Example sentences of "it [vb past] the two [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Since the NPT 's adoption in 1968 , the French government 's position had been that it would abide by the terms of the treaty but would not sign it because it granted the two superpowers a privileged position in international relations .
2 It seemed the two kings were trying to race each other to the Holy Land ; certainly they wanted as little of each other 's company as possible .
3 Mrs Winterton said the campaign would be the most complex fought by the sociey because it linked the two issues .
4 So it might be assumed that Scott 's design was placed higher than the other Gothic entries because it showed the two offices as separate structures , rather than one .
5 down and it hit the two bars not the three bars , cos you get one , two and three bars do n't you ? that 's five , ten , fifteen pounds
6 His investigations are accompanied by a search for an india-rubber , about which he remembers only that it contained the two letters ‘ di ’ in the middle of its trade name ( hence ‘ Oe di pe ’ ) .
7 The signal FX 75383 ( reproduced opposite ) sent by Gen Robertson from AFHQ on the evening of 14 May was central to the events which are the subject of this report , because it contained the two orders on which 5 Corps was to proceed in making preparations for the handovers of the two groups of surrendered personnel with whom we are concerned .
8 Horrible and impossible it enfolded the two women in its slimy obsceneness .
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