Example sentences of "[noun sg] it be [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the spiritual side it was at one time also considered self-evident that the Russians , adherence to the Christian religion put them automatically on a higher plane than the heathen , raw-flesh-eating ‘ savages ’ . |
| 2 | I used to do that when I was working and I had to leave at half four , used to do our kids , see when that clock gets to nine waken me I 'm fucking cold out our Ashley said mummy it 's after nine |
| 3 | Do you remember the Caldmore and Palfry shopping festival it was in nineteen twenty three apparently , do you remember anything about that , anything about competitions and odd things like that ? |
| 4 | Well this is about , I mean at this point it 's about one o'clock in the morning . |
| 5 | Do n't forget , those of you in Tuesday class , next week it 's at four P M and not two P M. |
| 6 | Shanan , referring to a 1978 survey of 14.6 × 106 ha , asserts that in 13 per cent of the area the water-table was less than 1.8 m below the surface and in a further 41 per cent of the area it was between 1.8 and 3 m depth . |
| 7 | As a result , people can expect to be on the waiting list for about seven years whereas under the Labour Government it was about one year . |
| 8 | The environment is no longer believed to be the vote-getter it was in 1983 , when the Labour government came to power . |
| 9 | Mean latent periods for malignant tumour detection after radiation exposure are estimated at about 25 years , although for leukaemia it is between 8 and 14 years . |
| 10 | The Harberton The Ulster Operatic use th erm no , but I mean , I a , because I was n't a member it was like one show was okay , and the pantomime as well . |
| 11 | She has toiled endlessly to keep her body in the shape it was in 20 years ago with a punishing regime of exercise and diet . |
| 12 | By the time they got back to the house it was past eight . |
| 13 | By this time it was past 3.30 , the light was fading fast , and the blizzard that the ignored weatherman had warned would sweep the Highlands was whipping into action . |
| 14 | At the time it was worth five shillings , no mean sum for a Gorbals kid , but had this promise been honoured I would not have parted with the note . |
| 15 | The London stockmarket was very much in recovery mood advancing throughout the morning , at one stage it was up twenty five points . |