Example sentences of "all 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 .
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