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

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1 It was a it was a very big bakery it had three floors and on the bottom floor was that 's where they done the bread and rolls .
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 In effect it travels 230 miles ( 370 kms ) also the entire northern flank of the Swiss High Alps , crossing 16 passes and passing below some spectacular peaks including those celebrated giants of the Bernese Oberland — the Wellerhorn , Eiger , Monch and Jungfrau .
5 To help it in these roles it has two seats on Council which is the top executive body of the University .
6 Right , so you fix them just as quickly as you can fix them , but if that takes nine months it takes nine months , that 's one of the views you can take on it .
7 In 1758 he published a comprehensive pamphlet on this industry , and when later reproduced in the Dictionary it occupied seven pages of text and a further seven of illustration .
8 In the spirit of affability , may I congratulate the Government on one of the changes that they made some time ago , in which they followed fairly accurately the views expressed in early-day motion 488 , which noted that when ’ the Social Fund cold weather payments scheme trigger mechanism was put to a serious test it collapsed three times under the weight of its own absurdity the scheme is inadequate , inefficiently targeted and wasteful as the cost of advertising and administration are unjustifiably high ; and urges a new saving limit of £3,000 that would create a fully automatic scheme ’ .
9 In January it opened 15 centres which will up-date teachers ' skills in maths , science and computer education .
10 Against the dollar it lost 1.9 cents to finish at $1.5585 .
11 Sun said in the first half it shipped 28,000 Sparcstation 10s including 1,500 Model 41s .
12 ‘ When I was a girl it took twelve yards of cloth just to make an underskirt for a ball gown .
13 And that video can be obtained from Tavistock Church , in Tavistock Place it costs twelve pound fifty , with one pound fifty postage erm , but I think that it has been recommended to us and a number of the provinces have asked for copies to be made available and then maybe there are some churches within our provence that might like to have that video so that they can draw the attention of their churches to the work of the Council for World Mission .
14 ‘ These days it takes two people 's wages to keep one household going , ’ observed Bernard .
15 In recent weeks it sold one Ford franchise for £8m and bought another for £6m .
16 By the time it is four days old , it is as heavy as one of its parents ; after three weeks it weighs four times as much as they do , and dwarfs them both .
17 Beneath Sumatra the subduction zone does not exceed a depth of 200 km , but north of Java it reaches 400 km and north of Flores , at the extreme eastern end of the zone of steady-state subduction , it attains a depth of 700 km .
18 A future bishop , Launcelot Fleming , went to the lectures and was enthralled ; but the class ran a sweepstake ; if Hoskyns said theme it scored one mark , if he said ultimate theme it scored ten marks .
19 A future bishop , Launcelot Fleming , went to the lectures and was enthralled ; but the class ran a sweepstake ; if Hoskyns said theme it scored one mark , if he said ultimate theme it scored ten marks .
20 When a graphic is places it has eight handles positioned at the corners and centres of each side for re-sizing and general manipulation .
21 At one point it boasted 13 members who were admirals — not many clubs in the world can stage an annual match called Admirals v The Rest .
22 In her early years it met three days a week , but in the final decades was meeting on six or seven .
23 While amateur gardeners in the UK have kept many old apple varieties alive , the US has lost forever most of the apples it had 100 years ago .
24 A good hotel to stay at : apart from the excellence of its discreet service it had two exits .
25 In the event it took six courses of treatment to eradicate the cancer , and by the time of the 1980 Grand National he was in no condition to take part .
26 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 ) .
27 But last night it cost fourteen year old Lewis Hall his life .
28 This is a sentiment I strongly agree with , but as an argument it has three problems .
29 In addition to twenty-five cabins it had three bars , a dining room which measured fifteen by fifty feet , a lounge with a baby grand piano , a writing room , library and sick bay .
30 He said oh I do n't mind cleaning he said but , he 's like Derek , I mean I , ooh I can soon clean well he 's a good , you know , cleaner I mean the bath , whenever he , blimey if ever he cleans the bath it looks ten times better than when I I do it .
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