Example sentences of "it be [verb] [prep] two [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The group and the men associated with it were honoured with two unit citations , a thousand of individual medals and many decorations from allied countries . |
| 2 | It is made from two bighorn or deer skins decorated with paint and beadwork , the untrimmed tails ornamenting the middle of the bodice . |
| 3 | It is locked with two swan shot . |
| 4 | Seymour Cray is still hopeful of bringing his crippled Cray Computer Corp safely in to land , and this week told shareholders that the pay-off will come not with the Cray-3 , but with the Cray-4 the company is developing — ‘ People who predict that things ca n't be done — I guess I do n't have time for them , ’ he told shareholders sternly — ‘ That 's the challenge that I 'm willing to accept in trying to do things that ca n't be done ’ ; the Cray-3 was launched last month , a decade after Cray started work on it , but the Cray-4 is expected to offer twice the performance at half the cost , and the company hopes to demonstrate it by year-end ; it says it has enough cash to fund operations into September and says it is working with two investment banking firms on fund-raising strategies . |
| 5 | My first car was a twin-carburettor Singer sports car , bright red with a silvery grey hood shaped from part of a wartime barrage balloon ; it was supported by two metal frames shaped like ice hockey goals . |
| 6 | It was played on two radio stations , but there was no surrender . |
| 7 | It was followed by two afternoon dresses with tiny waists and lace inserts and huge pleated upper sleeves like bellows . |
| 8 | While this work was going on it was observed by two Parish Councillors that the concrete holding the seat in place had been smashed and the seat itself removed . |
| 9 | While this work was going on it was observed by two Parish Councillors that the concrete holding the seat in place had been smashed and the seat itself removed . |
| 10 | It was designed with two driving wheels at the front and a single wheel beneath the driver 's seat at the rear . |