Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] it [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Gunners ' Premier League challenge is virtually a write-off after the Bank Holiday Monday defeat at Aston Villa made it seven games without a win . |
| 2 | Saturday 's 1-0 reverse against Aston Villa made it seven defeats and five draws in the last dozen games . |
| 3 | Champions Macclesfield made it four wins in a row when they inflicted Bowdon 's first defeat , Australian Darren Berry hammering a quickfire 94 not out . |
| 4 | ( It is frequently used : Chirac used it 22 times in 1987 ; it was used 43 times between 1986 and 1988 . ) |
| 5 | Londoner Dave Parris scored it 116–113 to the challenger , the Dane Torben Hansen scored it 116–112 Eubank with Ray Francis of England making it 115–115 . |
| 6 | One passage , when Edward was a scholar at Battersea Grammar School , sums up the general atmosphere of 61 Shelgate Road , as the poet recalled it twenty years later : |
| 7 | SCOTLAND made it three wins on the trot in the Home International Indoor Championships in Swansea yesterday despite losing out in their final fixture with England , 106-113 . |
| 8 | The allied word ‘ antibiotic , reached the English language when the botanist Marshall Hall used it 10 years later . |
| 9 | Sebastian opened it two inches . |
| 10 | And Malcolm Wilson made it two home drivers in the top 10 when he completed the last timed phase in seventh place behind the wheel of his Ford Sierra Cosworth . |
| 11 | On Saturday , Town made it four wins in a row with a three-two victory at Bournemouth . |
| 12 | Ormskirk made it two wins out of three but it was a close run thing against New Brighton . |
| 13 | Jinny read it three times . |
| 14 | Of the twins , one contracted the condition when 12 years old while the other developed it 36 years later . |
| 15 | The house sank into a gently decayed condition when a local architect bought it four years ago . |
| 16 | What is equally undeniable is Die Auferstehung 's status as a masterwork ( Mozart conducted it three times in 1788 , expressing no small amount of enthusiasm ) , and this recording 's fine presentation of the piece , worthy to stand beside Hermann Max 's [ see my review of JS Bach 's Magnificat below — Ed. ] splendid Capriccio recording ( coupled with . |
| 17 | Former Golden Gloves amateur Shea Neary made it three wins out of three ( all inside the distance ) since he turned professional by beating Sheffield lightweight Jason Barker . |
| 18 | Debut winger , Innes Gray , scored two tries in three minutes as Ulster took control in the final quarter , and flanker Kevin McKee made it three tries in five minutes . |
| 19 | Maidstone won it three minutes later when on-loan Ian Ironside from Middlesbrough pushed a strong Stebbing shot into the air and Rob Painter nodded home the loose ball . |
| 20 | After opening firmer , the dollar lost ground on expectations of an imminent easing of monetary policy by the US Federal Reserve but strong demand pushed it 0.80 pfennigs higher at DM1.8925 . |
| 21 | Tony Jarrett , who grabbed the bronze in Tokyo after Jackson 's late withdrawal , was a smooth-looking second behind America 's Tony Dees , and Hughie Teape made it three Brits in the semis as a fastest loser . |
| 22 | The media was not interested : the New York Times gave it two paragraphs ; Life and Look magazines turned down the excellent investigative article by Washington freelance journalist Seymour Hersh , and the big news organisations failed to follow up tips about the case . |
| 23 | The Windorah had been a small family hotel before Jenkins bought it seven years earlier . |
| 24 | She was jealous of Arabella , and the baby on the way made it ten times worse . |
| 25 | Baldwin confirmed it twenty years later , when he wrote to Tom Jones front the depths of his retirement : ‘ I spent a lot of my holiday in 1923 walking in the hills around Aix and thought it all out by myself . |
| 26 | Whilst others were only allowed to keep the night watch once each week , Nicholas undertook it three times . |
| 27 | Three different horses won it four years running . |
| 28 | The ancient Chinese invented it 2,000 years ago as a way to pass instructions down the line and information up to the top . |
| 29 | The Prince missed it two years ago with the same back trouble . |
| 30 | The Court of Appeal made it nine years . |