Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] it [vb past] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But some people it took three weeks to do I do n't know how the hell it did that , and I did n't even know |
| 2 | In 792 the Saxons revolted yet again ; this time it took two years of campaigning to suppress the Eastphalians and Nordalbingians involved . |
| 3 | In the spirit of affability , may I congratulate the Government on one of the changes that they made some time ago , in which they followed fairly accurately the views expressed in early-day motion 488 , which noted that when ’ the Social Fund cold weather payments scheme trigger mechanism was put to a serious test it collapsed three times under the weight of its own absurdity the scheme is inadequate , inefficiently targeted and wasteful as the cost of advertising and administration are unjustifiably high ; and urges a new saving limit of £3,000 that would create a fully automatic scheme ’ . |
| 4 | In her early years it met three days a week , but in the final decades was meeting on six or seven . |
| 5 | In the early twentieth-century it had two churches , one shop , no omnibus or train service , no gas or water supply and no electricity ( the Rectory had a private generator ) . |
| 6 | Six months later in the municipal elections it fought eight seats in five London boroughs . |
| 7 | A good hotel to stay at : apart from the excellence of its discreet service it had two exits . |
| 8 | In addition to twenty-five cabins it had three bars , a dining room which measured fifteen by fifty feet , a lounge with a baby grand piano , a writing room , library and sick bay . |
| 9 | Sun said in the first half it shipped 28,000 Sparcstation 10s including 1,500 Model 41s . |
| 10 | At one point it boasted 13 members who were admirals — not many clubs in the world can stage an annual match called Admirals v The Rest . |
| 11 | A future bishop , Launcelot Fleming , went to the lectures and was enthralled ; but the class ran a sweepstake ; if Hoskyns said theme it scored one mark , if he said ultimate theme it scored ten marks . |
| 12 | The reason : The provincial government paid Mount Providence , operated by Roman Catholic nuns , 75 Canadian cents a day each for the care of orphans — for mentally retarded children it paid 2.75 dollars . |
| 13 | It was a it was a very big bakery it had three floors and on the bottom floor was that 's where they done the bread and rolls . |
| 14 | In recent weeks it sold one Ford franchise for £8m and bought another for £6m . |
| 15 | At that time it had two units located in Wilmslow and Knutsford . |
| 16 | Eventually , the slurry not only reached the bottom of the main shaft , over the following 24 hours it rose 16 feet up it . |
| 17 | But last night it cost fourteen year old Lewis Hall his life . |
| 18 | Last year it sold 2,000 properties ; it expects this year 's total to reach 3,500 . |