Example sentences of "it [verb] several [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has several pairs of jointed legs with pincers on the end and behind these , plate-like gills , large and flat like the leaves of a book . |
| 2 | As a result , it received several offers of help , including one from the mystery blonde accountant who came down to the Sanctuary twice . |
| 3 | If left for more than about 20 minutes after a run , it takes several turns of the starter before it fires . |
| 4 | It followed several months of public debate led by the DPP over calls for Taiwan independence , theoretically punishable under sedition laws as advocating secession [ see also p. 38291 ] . |
| 5 | Tracey added , ‘ The order was a good test for our facility as it employed several items of our equipment . |
| 6 | A 19-member Cabinet was announced on May 3 ; it included several members of the NPRC and featured six civilians including two senior members of the former government , James S. A. Funna and Ahmed Dumbuya , who retained their portfolios . |
| 7 | It took several layers of slightly thinned fold acrylic paint to get the effect I wanted , then , as the final touch , I worked over the parts I have previously painted red , now visible only as a dull tonal value within the fold , using well thinned films of the different pearlescent colours . |
| 8 | It took several pulls of the cord before it caught . |
| 9 | Although she was astute enough to understand this on a logical basis , it took several sessions of counselling and therapy to convince Myra 's subconscious mind that she was in no way to blame and that she had behaved naturally and in total innocence . |
| 10 | With these five factors examined and the results of preliminary thinking kept in mind , the teacher or the planning team will be able to settle down to detailed planning of the specific learning sequence in question , whether it is a short piece of structured work with a work-sheet , tape-slide sequence or programmed unit , or whether it occupies several weeks of varied work . |