Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] it [vb past] two [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The company called it the most significant announcement in its personal computer history , adding that it had two aims : firstly , to become the number one in personal systems in Europe ; second , to be the number one supplier and implementor of choice for client-server technology .
2 When the frame was unfolded and set up she saw that it contained two photographs — one of a good-looking white-haired clergyman wearing a biretta , and the other of a ‘ sweet-faced ’ woman , her slender hand fondling the large cameo brooch at the throat of her dark dress .
3 The US government felt that it possessed two weapons with which it could influence the Russians .
4 When built 1622 was equipped with continuous stepboards , which means that it had two stepboards per side to allow for entry from ground level .
5 Following as it did two years of bitterness caused by the government 's political intervention in food distribution , the tax provoked an immediate and direct response from large sections of the movement .
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