Example sentences of "it [vb past] [prep] two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A proposal for the reform of the Italian railway network advocated the dismissal of the board if it failed for two years running to achieve performance targets ( Santoro 1985 ) , and the Spanish Socialist government has similarly toyed with the idea of sacking unsuccessful chairmen ( Tamames 1983 : 371 ) . |
| 2 | It came in two colours , medium brown or medium grey ; it shone with a slightly oily sheen . |
| 3 | It arrived about two months after the news about my father , although it was only much later that I was told what was in it . |
| 4 | Almost 20 people aged 16–25 attended the Young Persons ' Health Clinic at Park Place Health Centre when it opened for two hours on February 7 . |
| 5 | This afternoon it poured for two hours solid . |
| 6 | This proviso was fundamental , and we can find it expressed in two letters of this period on the preference to be given to the claim of monastic life over every other demand — a theme of central importance in his thought . |
| 7 | It sprang from two beliefs : that a radical review of provision of primary care was required and that no established procedure should remain unquestioned . |
| 8 | Seconds later , the 400-ton cargo plane exploded in a fireball as it smashed into two blocks of flats — killing all four aboard and several hundred on the ground . |
| 9 | But it died within two weeks . ’ |
| 10 | It looked like two rooms in one , because that 's what it was ; Joe had recognised the layout as that of a disused encounter studio , a place whose sole commodity would once have been three or four minutes of stilted conversation with a naked woman in the armchair . |
| 11 | It grew in two ways : initially , as more people got TV sets , and then as programme hours increased . |
| 12 | MORE than 18,000 passengers have flown on the new Belfast City to London Gatwick service since it took off two months ago , Jersey European revealed today . |
| 13 | And it took about two minutes to twig what I was going on about ! |
| 14 | He had a Phillips G eleven , he took it home and plugged it in , it ran for two hours |
| 15 | There he joined the ‘ Ancient ’ Separatist congregation of Francis Johnson [ q.v. ] , and he remained a member until 1610 , when it split into two parts — one led by Johnson and the other by Henry Ainsworth [ q.v . ] . |
| 16 | It lasted about two seconds . |
| 17 | Probably not a lot these days , but at the start , we 're told , it stood for Two Guys and a VAX — has anyone signed for the movie rights yet ? |