Example sentences of "[subord] it [vb -s] [verb] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | If the one about the little drummer boy under Richmond Castle has appeared once it has appeared 1000 times , which is 1000 times more than anybody has heard the strains of the drum from under the place . |
2 | This computer is a pretty pathetic one basically and it ca n't hold very much information programme and so once it 's had five records fed into it 's memory it 's full up which is pretty pathetic given the size of each record . |
3 | The Snotling base fights at full effect until it has taken 3 wounds when it is removed . |
4 | So if it , if it 's got six volts left , it would n't be dead would it ? |
5 | So if it 's got ten times the voltage , you 'll get ten ten times the current through . |
6 | Annabelle 's father insists that any furniture order is delivered the same day , even if it means driving fifty miles and doing the driving and shifting himself . |
7 | If it has taken two weeks of nail-biting finally to pluck up courage to visit a clinic , only to be greeted by an unsympathetic or gruff receptionist , who demands details you had not expected to have to give in a loud voice , the temptation to cut and run may be overwhelming . |
8 | It is remarkable that the talks have got so far , even if it has taken six years to get within touching distance of a deal . |
9 | The only difference is he 's had a few thousand extra because it 's got two kitchens and two bathrooms . |
10 | While it hopes to build 500 houses before winding up in 1999 , the corporation said yesterday that it hoped to start transferring houses to the proposed Irvine Housing Association in 1993 . |
11 | Naive Prober appears to have done well , since it has obtained 5 points from that move . |
12 | Does n't matter what it looks like as long as it 's got five sides that join together without gaps . |
13 | But as it has taken five years of intensive lobbying to assemble the necessary financial support from the native industry for this interesting if rather Teutonic initiative , one might assume that creativity and innovation are still not regarded as entirely positive values . |