Example sentences of "[vb pp] it [num] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One thinks of Groucho Marx 's quip : ‘ Giving up smoking is easy — I 've done it hundreds of times . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I have done it thousands of times before and will do it thousands of times again . ’ |
| 3 | He had seen it hundreds of times on the faces of people who fancied that they had said too much to him , opened their hearts too wide . |
| 4 | ‘ We must have seen it dozens of times , ’ he said . |
| 5 | This would indeed have made it one of the greatest empires in Europe . |
| 6 | On being appointed prime minister in March 1992 , he had made it one of his priorities to ‘ lance the abscess of corruption ’ . |
| 7 | It was run by two balding , bespectacled men in their late thirties , neither of whom was called Largo , whose extensive knowledge of antiques had made it one of the most popular and profitable shops of its kind in the whole canton . |
| 8 | In Alexandria armies of monks sacked the Serapeum , the great temple to Osiris , and destroyed the library which had made it one of the world 's chief centres of learning . |
| 9 | The company 's current order book demonstrates why its diverse skills and expertise have made it one of the country 's most sought after building , civil engineering and mechanical and electrical engineering contractors in recent years . |
| 10 | Assuming Dr Powell 's right , the people of Venice will be able to continue living their lives in the manner and surroundings which have made it one of the world 's greatest cities . |
| 11 | That would have made it 45 for 5 . |
| 12 | Speak made it 3–2 for Ballymena Utd in the second minute of injury time with a goal from close range . |
| 13 | Defoe in his time called it one of the finest cities in Europe . |
| 14 | ‘ I would like to encourage girls to go into science because I have found it one of the most rewarding careers , ’ said Dr Henderson . |
| 15 | I 'm sure you 've heard it thousands of times before but I am fed up with the way I look . |
| 16 | However , the judges awarded it one of the fifth prizes for a War Department design . |