Example sentences of "[verb] it [verb] [num] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knocked on a second door and opened it to reveal twenty children of about Flora 's age at old-fashioned desks with inkwells sunk into the top right-hand corners of the lids . |
| 2 | On Aug. 16 , as a shipment of UN relief arrived for the first time in the southern port of Kismayo , a local militia which had been hired to protect it stole 600 tonnes of food and fuel . |
| 3 | In January 1990 the government announced that a United States crop substitution aid package worth US$12,000,000 would allow it to eradicate 6,000 hectares of coca plants provided that foreign markets for substitute crops were provided . |
| 4 | Zenith also said it sold 500,000 shares of newly issued common to institutional investors for whom Crabbe Huson Co of Portland , Oregon serves as investment advisor . |
| 5 | The company calls the project its Infostructure Network , and it will involve it laying 7,000 miles of fibre this year alone , which it sees being used for home shopping services , software delivery , movie offerings and interactive educational programming as well as up to 500 television channels . |