Example sentences of "it [vb past] [num] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most reviews have identified administrative deficiencies — one scrutiny found it cost 90 to administer 100 of woodland grant — and some have led to major changes ( such as the establishment of a non-Defence central purchasing unit : see Government Purchasing : A Review of Government Contract and Procurement Procedures , 1984 ) . |
| 2 | During the first six months of its existence it recorded 156 combats and seventeen confirmed victories ; most of these at Verdun , where it fought intermittently from May to Though still only partially fledged , the Lafayette 's direct contribution to the Battle of Verdun had been significant ; but this was nothing to what , indirectly , its presence there did for the French cause . |
| 3 | It took nine tailors to hold the needle up . ’ |
| 4 | It took forty-seven stitches to put that whippet back together but it lived . |
| 5 | For once , I thought before speaking , and so was able to refrain from remarking tritely that it took two to make a marriage . |
| 6 | It had Arnsat-1 painted on its side , which was a bit of a waste of paint since stars ca n't read . |
| 7 | It stood twenty-five spans high and took four horses to pull it . |