Example sentences of "[verb] it [verb] two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Project experiments have shown that any sound can be distracting as long has it has two characteristics : that is varies on content and that the stream of sound can be broken up ( or segmented ) into separate entities . |
| 2 | check it out for them and they want a quote , say it takes two blokes an hour each |
| 3 | A precise chronology is impossible , but Bede says it was in 653 — by which 654 may need to be understood , for Bede also says it occurred two years before the death of Penda ( in 655 or 656 ) — that Peada was converted ( HE V , 24 ) . |
| 4 | " Fill your Sillabub pot half full with sider , and good store of sugar , and a little nutmeg , stir it well together , and put in as much cream by two or three spoonfuls at a time , as hard as you can , as though you milk it in ; then stir it together very softly once about , and let it stand two hours before you eat it , for the standing makes it curd . " |
| 5 | I can not believe it took two weeks to discover that three of our Olympic athletes had taken drugs . |
| 6 | And I mean they say with skin grafts it takes two years before they 're completely settled and accepted . |
| 7 | He discovered it has two electrons that could be described as ready and waiting to form chemical bonds . |
| 8 | One day he wrote ‘ battting ’ , and when I queried this , he said , ‘ Well , I knew it had two t's , so I put three to make sure ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Aa made it nobbut two days sen . |
| 10 | shape and Did it have two chimneys ? |
| 11 | Sink It took two people 90 minutes to wash up , dry , clean sink and draining board and put the dishes away . |
| 12 | We had it built two years ago . |