Example sentences of "six [noun pl] [subord] it [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One rat might be taught to run , and then taught three hours later to stand still ; another rat might be taught to stay still about six hours after it was taught to run . |
| 2 | In February last year , six months after it was fitted , the ‘ halo ’ was taken off . |
| 3 | And so erm we went up , I think it was about six months after it was introduced , and negotiated an increase on the bonus element . |
| 4 | The EC is joining with countries bordering the Rhine in a plan to reintroduce salmon to the river , six years after it was declared ecologically-dead as a result of the Sandoz chemical plant . |
| 5 | The chemical company Albright and Wilson has been fined £1,000 for polluting the Irish Sea near its works in Whitehaven , Cumbria , six weeks after it was fined £2,000 for another pollution offence . |