Example sentences of "[det] it [verb] be [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | most of us had eaten our lunch by then on the coach because we were so hungry , after all it had been seven hours since we had last eaten . |
2 | It was carved with very competent lettering , but all it said was 15 April 1945 and a list of names . |
3 | All it takes is one conviction to make you a criminal . |
4 | We are beginning to wonder what it what it takes to engage in good faith negotiations as a business with the state of California , if all it takes is one person to get up , make some kind of scurrilous allegations , and throw the entire bidding in into cast some kind of doubt upon it . |
5 | Because despite ignorance breeding a precious snobbery towards the seemingly ‘ uncool ’ , all it takes is one rock hero to mention Gram Parsons to inadvertently give the all-clear . |
6 | You could soon be flying away for an exciting holiday in Reims , the heart of Champagne country — all it takes is three questions and a little imaginative sparkle ! |
7 | All it contained were two envelopes . |
8 | ‘ All it needs is two seats and we could go for a jaunt in it . |
9 | With a twenty-one majority it becomes important cos all it needs is eleven by-elections . |