Example sentences of "taking [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fishing was very good with the group taking 75 ling to 18 lbs , 30 pollack to 11 lbs and numbers of coalfish to 8 lbs . |
| 2 | He was to play 58 Tests in all , taking 259 wickets at just under 21 , a lower average than any of the top West Indian bowlers except Marshall . |
| 3 | It stayed with me and I keep it under control by taking eight tablets a day — and , of course , avoiding all the lovely cream cakes I used to enjoy . |
| 4 | The climb was very tough , taking eight hours in all , and in places the guides had to cut away the plants to clear a route . |
| 5 | The MAFF view given to me is that a detailed assessment in England and Wales would be extremely time consuming and costly , probably taking eight years to complete . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The upper 70–100 m of the ocean is an effective absorber of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere but the downward diffusion , advection or convection of the carbon-containing waters of the upper mixed layer into the deeper stable layer is a relatively slow process taking 500 years or more ( Revelle , 1982 ) . |
| 8 | For Hampshire he had a very successful first full season , taking 119 wickets at only 13 in 1974 , and having some good days in limited-overs cricket as well . |
| 9 | By 1902 its leaders were apparently on reasonably good terms with Wilson , but the breach was never completely healed and in 1903 it merged with James Sexton 's National Union of Dock Labourers taking 750 members with it , mostly , it seems , seamen on river craft . |
| 10 | Sonnabend Gallery , New York , has failed in its lawsuit against its former artist Peter Halley who recently defected to the Gagosian Gallery after six years , taking eleven works with him . |
| 11 | ‘ He put up a brave fight , ’ Jahangir said after taking 53 minutes to beat Parke , one of England 's leading prospects . |
| 12 | It seemed that Walsh had reached a career crossroads after taking 174 wickets in 50 Tests . |
| 13 | An aeroplane taking 22 men of the Special Air Service Regiment in June 1944 to be dropped behind the German lines to join the Maquis was recalled on account of bad weather , crashed somewhere in the wooded area near Dijon and no trace has since been found of the plane and its company . |
| 14 | ‘ I only managed 26th place taking 43 minutes , but Howard Moiser came 14th with a very credible time of 38.10 minutes , ’ he said . |
| 15 | A 33 year old man was admitted to another hospital after taking 30 tablets of paracetamol with alcohol some 17 hours previously . |
| 16 | Not long after he took office , John Major spoke of taking 30 seats in Scotland . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , England off-spinner John Emburey talked of his sympathy for Ian Salisbury , the leg-spinner who missed out on a senior tour place despite taking 85 wickets for Sussex last summer . |
| 18 | Medlycott turns the ball the most while the dependable Neil Kendrick finished last season much more strongly , displacing Medlycott and taking 10 wickets at Old Trafford . |
| 19 | In the late 1930s there were around 200 holiday camps , capable of taking 30,000 campers a week and often providing ‘ earnest all-in facilities ’ in the mould of the Holiday Fellowship . |
| 20 | if you 're taking six foot of film it wo n't weigh much but it 'll take a lot of room up . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Cos I think he 's sort of realized now that nobody 's particularly impressed by him taking six grammes and twelve Es at once and going oh I took six grammes of and twelve Es at once and I was really fucked . |
| 23 | ‘ We promptly went out and proved a point by taking six wickets with a new one . |
| 24 | I told him about taking six months off and doing rep in the provinces just to get back in touch with live acting and live audiences and he reacted as if I told him I 'd had a mental breakdown . |
| 25 | Within ten minutes the shark was visible but it then set off on a strong deep dive taking 100 yards of line despite a heavy drag setting . |
| 26 | The route has also changed , for the first walks were from Bradford to York , the winner of the first race taking 7 hours , 7 minutes and 50 seconds to cover the thirty-nine and a half miles . |
| 27 | Distance/time : 71 miles taking 10–12 days . |
| 28 | A battery pack , taking three 1.5V D-type batteries , can be clipped onto a belt while an adjustable rainbow elastic head-band fixes the torch around your head . |
| 29 | But having got into the routine of taking three teaspoonfuls in a cup of water three times a day , because she felt it ‘ gave her energy to keep her going ’ , she became really addicted and unable to cope without a regular fix . |
| 30 | These range from a short expedition task taking three hours , to twelve-week projects involving considerable interaction with the local community . |