Example sentences of "it [be] [v-ing] a [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A clash with Saudi border guards at al-Khofous 130 km south-east of Doha on Sept. 30 left one Qatari warrant officer and an Egyptian national serving in the Emirate 's armed forces dead , and caused the government to announce on Oct. 1 that it was revoking a 1965 defence agreement with Saudi Arabia . |
| 2 | Some surveyors have advertised ; for instance , Ramagge Allen Partnership announced that it was seeking a 5,000 to 15,000 sq ft retail or warehouse unit in the fringe part of any M25 town . |
| 3 | But I say , it should 've been it should 've been all d I mean everybody 's known about this chiller for a long while and it 's as I say , I mean when was here it was costing a thousand pound a time . |
| 4 | Charlotte felt her heart — it was beating a hundred and fifteen times a minute . |
| 5 | Oh it did n't look like it was making a hundred miles an hour anyway |