Example sentences of "they took [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 . |