Example sentences of "[pron] [be] take [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I am to take four ferrets with me , my preference is for one box with one partition and two ferrets in each compartment . |
| 2 | If , on the other hand , I am taking six ferrets then I need two boxes — one for four as already described and another for the remaining two animals . |
| 3 | ‘ I am taking four days off to spend with my wife and young baby , ’ he said . |
| 4 | I 'm to take one 10mg tablet daily for ten days , starting tomorrow , and the lumps on my body should begin to subside . |
| 5 | I 'm taking one officer , John Massingham , with me . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm taking one hell of a chance on you . ’ |
| 7 | I was taking 40-50 jellies a day — £75 worth . |
| 8 | While in Ceylon we visited Allied Headquarters in Kandy , where I was taken one afternoon by Colonel Christian into the ‘ War Room ’ to hear the reports received during the last twenty-four hours , and a commentary on them by a senior staff officer . |
| 9 | A spokeswoman for tour operator Thomson , which is taking 80,000 people away , said : ‘ We are going to have people further afield this Christmas than ever before . |
| 10 | And here we have a county which is taking sixty percent of its housing requirement from outside its boundaries . |
| 11 | It was the left-hander 's eighth century , in his 29th Test , and at 382 minutes ( nine fours ) is the slowest-ever for Australia : he was out to the first-delivery with the new ball , which was taken 16 overs after it became due . |
| 12 | I mean you 're taking five percent of your money when you first go into the fund , and , and that 's an exceptional er amount of money that you wo n't get back , but if i if they 're saying well we 'll invest the whole lot for you , but you 've got to keep with us , w then y you 've got the option . |
| 13 | I think you 're taking one example there actually Angela ! |
| 14 | if you 're taking six foot of film it wo n't weigh much but it 'll take a lot of room up . |
| 15 | She 's taking one mouthful out of that |
| 16 | Unless she 's took three quarters of turkey back . |
| 17 | She had tried everything , including osteopaths , chiropractors , physiotherapy , traction and , finally , pain-killers which she was taking four times a day , every day . |
| 18 | She was taking eight months ' leave without pay from Coronation , but in the back of her mind was the odd feeling that she would n't be going back , and she did n't quite know what it meant . |
| 19 | He advised his flatmate Simon Earle , who was to take 200–1 outsider Golden Fox to the 20th fence on his National debut , on the practicalities of Aintree . |
| 20 | Still , it 's not for much longer , then we 're taking two months off to sail the Atlantic . ’ |
| 21 | Thank you Mr chairman , just one point Mr , we 're not voting ourselves five percent more , we 're taking five percent off next year 's allowance and putting it to this one so it 's a negative rollover , so we 're actually spending some of next year 's money this year . |
| 22 | So they 're taki it 's I think it 's daft because they 're introducing it in nineteen ninety three and they 're taking two age groups instead of taking one . |
| 23 | They 're taking seven climbers to the Himalayas to Everest Base Camp and then hopefully onto the top of one of the spurs of the great mountain … |
| 24 | Members of the special constabulary and traffic wardens had been staffing telephones to deal with the ‘ tremendous ’ response from the public : every hour they were taking 150 calls . |
| 25 | And there still waiting on the twenty fourth May , I said well I have n't got it yet , he said no it 's taking two weeks or so . |
| 26 | I 'm just surprised it 's taken two weeks . ’ |
| 27 | In fact , it 's taken 4 years and £600 million to create to the new Peugeot 605 range . |
| 28 | It 's taken five years of your life , but at least you 're getting your just rewards now . ’ |
| 29 | It 's taken five years and sixty thousand pounds to get this far … half way . |
| 30 | John Fordham on the Miles Davis session it 's taken four years to release and the week 's other albums Twisting , teasing trumpet Jazz . |