Example sentences of "take three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this way the nest can , as it were , take three breaths a minute . |
| 2 | No but I mean why did it take three hours to get him to surgery ? |
| 3 | Before 1 January 1926 it could take three forms : coparcenary , or tenancy in common , or joint tenancy . |
| 4 | If each employee works an average of 1,100 hours every year , taking sick leave and holidays into consideration , it will take three employees , costing some £100,000 between them , to perform this task alone . |
| 5 | He said the conversion would take three years and the pitfalls were unknown . |
| 6 | THE historic Baltic Exchange building , severely damaged in last week 's IRA bomb blast , will not have to be torn down but may take three years to rebuild , said exchange chairman Peter Tudball yesterday . |
| 7 | In 1986 it was decided that it would take three years to complete the job , twice as long as to construct a new building . |
| 8 | It could take three years or even more , depending on the exact nature of the change and , of course , the priority given to it . |
| 9 | As to timescales , I have estimated that Project 1 will take one year full-time equivalent , and Project 2 will take three years full-time equivalent . |
| 10 | The Immigration and Absorption Minister Yair Tzaban met the marchers 25 km outside Ashkelon , when he said that it would take three years to provided permanent housing for the 20,000 recent Ethiopian immigrants [ see also pp. 38174-75 ] . |
| 11 | ‘ It would probably take three years to prepare a new wicket of first-class standard and once you have lost a county fixture , it 's hard to get it back , ’ he said . |
| 12 | Okay so that 's how you , that 's how you 'd do three quarters you 'd say well I could find a quarter of it and then cut it all up into quarters and then I 'll take three pieces , three quarters . |
| 13 | The official Libyan news agency JANA issued a statement on May 14 to the effect that Libya would take three steps in order to comply with that part of UN Security Council Resolution 748 of March 1992 which had called on Libya to take concrete measure showing that it had renounced the use of " terrorism " [ see pp. 38839 ; 38884 ] . |
| 14 | Candidates must take three credits from one of the biology , chemistry , and physics groupings , plus two credits from another . |
| 15 | But why , and the people of this district have a legitimate right to ask , why did it take three people to represent in Czechoslovakia ? |
| 16 | I would take three classes and exercise at least another 12 hours each week . |
| 17 | He might take three weeks off after a really hard fight , otherwise he 's back in the gym after three days . ’ |
| 18 | THE United Nations dealt a new blow to the starving millions in Somalia last night by saying it could take three weeks to stop bandits raiding food supplies . |
| 19 | So jacking up your son or daughter 's A level grade at Easter in all three subjects would take three weeks and would n't be cheap . |
| 20 | But he did say that er it 'll take three weeks before he can get back to me about sending me to the Law |
| 21 | In Belgium many people do take three weeks at a time |
| 22 | But he did say that , er , it 'll take three weeks before he could and send along . |
| 23 | other people erm could take three lessons to cover it pick it up very well . |
| 24 | The new components will be provided in Open Interface as additional libraries — Perez estimates it will take three months to package each new library into the environment . |
| 25 | Parsys does n't expect to have the SN9000 ready until ‘ late 1992 ’ — it will take three months or so to bed the new chip in when it does arrive . |
| 26 | Anyone who bought Harvard 's own shares got effectively locked in , as it would take three months to sell out , on the matched bargain basis a fact not usually explained to the client at the time of sale . |
| 27 | But it may take three months , so you are three months possibly on a ventilator . |
| 28 | Project operators Statoil will take three months to complete the 8500 kilometre survey which began on September 26 using the seismic vessel Geco Searcher . |
| 29 | It 's less dangerous than the often-fatal Hepatitis B , but it can last up to four weeks , while full recovery may take three months . |
| 30 | He estimated it would take three days a week for nine months or so , but it turned out to be very much a full time job . |