Example sentences of "it was [verb] [prep] two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It has also scaled down payouts for redundancies , so as not to exceed the $1.5bn restructuring charge it was hit with two months ago . |
| 3 | It was flanked by two towers and its entrance was reached only by a narrow stairway , but by no stretch of the imagination could it be called a fortress . |
| 4 | It was played on two radio stations , but there was no surrender . |
| 5 | In 14th century it was split into two portions , one held by the Carents , the other by the Talbots of Godlingston . |
| 6 | It was reached by two miles of track through a tunnel along the banks of the Seine from the Gare d'Austerlitz . |
| 7 | It was made of two coats of arms on one vertically divided shield . |
| 8 | It was followed by two afternoon dresses with tiny waists and lace inserts and huge pleated upper sleeves like bellows . |
| 9 | But one day in late summer , when I was pointing the otter out to my passengers , and as usual it got up to move out of sight , I saw to my surprise that it was followed by two cubs ! |
| 10 | It was based upon two principles : 1 . |
| 11 | It was built with two wings , one for men and one for women , separated by a chapel . |
| 12 | The former is of unusual design as it was built in two storeys ( largely in the fourteenth century ) , one church above the other . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It was designed with two driving wheels at the front and a single wheel beneath the driver 's seat at the rear . |
| 16 | All I can say is that it was edited by two women , it 's being promoted by a third , it 's being marketed by a fourth , the rights were sold by a fifth , and in Britain the serial rights were bought by a sixth . |
| 17 | Five is to the north of Killinghall and you 'll see from the table attached , table two that er prior to the opening of the phase one of the bypasses , it was opened in two phases between the A sixty one and the six six one in the southern half was opened first . |
| 18 | It was divided into two sections , the back section secured behind yet another lock . |
| 19 | It was divided into two parts , her own list of household requirements , and the list that Isabel had given to her , which read : |
| 20 | It was overshadowed by two problems : one personal ; the other national , indeed , international . |
| 21 | If the erm marker tumour was present it was measured in two diameters and was resected . |