Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] take [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | FRED 1 's proposals in respect of extraordinary items were generally well received , although several commentators wanted to see them taken one stage further and recommended banning the use of the category of extraordinary items . |
| 2 | My boss did n't really want me to take three weeks all at once . ’ |
| 3 | Why has it taken forty years for agriculture to be incorporated . |
| 4 | check it out for them and they want a quote , say it takes two blokes an hour each |
| 5 | They say it takes three months or so to show up . |
| 6 | Let me take one example of mismatch between individual goals and organizational objectives . |
| 7 | It is very large and to reach it takes three days and nights . |
| 8 | And I 'll just , just discuss briefly two of the cases that he uses and they 're , you know , they 're , they 're old now , I have n't read the most recent edition of his book , he might have updated his case studies but it does n't really matter he takes two cases er one relating to erm the conduct of the Korean war in the nineteen fifties , and the other relating to the desegregation of southern schools , also in the nineteen fifties , as examples of presidential power . |
| 9 | She said , well , she said , I asked you to take four people home and you said , No I 'm sorry . |
| 10 | The psychiatrist has told him to take three pints of lager . |
| 11 | The farm reckons it took twenty man hours to clean up the strawberry patch . |
| 12 | I can not believe it took two weeks to discover that three of our Olympic athletes had taken drugs . |
| 13 | This finding was relatable to Stage I regulations which attempted to encourage students to broaden their educational horizons by requiring them to take 12 modules , but to pass only 10 . |
| 14 | for the first crossover you take three stitches from the left and cross them with the three centre stitches . |
| 15 | And her father , no slouch on the Nordic circuit himself , has agreed to let her take five years out of education to become a champion . |
| 16 | Darren Huddleson from Ireland may be wheelchair-bound , but that did n't stop him taking four rides on the newly-opened Splash mountain , a fast log-flume ride with an almost vertical drop . |
| 17 | But as it is as you say you know it took five minutes before it all happened in I find this very do n't you ? |
| 18 | And I mean they say with skin grafts it takes two years before they 're completely settled and accepted . |
| 19 | It was Christmas Eve and , during the interval in Coriolanus that night , he put the bird in the oven , expecting it to take fourteen hours to cook . |
| 20 | and it takes you back right what else did I take I took nine things |
| 21 | , Your aircraft is cruising at a TAS of 120 knots and you find it takes 47 minutes to cover the eighty nautical mile leg from Bembridge to Lydd . |
| 22 | Redefine the problem in terms of a challenge , ask them to take two steps backwards and treat it as an experiment . |
| 23 | Then blindfold them and invite them to take four steps backwards followed by four forward before trying to blow out the candle . |
| 24 | I bet you take ten minutes on your hair now wo n't you ? |
| 25 | Whereas , taking him taking one guy a week for a week , is putting no-one in jeopardy and giving somebody a decent wage for a week . |
| 26 | Gazzer saw her take one hand off the top of the gates and jam it into a wide split in the wood , then she crouched down and grabbed Simon 's jacket with the other hand . |
| 27 | Er , it 's very difficult , yes you all laughed when I asked a question last year from over there to get a capital P in Pearson because you all laughed it took twenty weeks to get it in The Times , do you remember ? |
| 28 | How long did it take one man . |
| 29 | No but I mean why did it take three hours to get him to surgery ? |
| 30 | But why , and the people of this district have a legitimate right to ask , why did it take three people to represent in Czechoslovakia ? |