Example sentences of "[conj] it [is] [vb pp] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says that it 's taken twenty years to build up the business , but they 'll just have to start all over again . |
| 2 | Marketing chief Peter Sadler was unavailable to comment on the launch plans , but it is thought four agencies have been lined up to pitch for the business . |
| 3 | The house is very charming but it 's taken 20 years to get to the present condition . |
| 4 | There 's a half-moon but it 's obscured ninety per cent of the time by a lot of low , fast-moving cloud producing occasional freezing gusts of rain . |
| 5 | Now they are exchanging information right away , and not waiting till it is published two years later in a scientific journal . ’ |