Example sentences of "it [be] [verb] [num] of [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ It 's killed one of t'lambs , ’ said Jack . |
2 | Whoever 's to blame for the alert , it 's cost thousands of pounds in lost trade for city centre businesses . |
3 | and he 's planning all this damn , it 's costing millions of pounds and it 's costing thousands of pounds while he 's sat in that dammed office having it all drawn up and |
4 | It 's costing thousands of pounds . |
5 | and he 's planning all this damn , it 's costing millions of pounds and it 's costing thousands of pounds while he 's sat in that dammed office having it all drawn up and |
6 | They say it 's failing millions of people living in severe hardship . |
7 | ( WES ) But those who 've worked with conductive education say it 's helped hundreds of families , and that the research on which the report is based is flawed . |
8 | It is diverted hundreds of miles along aqueducts to slake the thirst of Los Angeles , Phoenix and Tucson . |
9 | The extent of the problem is almost impossible to estimate , but Informix reckons it is losing millions of pounds in unpaid licence fees at present , and could be losing tens of millions by 1995 . |
10 | But just 6ft away , it is claimed dozens of beakers and containers used to mix cleaning liquids , the remains of paint brushes , a paint box and a palette knife , were discovered . |
11 | When she left the centre a good hour later it was to find dozens of people in little groups strolling around the factory floor and climbing the stairs to the jig platforms . |
12 | Spelling is often regarded as a totem to be preserved by patriots , rather than a technology , because it was invented thousands of years ago . |