Example sentences of "he take [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , but he said he 'd tell us he takes eleven tablets a day |
| 2 | He takes four pills today , two tomorrow , then he stops . |
| 3 | He takes one look at it and the next thing is he 's shouting . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | A clue to his role may be found in the fact that only seven times did he take five wickets in an innings and never once ten in a match . |
| 6 | He took 17 hours to hatch at an ostrich farm at Weeton , Lancs — egged on by ranger Philip Bowness , who used an African trick of whistling to encourage him . |
| 7 | He took twelve pound fifty . |
| 8 | He took five minutes to type out the piece and comment on it . |
| 9 | When 40-year-old Australian Jack Brabham won the World Championship in 1966 , he became the first man to win the title in a car manufactured by himself and it reaped the rewards of a gamble he took five years earlier when he left Cooper to develop his own Grand Prix car . |
| 10 | In just over an hour he took five wickets , Ambrose chipped in with the other two , and England were all out for 93 . |
| 11 | Against Auckland at Eden Park he took five wickets in each innings and scored 110 in his first appearance at the crease . |
| 12 | In the return match at the Basin Reserve he took five wickets in the first innings and scored a handy 42 . |
| 13 | He took five wickets for 18 in a full 15 over stint . |
| 14 | Dr John Hill of Chemistry , another frequent winner , took a first prize for his portrait of ‘ Karen ’ , a lady framed by a parasol , indeed he took five prizes altogether . |
| 15 | He took five pips from an orange and put them in an envelope . |
| 16 | He took four strides to the corner , turned it and ran . |
| 17 | He took four pennies from his other pocket . |
| 18 | The Road Bunker 's fame burgeoned , no doubt , in 1978 when the luckless Japanese Tsuneyuki ( Tommy ) Nakajima dropped out of contention in The Open Championship when he took four shots to get out of the bunker . |
| 19 | In all first-class cricket , including several fiery outings for the Gentlemen versus the Players , he took 720 wickets at an average of 20.55 each . |
| 20 | In July 1978 , his ambitions on the educational front were well stoked up and he took six CSEs . |
| 21 | During his American trip he took six wickets in six balls , bowling underarm against teams composed of twenty-two men from the USA and Canada . |
| 22 | In 1969 , he took six months ' sabbatical leave to study with Nadia Boulanger in Paris . |
| 23 | An architect by profession , he took six months off work to help the builders make the house habitable , and then he and Anne painted it from top to bottom in a vibrant range of colour schemes , theirs is the tonic to take : the narrow winding staircase is an orangey red , the kitchen a pale blue , the living room a shade of yellow , the conservatory woodwork a blue-green , and so on . |
| 24 | In one year alone he took 334 days off . |
| 25 | He took 155 wickets for England at an average of 26.16 , his best series being during the MCC tour of Australia in 1924–5 when he took 38 wickets , at that time a record for England versus Australia . |
| 26 | He took nine wickets in an innings on seven occasions . |
| 27 | He took nine months off between jobs and dabbled in commune life , with a period at Laurieston Hall , the alternative centre on the Scottish Borders . |
| 28 | He took 1,813 putts on every green he hit in regulation , which was 135th best on Tour . |
| 29 | Last season in grade cricket , back home , he took 42 wickets at a cost of 15 runs apiece . |
| 30 | It was only after he took two bullets in the thigh and wrist and a shotgun blast in the back , and his brother was murdered by rival gangs that he channelled his aggression into baseball . |