Example sentences of "it [vb past] [prep] four [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It rated about four paragraphs . |
| 2 | Rather , it occurred in four dimensions : the three to which we are accustomed , plus time . |
| 3 | Erm how many men would we need if we wanted it built in four hours . |
| 4 | An eight-member oboe band provided all of the instrumental accompaniment for the mascarade : it played in four parts for the dance pieces and to accompany the choruses , was reduced to a trio texture to accompany the bass airs , and provided a bass line during the other vocal airs and recitatives . |
| 5 | It rained for four days . |
| 6 | It was big but it was n't tall because it walked on four feet . |
| 7 | Some of its expansion plans backfired , including a subsidiary set up to recruit minorities — women and non-Americans — which was perhaps too far ahead of its time ; it folded after four years , having made heavy losses . |
| 8 | To me it looked like four sheets of Kleenex wiped in something unspeakable and stapled as far away from the fold as possible . |
| 9 | And yet it felt like four years . |
| 10 | It took about four hours to raise full steam in the original boiler . |
| 11 | The next Easter , when the march sensibly reversed its direction , it stretched for four miles as it wound its way into Trafalgar Square , which held a crowd ten times as big . |