Example sentences of "they take [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | When the Quins arrived at Sudbury at midday they took one look at the pitch and declined to play . |
2 | They took one look at the group of adamant women and ordered the publican to complete the round . |
3 | They took one look at him and scampered over the fence as quickly as rats over the timbers of a sinking ship . |
4 | She lived in a big house in what they called the stockbroker belt , she had healthy and good-looking children , they took two holidays every year . |
5 | They took two lorry-loads of ponies including Fantasma . |
6 | but they , they wo n't , they took two days off last week and they sat indoors for two days , they 've got a love , you know there fantastic couple , really fantastic , they 'll do anything for you , but it 's like Dave , Dave 's always saying take up golf , go swimming |
7 | They took 5 seats from the Tories to win control of the hung Council . |
8 | They took 4½ hours to beat Chris Palmer , John Thurlbeck and John Leeman from the Co Durham club , Stanley , 19–11 . |
9 | Their trigger fingers are obviously becoming more itchy ; last year they took nine months to fire off 313,000 rounds at demonstrators with a total bill to the Korean taxpayer of $6.7 million . |
10 | They took five hours to get it out ; and there was a man in the next room who was not so lucky as I was . |
11 | They took five wickets each , and must have convinced all concerned that — as the Pakistanis have shown — attacking bowling runs rings round the boring containment of seamers . |
12 | They took 135 rand ( £27 ) , but left behind more than 300 rand ( £60 ) in the doctor 's desk . |
13 | In reply , Boycott and Brearley put on no less than 129 for the first wicket — jolly good in a Test , but they took thirty-eight overs about it , with Boycott not getting into double figures until the seventeenth over . |
14 | Australia , who had set Sri Lanka 522 to win after declaring their second innings at 513 for five , appeared to be coasting home when they took three wickets before lunch to reduce the touring side to 208 for six . |
15 | They took 30 tonnes . |
16 | They take eighteen hours all told , including the overnight soaking . |
17 | Not at all , the they ta , they take nine tutorial for science tests would n't we ? |
18 | ‘ If they take seven piglets in a night , ’ he said , ‘ that 's £70 lost straight away . ’ |
19 | Indeed , one of the researchers ' most important tasks is to ascertain for my benefit what kind of conversation we 'll be likely to have — whether the guest talks nineteen to the dozen , in which case I 'll need to prepare lots of questions , or if they take ten minutes to say ‘ Good evening ’ — in which case I 'll start praying . |
20 | If they take three months you will be financing 25 per cent of your year 's sales and at four months you will be financing 33.3 per cent . |
21 | They will be safe if they take three points . |
22 | They will be safe if they take three points . |