Example sentences of "[coord] took [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The strain gauges were bonded to the shaft and took 200 readings per second . |
| 2 | The jury retired on 11 February 1992 and took 16 hours to reach a verdict . |
| 3 | Hewlett-Packard Moscow head of representation Nick Rossiter says the contract is fully paid for and took 18 months to negotiate . |
| 4 | In all first-class cricket , he scored 19,034 runs at 26.65 including 21 centuries , and took 1894 wickets at 25.05 . |
| 5 | He held 59 catches and took 32 wickets at 47.00 with unremarkable medium-pace . |
| 6 | The fly is large , and took eight minutes to erect on my own but just five minutes with a friend . |
| 7 | Each image was comprised of 128×128 pixels and took 128 msec to take . |
| 8 | In his maiden Test in 1972 , he top-scored in both innings and took five wickets , an all-round performance he was able to sustain for the whole of his Test career of 58 consecutive matches , scoring almost 3,600 runs with eight centuries and taking 141 wickets at 32 with fast-medium ( or , as in 1973–4 when he had an outstanding series , off-spin ) bowling . |
| 9 | Next day , Thomas , who had had a good tour so far , bowled poorly and paid the price ; Botham , by contrast , had had an awful tour , but now he bowled well and took five wickets as a result . |
| 10 | ‘ So I got back home and took five songs a day and learned them . |
| 11 | The design used got started in 1988 and took five years to get a full multi-processor in such a small package . |
| 12 | It stood twenty-five spans high and took four horses to pull it . |
| 13 | ‘ I had just one fish from the swim the week before but this time had five botes and took four fish , ’ said David . |
| 14 | Next season , when he made his sole first-class century ( 101 against WA at Perth ) , he played in the second Test against South Africa , at Melbourne , and took four wickets . |
| 15 | She thanked the driver , lifted the latch of the low iron gate and took four steps that brought her to the front door . |
| 16 | It was put on display last night in the northern Belgian town of Onkerzele and was rolled with 9,300 tobacco leaves and took 334 hours to make . |
| 17 | A THIEF walked into Kerridge 's service station , Butts Road , Alton last week and took two cans of petrol worth £5.89 . |
| 18 | She stiffened as Sam shut the door and took two steps towards her . |
| 19 | Geoffrey Ferguson hit a not out 71 out of their 174 for two total and took two wickets for 31 . |
| 20 | The gallery was begun in 1865 , soon after the unification of northern Italy , and took thirteen years to complete . |
| 21 | The first tunnel was designed by James Brindley ( q.v. ) and took 11 years to complete , from 1766 to 1777 . |
| 22 | In 1950 the journey cost £65 sterling , and took six weeks . |
| 23 | Working overtime financed the tank ( total length 15 feet ) which arrived on June 30 , 1990 , and took six men to move into the house . |
| 24 | The big fish took a traditional mallard and claret size 10 fished on the top dropper of an intermediate line on the school house drift , and took 20 minutes to land . |
| 25 | ‘ We started from the Linn O'Dee and took 7.5 hours to walk the 20 miles through the mountains to Coylumbridge , ’ said Murray . |
| 26 | Only with the retirement of Roberts did he get promotion to the new ball , whereupon he stepped up his speed and took 31 wickets against Australia in 1983–4 , although he then reduced it again . |
| 27 | The hardwood forest trees in this picture were at least 100 feet tall and took 400 years to grow . |
| 28 | But once I got to the hospital and after the operation the doctor reassured me it was a straightforward and took forty-five minutes . |
| 29 | Work on the Chiltern Line , linking London with Banbury , Bicester and Aylesbury , began in 1903 and took 3 years to complete . |
| 30 | At Barlinnie Jail in Scotland , prisoners rioted and took three warders hostage . |