Example sentences of "it [verb] thousands [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everything he draws , she sees as it unfolds thousands of miles away in Hampstead . |
| 2 | It has thousands of entries on all the aspects of the worldwide game . |
| 3 | ‘ Old people bringing something out of the attic they 've never cared for , and then seeing it fetch thousands of pounds at auction . |
| 4 | It extracts thousands of gallons of water from the river . |
| 5 | It costs thousands of pounds to draw up the documentation . |
| 6 | It costs thousands of pounds ( a recent acquisition of a mainframe computer by a polytechnic cost £300 , OOO ) and it needs dedicated professional staff to operate and maintain it . |
| 7 | The second is to increase the establishment of HMI so that it employs thousands of people , but I do not believe that a centralised civil service approach is desirable . |
| 8 | It may not be the most fashionable branch of medicine but it puts thousands of patients on hospital waiting lists each year . |
| 9 | It is doubly unfair because it hits thousands of workers who are earning less than the average industrial wage . |
| 10 | Developers want to close Street to extend the Centre , but as part of the City Centre ring road , it carries thousands of vehicles a day . |
| 11 | ‘ From today the title and emblem of The Scotsman will be carried by this locomotive as it carries thousands of Scots , English and other nationalities on their leisure and business journeys between the great cities of Scotland and England , ’ he said . |