Example sentences of "it [was/were] four [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to make a limited point at this juncture , I reserve the right to come back later on , and it 's become three points as a result of the discussion we 've already had , my view on the contribution of the of the greenbelt to the York issue is n't just the setting of the city , it 's the character of the city , and that would include the central city and the historic city , and the need to limit the physical expansion and size of the urban area because of the implications inside the historic city , and that would certainly apply to other cities with greenbelts that I 'm familiar with like York , like er Oxford , which the character suffers from expansion , possibly excessive , Norwich , that considered a greenbelt , and London , if you like that did n't get its greenbelt until we had the character rather drastically altered , so I think it is n't just the setting and how you see the city from the ring road , it 's actually what happens inside the core , the second point I want to make is really for clarification perhaps , er and it relates to the question of allocations between the built up area and the inner edge of the greenbelt , as I understand it all those allocations are already er included in the Ryedale local plan , and are already therefore included in the commitments that we looked at in Ryedale , I do n't think there is a further reserve of spare opportunities that might be used either before or after two thousand and six , that 's certainly my understanding and if anybody was was taking a different view I think that should be clear , and now I come to the one point that I was actually going to raise , erm I think it 's important that in this discussion of the relations between York city and Greater York , that we get a , early on , a clear view of what the requirements are in York , not just its capacity which we 've discussed so far , and a figure of three thousand three hundred seems to be a fairly common currency , but its requirements , and I want to address a particular question to the County Council , which is in my proof , so they 've had as it were four weeks notice of it . |
| 2 | On it were four names written neatly underneath each other . |
| 3 | And a house further along in Abbey View there cos i and it was four houses actually in the |
| 4 | And it was four pounds . |
| 5 | It was four hours before even the body could be removed . |
| 6 | It was four hours later when they woke to find him at the foot of the bed saying : ‘ I 've got a gun and I 'm going to shoot you . ’ |
| 7 | It was four hours later when Madeleine managed to slip in to Jeanne 's cell . |
| 8 | it was four pallets which had fell over near the door which we 're gon na get tidied up , we 'll get those tidied up in time . |
| 9 | And he would then call f ring three times I think maybe it was four times , and it was my my job to then run upstairs and I mean fast , you did n't dawdle . |
| 10 | Two or three weavers , eight spoolers , I think it was four winders |
| 11 | It was four years since the last Plan of Work was published — an indication , surely , of how low on the Government 's list of priorities is the place of safety at work . |
| 12 | The 1990–91 level of funding , a meagre £23 million , is lower than it was four years ago . |
| 13 | It was four years since they had parted , and who knew how much he had changed during that time ? |
| 14 | It was four years ago , and that was when it was clear that they could n't hold out against comprehensivization any longer . |
| 15 | Despite a desire not to be acquired , it was four years later that the firm was bought by Robert White . |
| 16 | That is nearly double what it was four years ago . |
| 17 | greater than it was four years ago . |
| 18 | It was four years ago that Billy Wright was Best Man at his cousin 's wedding and were he first met his future wife . |
| 19 | It was four years ago and Ingrid could n't cope with Adele . |
| 20 | really great it was , you know I did n't really think it would turn out as big as it has done you know , but it 's turned out beautiful has n't it really , yeah we was , I was thrilled especially when they built the new houses round the front we used to go and keep looking at them , little did I think I would get one , and the housing officer came one day and he said would you like one of the new ones , I said I would and it was four bedroom but we got , you see we 've got the other bedroom over my daughter-in-law 's , so me and hubby used to have the en right down a long passage and the bedroom was over like the sit you 've got a bedroom over the sitting room like see and she erm , we used to have so the children did n't make a noise to disturb her so my hubby and I had that room , yeah , it was quite nice it was , nice house , I erm , you know , enjoyed being there , bringing up the family , you want plenty of room you 've got a big family do n't you really ? |
| 21 | It was four days ( during which he was given the last rites ) before his doctors gave him a chance to live through . |
| 22 | It was four days before I was able to hold him . |
| 23 | It was four days later when Black called Sargent Maxwell back into his office . |
| 24 | Well if it was four days it would be alright but |
| 25 | It was four weeks since Z-day and the opening of the battle . |
| 26 | Even though his wife Primaflora was there and it was four weeks since he had touched her . |
| 27 | Robert had seen the development in varying stages , and had assisted in shipping out tons of building materials , but it was four months since he had been to Barbados and a lot of progress had been made since then . |
| 28 | It was four dollars ninety nine was n't it ? |