Example sentences of "he took two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | And he took two cartridges out of his pocket . |
| 3 | Wycliffe said : ‘ He took two holidays a year : a spring fortnight abroad and an autumn fortnight in this country . ’ |
| 4 | He took two strides across the kitchen and gathered her into his arms , crushing his mouth over hers and kissing her ferociously . |
| 5 | Mr Hannis said he took two people in for ten weeks . |
| 6 | Then he took two packets of his swimming biscuits and a carton of orange from the back of the fridge , so his Mum would n't notice . |
| 7 | He took two pears from a bowl and tossed one to Rostov . |
| 8 | The glass roof of the building allowed in sufficient light for his purpose ; though , to be on the safe side , he took two exposures with a magnesium flash-gun also . |
| 9 | And he took two boards and fitted them to the body , one to the breast and the other to the shoulders ; these were so hollowed out and fitted that they met at the sides and under the arms , and the hind one came up to the pole , and the other up to the beard ; and these boards were fastened into the saddle , so that the body could not move . |
| 10 | Then he took two detectives to the Queenshill Bridge over the river Severn , Shrewsbury Crown Court was told on the third day of the trial . |
| 11 | Without the slightest hesitation , he took two hops to the water , waded in and swam across the deep , still pool . |
| 12 | He took two pals along with him for company and planned to spend the time snapping rare African wildlife . |
| 13 | He took two wickets in each innings and did well enough to merit further matches . |
| 14 | He took two wickets in his first over and finished with five for 68 bowling at the end which offered encouraging lift . |
| 15 | At a launch party , at Heaven , he took two platefuls of celebratory cake and , with a gesture of proprietorial confidence that Rupert Murdoch or Robert Maxwell would have been hard put to match , flung them in the faces of his two editors . |
| 16 | He took two steps which brought him into contact with me : he joined the ATC Squadron , and he saw to it that he did Fire-Watch duty on my nights . |
| 17 | Springing up , he took two steps across to it and peered at the glazed array of schoolboy faces . |
| 18 | I mean , he he he took two steps dug his foot in ground and give him one of them ! |