Example sentences of "take [adv prt] the [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | The vicar takes out the four balls and the waxman , Mr Tommy Temple , who has had the job since 1940 , carefully cuts away the wax and the names are read out . |
2 | A massive demonstration of trade union muscle on Saturday , when 5,000 placard-waving supporters gathered in the city square , heard the stakes in the dispute raised dramatically with a call to shut the factory for good if management did not take back the 340 strikers . |
3 | Martha took out the two tiles and laid them in front of him . |
4 | I do n't know whether this will be acceptable to Policy and Resources Committee or the Council at the end of the day , but essentially what is showing there is something that , taken over the three years meets er , a figure equivalent to the annual but it does n't do it uniformly over the three years . |
5 | And did you see Ewan Beg take off the two heads at one stroke ? |