Example sentences of "[subord] it [vb past] six [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Baker-Aziz meeting was duly held in Geneva on Jan. 9 ; although it lasted six hours , no progress was made . |
| 2 | So if it took six months to start each scheme up |
| 3 | We are still languishing in the Edwardian era , when our great British Women 's champions wore corsets under their tennis dresses and our great British men 's champions wore corsets under their tennis dresses and our great British men 's champions wore long flannels … when the bulk of entrants at Wimbledon were British because it took six weeks to cross the Atlantic , and another six to reach Australia ! |
| 4 | The business has changed dramatically since it joined six years ago . |
| 5 | ‘ She 's been in a coma since it happened six weeks ago . ’ |