Example sentences of "it be two [noun] " in BNC.

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1 That tension is still with us , but overlaid on it are two others .
2 Yes , I think that we could actually kill as it were two birds with one stone here er , the conversion of military industry into civilian industry has begun in the Soviet Union but it was going very slowly and part of the reason for that is , is it 's very expensive , now that seems to me a worthy recipient for Western direct economic aid .
3 And behind it were two Indians riding a mule , brown ponchos draped over their shoulders , straw hats jammed on their heads and held with leather thongs under the chin .
4 Beautifully displayed on it were two twists of marinated salmon , sprigs of red and green lettuce and watercress , slices of passion fruit , two slices of filet of hare , a sprig of broccoli , two crumbed and fried mushrooms in a pale-gold sauce which I guessed to be pan juices , reduced and bodied out with cream .
5 Around it were two steel chairs with putrid white plastic on the seats .
6 Tied to it were two speed boats , a smack and a power boat equipped for deep-sea fishing .
7 ‘ So it 's two fruit punches for the girls , and one for myself ? ’
8 In fact , it 's two minutes on screen .
9 It 's two minutes ' walk across the Park from the sombre baronial building where he has his office ; there 's no point in not living centrally now the children are away at school .
10 It 's two minutes to .
11 national speed limit on the tunnel it 's a dual carriage way , it 's two lane
12 It 's two Christmases anyway .
13 I know it 's two Christmases .
14 That 's erm it 's two way obviously .
15 Oh yeah , it 's two storeys up
16 It 's two P M here , and I 'm in the Bourneville chocolate factory in Birmingham , concentrating on the next batch of Cadbury 's Flake .
17 Yeah , so it 's two A B , two times A times B.
18 It 's two times three .
19 Now er that 's that generates two of the three documents that the cheque and er the important thing er about the cheque of course is that if it 's two signatories , and a lot of companies of course require that , we need two signatories on the banker 's order .
20 But I do n't think it is a works , I think it 's two blokes , I du n no how many are there but it all I 've heard of is these two bosses
21 Well I mean it 's , this it 's patrol , it 's two patrol tents in particular that I 'm looking at , if they 've got some decent er scout tents
22 It 's two structure house twinned each side obviously in the centre feed passage and they and that 's the wall .
23 We can just put it in there , it 's two O two add now this time we 've got N equals six , six O a hundred and one times N added on , six O six , two six two six , okay ?
24 Is n't it two it 's two O something is n't it ?
25 It 's two ounces of Ready-Rubbed Old Holborn shag . ’
26 there , so it 's two ounces , so it 's a .
27 addresses it 's two consignments .
28 Yes of course it 's two hours .
29 Well it 's only fifteen thirty five now so Oh it is two hours you get for the er that 's right , it 's not an hour and a half , it 's two hours you get is n't it ?
30 Yeah , it 's two hours .
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