Every hour after the operation, a nurse took his temperature and plotted it on a progress' graph. (BNC)
He was looking very hot and flushed in woodwork just now, and I sent him along to Mrs C. She took his temperature --; about the only thing she can do --; and sent him to bed.'; (BNC)
My mother was reading to me from A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia, and I can remember exactly where she had got to in the book when, thinking I looked feverish, she took my temperature and put me to bed. (BNC)