is suggested by the fact that NASA took three years and spent $16 million on assessing the concept .
24 Union is the compelling debut album , that Toni took three years to write and record .
25 His 34 , though , was the best score of the day ( and he was dropped three times , at 17 , 19 and 25 ) as India declined to 135 for 5 ( Tendulkar 31 , nightwatchman Ruju 1 ) by the close , with the fiery Hughes taking three wickets .
26 It took them just 93 minutes yesterday to wrap up a crushing 10-wicket win , with Akram taking three wickets in 14 balls and Smith left high and dry on 84 .
27 But in the final analysis , Switzerland took three points out of a possible four from Scotland and that fact was not lost on Roxburgh , who said : ‘ I think these two games were significant .
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