Example sentences of "it [be] [verb] five " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's taken five years of your life , but at least you 're getting your just rewards now . ’ |
| 2 | It 's taken five years and sixty thousand pounds to get this far … half way . |
| 3 | It was to comprise five ECJ and three EFTA judges . |
| 4 | Like , it used to be that [ place ] station might be attacked once or twice a year , like it was hit five times in one night this year … |
| 5 | Little danger as there was of another martyrdom , there was even less chance of the clergy satisfying their grievances at Edward 's expense : the most significant thing about the legislation of May 1341 is how easily it was repealed five months later . |
| 6 | Since it was restructured five years ago ( see Nature 332 , 197 ; 1988 ) , the CSIR has tried to obtain a larger proportion of its income from both the private and public sectors for consulting . |
| 7 | Of the 16 funds that made up our Global Strategy umbrella fund when it was launched five years ago , no less than four have come first in their respective sectors over this period , according to Finstat . |
| 8 | It was founded five years ago as a small voluntary organisation and now has grown to a membership of 275 and a permanent secretariat with full time staff . |