Example sentences of "it [num] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moffatt , whose long lay-off was due to a facial injury , made it eight wins in a row ( five inside the distance ) by forcing Dhalie into retirement at the end of the fourth round with a damaged shoulder . |
| 2 | ( It is frequently used : Chirac used it 22 times in 1987 ; it was used 43 times between 1986 and 1988 . ) |
| 3 | However , in Peart the accused was not guilty when he obtained a car on the undertaking that he was going to drive it 30 miles in one direction but drove it 100 miles in another . |
| 4 | However , in Peart the accused was not guilty when he obtained a car on the undertaking that he was going to drive it 30 miles in one direction but drove it 100 miles in another . |
| 5 | John Griffin , from St John 's AC in County Kerry and Connie Kelly from Blackrock AC , both made it three wins in a row , clocking 48:17 and 57:32 respectively . |
| 6 | On Tuesday night last the ‘ Dream Team ’ were trying to make it three wins in a row . |
| 7 | Can Nigel Mansell in the Williams car from Didcot make it three victories in a row ? |
| 8 | Ephron picks up Abraham 's ‘ give ’ and uses it three times in his opening offer . |
| 9 | What is equally undeniable is Die Auferstehung 's status as a masterwork ( Mozart conducted it three times in 1788 , expressing no small amount of enthusiasm ) , and this recording 's fine presentation of the piece , worthy to stand beside Hermann Max 's [ see my review of JS Bach 's Magnificat below — Ed. ] splendid Capriccio recording ( coupled with . |
| 10 | Debut winger , Innes Gray , scored two tries in three minutes as Ulster took control in the final quarter , and flanker Kevin McKee made it three tries in five minutes . |
| 11 | Tony Jarrett , who grabbed the bronze in Tokyo after Jackson 's late withdrawal , was a smooth-looking second behind America 's Tony Dees , and Hughie Teape made it three Brits in the semis as a fastest loser . |
| 12 | Egypt is host to thousands of Sudanese students and workers , and most of them appeared to be assembled outside the gates of the embassy when I found it one morning in a leafy street not far from the Nile . |
| 13 | But Rotherham wo n't be making it five wins in a row . |
| 14 | And , on average , we each do it five times in our life . |
| 15 | last time you 've done it five times in a row . |
| 16 | CLIVE ALLEN sank Birmingham with a double strike to make it five goals in seven days as West Ham triumphed 3–1 at Upton Park . |
| 17 | Let me , give it two minutes in the microwave . |
| 18 | or is it two hours in the morning ? |
| 19 | And was it two teachers in the school . |
| 20 | He could well land the opening three races with Royal Wonder , Pertemps Network and Huntworth , while Star 's Delight can make it two wins in as many days by taking the Rainford Conditional Jockeys Handicap Chase . |
| 21 | MICHAEL DOOHAN rode a well-judged race in yesterday 's Australian Grand Prix at Eastern Creek , to make it two wins in two rounds in the 500cc world championship . |
| 22 | Gloucestershire are soldering on without Syd … in the sunday league they made it two wins in a row with a five wicket victory over Lancashire at Old Trafford |
| 23 | In Division Three Hereford United will be hoping to make it two wins in two … they 've a new star rising in the west Chris Pike 's his name … three goals in two games |
| 24 | Behind it two men in singlets were serving drinks . |
| 25 | Liverpool St Helens , relegated from Division One last year , look destined to make it two drops in two years , as do Third Division Headingley who , racked by internal politics , are contemplating a new life in Division Four North . |
| 26 | The vote for the neo-Fascist Movimento Sociale Italiano-Destra Nazionale ( MSI-DN ) slipped back from 5.9 per cent in 1987 to 5.4 per cent — giving it 34 seats in the Chamber of Deputies — in spite of the fact that Alessandra Mussolini , the 28-year-old granddaughter of Benito Mussolini , stood successfully as a candidate for the MSI-DN in its Naples stronghold . |
| 27 | Halstead will look to make it four wins in four games . |
| 28 | Champions Macclesfield made it four wins in a row when they inflicted Bowdon 's first defeat , Australian Darren Berry hammering a quickfire 94 not out . |
| 29 | On Saturday , Town made it four wins in a row with a three-two victory at Bournemouth . |
| 30 | It was a goal Wednesday had threatened almost from the point when United took the lead on the hour through Adrian Littlejohn , who touched in a Brian Deane header to make it four goals in nine League games . |