Example sentences of "it [verb] be [adj] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Shareholders might wonder why the directors built up a holding of 700 properties when all it needed was another 20 properties of the investment calibre of Oldham 's . |
| 2 | And then he got on to explain what the items were , seventy five percent of the items went next day , and ninety thousand went , I 'm sorry , and er , and twenty five percent went two day , three day , and if you divide one into the other , what it means is that two point one consignments two me , sorry , two point one items per consignment went Express , and six items per consignment , general . |
| 3 | When Conchis had said that he 'd been down on Moutsa the week before , it had been this one fact , the sweet womanish perfume , that had puzzled me . |
| 4 | and that a week before it happened , what 's happened to her , cos she do n't hear from her , and she said you know , I , it 's been twenty five years since my mum died Anne , she said and if I did n't make a life , |
| 5 | It 's been twenty three years since I |