Example sentences of "it [verb] the [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | G&G spent a good part of a decade — the Seventies — getting drunk , the memory of which still prompts a wistful smile from Gilbert , and they were habitués of the Blitz even before it became the early-Eighties club . |
| 2 | It condemned the 1812 constitution root and branch and suggesting a return to the ‘ traditional ’ constitution . |
| 3 | It says the two market leaders ADW , developed by KnowledgeWare Inc — but marketed by Ernst & Young in Europe — and Softlab GmbH 's Maestro , failed to show any growth at all during 1991 but were still able to maintain their top positions . |
| 4 | One at least of these has for certain survived and it includes the 1916 drawing of the course reproduced in this publication . |
| 5 | It echoed the 1988 tragedy in which girl-friend Margaret Sowerby died when her chute failed . |
| 6 | The exercise shaved off $4bn from the 1990 target , but it raised the 1989 deficit by an equal amount . |
| 7 | Ironically , it followed the one spell in which either side promised a goal with Notts County 's Cherry making the only serious saves from Furlong and Flynn . |
| 8 | With Gerbrand Grobler playing so well at fullback and backing up Naas as a place kicker , it seems the fifteen spot is tied up . |
| 9 | It reformulates the 1918 statement that ‘ The artist , I believe , is more primitive , as well as more civilized , than his contemporaries . ’ |
| 10 | It took the 45 ton bulldozer just 8 minutes to flatten 4 homes that had stood for 52 years . |
| 11 | The familiar Fairy Queen editions — Shedlock 's original Purcell Society edition , and Anthony Lewis 's revised version — rearrange Purcell 's music so that it follows the 1692 quarto order . |
| 12 | It completed the 4-0 sweep and proved to be one of the key moments of the whole match . |
| 13 | Having resigned the post of president and been created vice-chairman , Jack Kuehler does n't see much future at the company and is retiring effective August 31 : Kuehler joined IBM 35 years ago as an engineer in its San Francisco research laboratory and was president of its systems products division when it introduced the 4300 family in 1979 . |
| 14 | Shell said it appeared the 3,625 ton Danish refrigerated cargo ship Icestar had a fouled propeller . |