Example sentences of "that it [verb] two " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when a police officer went to examine the Nissan Cherry he discovered that it had two bald tyres . |
| 2 | A solitary predator it resembled the grey wolf , except that it had two horns — one long ivory one in the centre of its forehead , and the other a squat and curved tusk at the tip of its nose . |
| 3 | Samuel Hitching stated that he examined the Coffin carefully and that it had two canvas patches on where there were decayed places in the Wood — he also measured the thickness of the Board and they were only 5/8 of an inch at top and ½ an inch thick at the bottom — the lid was also warped that they could not screw it down properly-One of the bearers also stated that he was afraid it would fall in pieces before they got to the Church with it . |
| 4 | The company called it the most significant announcement in its personal computer history , adding that it had two aims : firstly , to become the number one in personal systems in Europe ; second , to be the number one supplier and implementor of choice for client-server technology . |
| 5 | When built 1622 was equipped with continuous stepboards , which means that it had two stepboards per side to allow for entry from ground level . |
| 6 | In introducing the predicative construction in Section 3.2 we stated that it had two positive characteristics : completeness , which we regard as primary ; and the secondary characteristic of making explicit the validity of the subordinate property for the entity qualified . |
| 7 | It is not my intention to discuss medical politics , but as it turned out this was not an unhappy solution , notwithstanding that it married two firmly conflicting beliefs which have continued to operate , sometimes rather awkwardly , side by side , and may do so for many years . |
| 8 | When the frame was unfolded and set up she saw that it contained two photographs — one of a good-looking white-haired clergyman wearing a biretta , and the other of a ‘ sweet-faced ’ woman , her slender hand fondling the large cameo brooch at the throat of her dark dress . |
| 9 | Furthermore , the above analysis may be justifiably criticised on the grounds that it compares two surveys which employed different agencies to reach their estimates of the prevalence of known opioid use . |
| 10 | The bottom ram is part of the spine assembly , so that it creates two ‘ nostrils ’ beneath the top ram . |
| 11 | For once , I thought before speaking , and so was able to refrain from remarking tritely that it took two to make a marriage . |
| 12 | Standing up to straighten his back , he would take as many as half a dozen buds , popping them all into his mouth , then down he 'd go , snick , snick , bud in , and on to the next — he went so fast that it took two assistants following behind and tying in to keep up with him ! |
| 13 | I learnt , many years later , that they paid over £30 to have a book of poems printed , and that it sold two copies . |
| 14 | Not big at all , just comfortable , so that it sleeps two or three . |
| 15 | But we may feel on reading this that it takes two to perform — that performance requires , in however regressive or circular a fashion , the self that so many people believe they have , and that this epistolary Zuckerman exhibits here , in a display of inadvertence which may or may not implicate Philip Roth . |
| 16 | Solomon might have replied ( the records do not give his side of the story ) that it takes two to quarrel . |
| 17 | I should point out that in one of the features of adhesions is that it takes two to tango , so to speak ! |
| 18 | Interlaced displays scan alternate lines , so that it takes two complete passes to display every line on-screen . |
| 19 | And then someone else at Ladymont once said that it takes two men to rape you . |
| 20 | The trustees and the directors say that it takes two to three years to get the feel of the responsibilities — those responsibilities are considerably greater these days — and to work one 's way in and become able to contribute fully . |
| 21 | This way of putting the hypothesis is useful in that it does two things . |
| 22 | One local MP says it 's outrageous that it costs two thousand pounds a week to keep the boy at the centre . |
| 23 | The regime continues to feel that it has two chief enemies : Iraq locally and the United States , the Great Satan , farther off . |
| 24 | The value charge of such a word reflects the mores of the language users , and they may be unaware that it has two distinguishable components to its meaning . |
| 25 | The first is to The North : From the Aare to the Rhine Falls discover that it has two gates , and to find out why , it is necessary to learn a little about the town 's origins and early history . |
| 26 | The fluorite structure ( see figure 3.27 ) differs from those described above in that its stoichiometry is AB2 and also in that it has two different coordination numbers — and 4 . |
| 27 | The Council tax is based on the capital value of each property , on the assumption that it contains two adult members . |
| 28 | The US government felt that it possessed two weapons with which it could influence the Russians . |
| 29 | What is more , although the quantity for the day looks relatively modest in dry state , once it is mixed with milk you will find that it provides two good and satisfying servings . |
| 30 | The problem was that every time they took it over 250 mph the left wing became so heavy that it needed two hands to hold it up . |