Example sentences of "took two " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he threw his rake down , took two paces across the field , and spoke into his mother 's face . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He ran out two batsmen , took two wickets with his off-spin and helped West Indies recover from 31 for 3 with a quick 34 . |
| 5 | The first two Cadillacs started with but one pull of the crank handle , the third took two turns . |
| 6 | I took two of me and two of me and Marie . |
| 7 | He stood up , stretched his arms , took two paces to the window , and peered , with some difficulty , through a hedge of cacti . |
| 8 | It took two years for the Bureau of the Census to draw up the list of 106m households to which , on March 23rd , it posted its questionnaires . |
| 9 | They capitalized on this well enough by reaching 252 in their fifty overs , and then took two quick wickets when West Indies batted . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | And he took two cartridges out of his pocket . |
| 12 | They took two each . |
| 13 | Farmer/engineer Mr David Bliss took two prizes back to Harleston , with top spot going to his modifications for a Kongskilde 300 sucker-blower . |
| 14 | It took two years , until 1 November , 1952 , to produce Teller 's first thermo-nuclear explosion . |
| 15 | Parliament then took two critical decisions . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Then Dominic Cork — like Munton , another of the promising quick bowlers around the counties now beginning to mature — took two more wickets to leave the champions on 106 for six after only 29 overs . |
| 18 | The final report , giving the regional overview , case studies , and comprehensive analysis of statistical information took two years to complete , twice as long as was expected , yet the problems of acceptability to the establishment were not over . |
| 19 | The data also indicated that 61 per cent of cases took two or three linkages before referral was established with social work departments and police forces . |
| 20 | In 792 the Saxons revolted yet again ; this time it took two years of campaigning to suppress the Eastphalians and Nordalbingians involved . |
| 21 | It became known as the Doomsday Book and it took two years to compile , but it illustrated that England was then a land of extensive royal forests and open fields , with only a few townships in the forest clearings , or at a river crossing . |
| 22 | This exercise took two days . |
| 23 | The players and officials enjoyed a cold buffet lunch in a marquee which also took two hours but included a number of speeches and a Loyal Toast . |
| 24 | Partly in response to concern caused by the iodine tablets incident , partly because of Chernobyl , the new Alliance-led Somerset County Council took two important initiatives . |
| 25 | In the course of an afternoon he usually managed to finish a medium-sized painting , although larger paintings took two or three sessions . |
| 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 | ‘ They took two of the children and my mother was one of them . |
| 28 | ‘ Just taking pictures ’ was supported by a philosophical edifice that took two bottles of beer to explain and provided lots of opportunity for amused , patronising glances . |
| 29 | As others produce a packet of Hob Nobs from a plastic carrier bag , she is revealing a foil-covered dish containing lobster marinated in apricot juice that took two days to prepare . |
| 30 | It took two days for us to get to Rome where the tournament was being played , and of course I had n't got a bag . |