Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [verb] [prep] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The speed of a pulse of light is the distance it travels between two events , divided by the time interval between the events . |
| 2 | This afternoon it poured for two hours solid . |
| 3 | In this case , though , when I totalled their length it came to 2,000 words ; and the books editor had asked for 700 . |
| 4 | It may be helpful at this point to illustrate the function of marked theme by discussing some examples of the way it works in one language , English . |
| 5 | In the first four months of this year it agreed on 18 draft laws ; in the same period last year , it produced 37 . |
| 6 | Even in the first year , when fewer than a third of Leeds primary schools were involved in PNP , this requirement accounted for 760 teacher-days ; but from year to year , as more and more schools became involved and as roles proliferated , the investment of time increased until in the fourth year it stood at 2,035 teacher-days . |
| 7 | Cos I 've the bill for the hotel it came in one lump as two hundred and four pound . |
| 8 | In other words , in the time it takes for one murder on the crime clock , six workers have died ‘ just trying to make a living ’ ! ’ |