Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] it [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , you 're only using it one day a week . |
| 2 | I 've only noticed it five years , it looks filthy , although it 's been in the car wash . |
| 3 | You 've only had it two minutes . |
| 4 | If you invested a pound on a horse , then the amount of money you 'd expect to get back would depend on the odds that that horse was offered at , but if you confined yourself to horses that had a reasonable chance of winning , say , the sort of horses that tend to be offered at odds of , say , six or seven to one or better , then your average rate of return might be nearer ninety per cent than thirty per cent , so putting it one way betting a pound a week on the horses is a slower way of losing your money than betting a pound a week on football pools , but football pools gives you a much greater chance of winning an absolutely astonishing sum of money . |
| 5 | and then only had it four years , but I used to it was , it 's such a waste that washing machine , I think maybe I 've done a few shirts hand washing and all the water , whereas in the twin tub I 'd of done the light weights , heated the water up done the shirts and , erm , got the put in , maybe towels and then I 'd put , re-heat the water if , if it was n't really soiled and I could do either all the dogs stuff or , or my dusters |
| 6 | Just make it two millimetres wider |
| 7 | Unfortunately , Bergman has decided not to direct his own script , but has instead put it in the hands of the Danish director Bille August , who made Pelle the Conquerer , which won last year 's Palme d'Or at Cannes and which Bergman is rumoured to like so much that he has already seen it six times . |
| 8 | It 's almost painful to tell kids who have gone to see The Graduate eight times that once was enough for you because you 've already seen it eighty times with Charles Ray and Robert Harron and Richard Barthlemess and Richard Cromwell and Charles Farrell … |
| 9 | and just call it one point one nine |
| 10 | ‘ She usually got it one way or another . ’ |
| 11 | In fact , six out of ten mothers try to breastfeed but , because of problems they ca n't solve , only 26 per cent are still doing it six months later . |
| 12 | ‘ We are deliberately taking it one step at a time … |
| 13 | and then , that week , he sell 's ten pence a can , then the following week he still bought it ten pence , following week it goes up to eighteen pence , but he 's still selling what , so I do n't think it , I think . |
| 14 | Well it 's certainly , well so that 's ninety , ninety one , ninety two I would n't have thought it would be four years Adrian , they only ever do it three years or five years d do n't they ? |
| 15 | Champions Bath also made it two wins out of two after thrashing London Irish 42-16 thanks to two first half tries from prop Victor Ubogu . |
| 16 | The United States and Australia have both hosted it 4 times each , while a total of 10 other countries have hosted the Federation Cup either once or twice . |
| 17 | So I 'd rather have it four times |
| 18 | Might just about make it one way without registering , but certainly not both . |
| 19 | Might just about make it one way without registering , but certainly not both . ’ |
| 20 | It has a horizontal division across its pupil which effectively gives it four eyes — the two lower halves for seeing underwater , the two upper for doing so in air — and the fish can swim along the surface looking for food above and below it at the same time . |
| 21 | Hardly able to hold the putter , he then knocked it three feet past ! ’ |
| 22 | He then knocked it three feet past ! |
| 23 | It arrived at the sixth , where he drove into the lake , picked out his ball under penalty , then hit it 260 yards with his 1-iron straight into the hole . |
| 24 | THE landmark spire of Colmcille Roman Catholic church in Holywood has risen from the ashes of the fire which virtually destroyed it four years ago . |
| 25 | Cleveland councillors agreed to try to improve relations with British Rail and then criticised it five minutes later . |
| 26 | If you need someone to do the taping , either make it one musician 's responsibility , or try to find someone who would like to mix your sound at gigs . |
| 27 | You either have it one day , or you do n't . |
| 28 | McNab briefly revived it 13 minutes from the end with a sizzling 20-yard strike for the third goal . |
| 29 | I 've actually read it three timesThe idea was born in an Oxford workshop where David Pollard and Susan Nelson have been knocking out printed copies and computer discs since April . |