Example sentences of "it [vb past] only two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It happened only two minutes from home , ’ he recalls . |
| 2 | Such was the enthusiasm and unanimity of the delegates of the steering committee that it required only two meetings to complete their task . |
| 3 | It contained only two songs : ‘ Soiled ’ , a frothy , winsome pop thing , and ‘ Soup ’ , a luscious paean to Judy Garland that was supremely infectious , full of wry wit ( ‘ You 're much thinner when you 're ill ’ ) and packed with aural surprises . |
| 4 | It took only two minutes of lying stretched and rigid on his bed for Alex Mair to realize that sleep was unlikely to come . |
| 5 | It took only two years of renewed civilian government to see this death toll increase by 50 per cent . |
| 6 | It looked as if it had only two storeys , but suggested an attic under the fanlight in the roof . |
| 7 | It had only two doors and by the time they had been pushed roughly into the back , with the Woman leaning round in the front seat to point the small gun at them , they hardly dared to breathe . |
| 8 | Outside parts of inner London , it held only two seats now in the south and east , below a line drawn from Bristol to the Wash . |