Example sentences of "it [verb] be [prep] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Although annual rail investment , at more than £1bn , is currently higher than it has been for three decades , that results from decisions taken two to three years ago . |
2 | The mute swan population stands at the highest it has been for 40 years . |
3 | ‘ Do n't think this is merely habit , ’ he said , ‘ though habit it has been for twenty-five years . |
4 | All it took was for one saleslady to tell her she looked lovely and Mrs McMahon was persuaded . |
5 | The luncheon table was laid as it had been for 50 Christmases , with a pyramid of polished John Standish apples from Somerset in the middle , flanked by Christmas roses and trails of ivy . |
6 | He could hardly have been welcome , because when he had entered the senior police officer 's room it had been with two aides trying to keep him out by every manoeuvre other than manhandling him . |
7 | It had been at one time , going back over a hundred and fifty years , it had been what they called a combination poorhouse . |
8 | I mean the new areas of course for us er and I still count the medical practices as a new area although it 's been for four years |