Example sentences of "[noun] it [verb] two " in BNC.

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1 Unfortunately , this was short-lived and it folded in 1884 having been torn asunder by internal dissensions , but before its collapse it inaugurated two important undertakings , the Stockton-on-Tees Mission and the Ayrshire Mission to the Deaf and Dumb .
2 In practice it overlooks two things .
3 In 1908 however when Mr. Vernon S. Lovell presented his trophy it comprised two pewter quart pots and two George III candlesticks to be played for in a bogey handicap competition .
4 To help it in these roles it has two seats on Council which is the top executive body of the University .
5 ‘ These days it takes two people 's wages to keep one household going , ’ observed Bernard .
6 A good hotel to stay at : apart from the excellence of its discreet service it had two exits .
7 In the early twentieth-century it had two churches , one shop , no omnibus or train service , no gas or water supply and no electricity ( the Rectory had a private generator ) .
8 In the following month it distributed two million leaflets on the Munich crisis , following this up in December with ten million leaflets on the Spanish Civil War .
9 On the back of its thorax it has two flap-like sideways extensions of the chitinous shell that look as though they might be the rudiments of wings .
10 At the undergraduate level it offers two ordinary half courses in European Community Law , and four honours courses available to LLB honours students .
11 In summer it makes two complete round trips .
12 The first building so adorned which we know of is the Siphnian treasury , which is Ionic in character though it lacks the typical capitals , since instead of columns in the porch it had two Caryatids : supports in the form of girls , here canonical korai of immense elaboration .
13 A letter erm from New Baysford it says Two weeks ago my car was nicked in Illkeston in the Pimlico car park between the hours of two and five whilst shopping .
14 In 792 the Saxons revolted yet again ; this time it took two years of campaigning to suppress the Eastphalians and Nordalbingians involved .
15 At that time it had two units located in Wilmslow and Knutsford .
16 In fact it becomes two articles — one for punchcard machines still called ‘ Simply Silver ’ and one for electronics featured separately as ‘ Silver Scene ’ .
17 In some ways , however , Maidstone is several small prisons within one perimeter , for in addition to being a training prison it has two special functions .
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