Example sentences of "took four " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took four of six rounds and yet without ever making his supporters believe that a decisive victory was on the cards . |
| 2 | Wayne Larkins , who last represented his country eight years ago , scored a century then Angus Fraser , playing his first one-day game for England , took four for 21 . |
| 3 | It has emerged that in 1980 Wallis 's second wife , Martha Hyer Wallis , took four of his paintings , replacing them with copies , to raise a $1m loan . |
| 4 | We took four years to do it , partly so people would get accustomed to the idea , and it was fantastic that during those four years people worked at least as hard and as well as they had in the previous four . |
| 5 | ‘ I had just one fish from the swim the week before but this time had five botes and took four fish , ’ said David . |
| 6 | Team mate Paul Cannon drew peg 81 and took four decent chub for 12–8–0 and second , two falling to maggot feeder and two on lobworm and straight lead . |
| 7 | The organising committee took four hours to announce the seedings and draw order , much of the time being taken up trying to persuade West Germany , who had assumed they were going to Verona , to switch to Milan at the last moment . |
| 8 | The organising committee took four hours to announce the seedings and draw order , much of the time being taken up trying to persuade West Germany , who had assumed they were going to Verona , to switch to Milan at the last moment . |
| 9 | It took four days for the company to identify the real cause . |
| 10 | Since Malcolm , a local boy , and Small , Barbados-born , each took four wickets , the joke in England was that ‘ our West Indian bowlers are better than your West Indian bowlers ’ . |
| 11 | He took four pennies from his other pocket . |
| 12 | It took four hours before he could move , during which time the lifeless body of Ewan Famber that was , leaked fluids off the white table on to the ceraplas floor . |
| 13 | The jury took four hours yesterday after a nine-day trial to find him guilty of five charges of indecent assault . |
| 14 | One of the groaning bodies took four men to lift ; ‘ Hector ! |
| 15 | The trip took four days but there was no further molestation from the air — just the pangs of thirst and meagre rations each evening . |
| 16 | She thanked the driver , lifted the latch of the low iron gate and took four steps that brought her to the front door . |
| 17 | The Bill took four years to get through Parliament , during which time Owen was subjected to abuse by those who opposed it , and on his deathbed in 1858 , a clergyman who came ( needlessly ) to offer him the consolations of religion asked him if he regretted having wasted his life in fruitless efforts ! |
| 18 | It usually took four policemen to control her . |
| 19 | It took four years to develop a CAD system for shoe making . |
| 20 | The whole rescue took four hours , and Dr. E.M . |
| 21 | And he rarely complained during his recuperation from the first back operation , to repair a number of fractures , which looked like being successful when he returned for Middlesex at the start of 1991 and took four for 60 against Somerset with a performance which particularly impressed his own wicket-keeper Paul Farbrace . |
| 22 | Anyway , I took four samples of the drinking water which I will take to the races this evening . ’ |
| 23 | It took four years for Edouard to discover the one aspect of his life the columnists had never suspected : he was lonely . |
| 24 | The Road Bunker 's fame burgeoned , no doubt , in 1978 when the luckless Japanese Tsuneyuki ( Tommy ) Nakajima dropped out of contention in The Open Championship when he took four shots to get out of the bunker . |
| 25 | It took four visits ( over a seven-week period ) to put an end to her phobia once and for all and to allow her to lead the happy , normal life she so desired . |
| 26 | Balor had two eyes , one being invested with so much evil power that it took four men to lift the eye-lid . |
| 27 | Mrs Patient of Bracknell , Berks , said : ‘ I could n't believe that it took four of them to stand there and say they could n't do the work until after the New Year . |
| 28 | PHIL SIMMONS took four wickets for just three runs against Pakistan yesterday to record the most economical spell in one-day international cricket history . |
| 29 | Star performers included Bill Holland of KPMG Peat Marwick who scored 95 of the Institute 's 250 for five wickets declared , and captain Feroze Dada of Freeman & Partners who took four wickets for 70 . |
| 30 | He had already taken two aspirins about half an hour before and now he took four more . |