Example sentences of "[vb base] take three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company has then got to say : ‘ If you want to take three months ’ holiday , good luck to you provided the contracted hours are worked . ’ |
| 2 | He said : ‘ When you score three goals away from home you expect to take three points . |
| 3 | The effects on the body do take a little while to show themselves and sometimes there will be periods when you seem to take three steps forward and two backward . |
| 4 | In Belgium many people do take three weeks at a time |
| 5 | We 've taken three patients to hospital . |
| 6 | They 've taken three oil paintings ; two off the walls and one which was leaning up against the window sill , er the candlesticks and the vases off the altar , another very beautiful , very simple oak chair with cane seat and back . |
| 7 | we 've already written , we 've already written last week to the Scottish office , we 've written to our member of parliament and we 've asked him to see if we can get a delay on the date because we 've taken three years to try and get planning consent . |
| 8 | Empirical studies have taken three forms : ( a ) controlled experiments , usually observing how selected persons respond to higher benefits ( negative taxes ) ; ( b ) questionnaires based on random samples , and ( c ) econometric studies using data on how people have responded in the past to tax changes . |