Example sentences of "it [verb] [art] [adj] two [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Some have done better than others , but there 's just the physical reality of how long it takes the lower two strings to speak — it 's going to take a few milliseconds for that to happen . |
2 | The chance of it getting the first two letters-ME-right is the chance of it getting the second letter- E-right ( 1 in 27 ) given that it has also got the first letter — M — right , therefore 1/27 x 1/27 , which equals 1/729 . |
3 | It took a mere two minutes for them to open the scoring through Tracy Fry 's fine solo run , and by the time Helen Bray shot home from the spot with nine minutes remaining , Wimbledon had been reduced to chasing shadows . |
4 | It took a further two decades before ‘ the elderly ’ were once more to experience the high profile that they had achieved in the debates of the 1940s and 1950s concerning their position and role in the economy . |
5 | On the following day it took the Goodyear Trophy at 206 mph , flown by Hall , it took the next two races , again cruising round the course . |
6 | When this information was required across the company it took an estimated two man days to compile . |
7 | First , it omits the first two years of the Thatcher government 's record , when output fell 3.5 per cent . |
8 | Er , you go in their home , it 's black and white , because they refuse , they do n't think it warrants the eighty two pound licence , and I 'm gon na get , er black and white , and er , that 's what I 'm gon na do . |