Example sentences of "it [to-vb] [adv] [prep] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lock your door , set whatever device will rouse you at a definite time ( cooking-timer , flashing alarm clock , vibrator ) — set it to go off in eight minutes . |
| 2 | Its attempt to combine serious social comment with an escapist action movie format cause it to fall heavily between two stools . |
| 3 | Only 40% thought that there will be a united Ireland one day but few expected it in the short term — 16% expected it to come about in 25 years , 13% in 50 years and 11% in 100 years . |
| 4 | It has been found there that a high proportion of buyers actually live within 50 miles of the timeshare development and use it to relax completely for one week per year . |
| 5 | During the periods when the core is not saturated , the inductance of the coil causes the current passing through it to change linearly from one saturation state to the other . |