Example sentences of "[noun] it [vb past] [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 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | In January it opened 15 centres which will up-date teachers ' skills in maths , science and computer education . |
| 6 | Against the dollar it lost 1.9 cents to finish at $1.5585 . |
| 7 | Sun said in the first half it shipped 28,000 Sparcstation 10s including 1,500 Model 41s . |
| 8 | ‘ When I was a girl it took twelve yards of cloth just to make an underskirt for a ball gown . |
| 9 | In recent weeks it sold one Ford franchise for £8m and bought another for £6m . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | In her early years it met three days a week , but in the final decades was meeting on six or seven . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | A good hotel to stay at : apart from the excellence of its discreet service it had two exits . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | But last night it cost fourteen year old Lewis Hall his life . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | But some people it took three weeks to do I do n't know how the hell it did that , and I did n't even know |
| 21 | Chased by police vehicles and a helicopter it rammed three cars as it careered down the wrong side of city centre roads . |
| 22 | In the first month of its operation it received 280 inquiries ; but commenting on this figure , a spokesman said : ‘ We expect a dramatic increase in inquiries once head teachers come back from holiday and examine the information we have sent them ’ . |
| 23 | In its first year of operation it made 25,000 cars and trucks . |
| 24 | That was bad enough , but when he told my daughter it started three weeks after they married and lasted until three months ago , she threw him out and she 's changed the locks of the house and says she will divorce him . |
| 25 | Eventually , the slurry not only reached the bottom of the main shaft , over the following 24 hours it rose 16 feet up it . |
| 26 | After reduction and lemmatisation it comprised 2,344 lemmata . |
| 27 | At least five shots had now been fired from Foster 's Police Positive , and being a revolver it held six rounds . |
| 28 | Six months later in the municipal elections it fought eight seats in five London boroughs . |
| 29 | each , each time you pulled a handle it did one job and er could n't tell you really now what it was , you know but er you 'd pull the five handles in a few minutes and the damn thing was done . |
| 30 | In cash terms that is exactly the same as the amount it received seven years ago . |