Example sentences of "[adv] [num] [noun] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For perhaps one second it remained a river bank , but then it became the shingle and sand beach fifty yards from my childhood home . |
| 2 | Begun in 1446 by Henry VI as a private place of worship for just 70 scholars it took no less than 69 years to build , being completed in 1515 on the instructions of Henry VII but only after his death . |
| 3 | For nearly 300 years it achieved notoriety for its private madhouses . |
| 4 | For nearly six months it had housed up to 100 people protesting against injustices ranging from human rights abuse , emigration restrictions and mistreatment by bureaucrats to unemployment , homelessness and low pensions . |
| 5 | Shortly after this he was attacked by a Bf110 , but as this approached to about 100 yards it received a direct hit from an anti-aircraft shell and blew up . |
| 6 | ‘ After about 45 seconds it stopped and I managed to get out . |
| 7 | After about ten minutes it came down and flew a cautious lap , and then landed . |
| 8 | Yeah alright then , got down about ten yards it started again |
| 9 | And when Biarritz scored a quick try and Blanco landed a sensational penalty from about 60 metres it looked as if a miracle seemed possible simply because so many people passionately wanted it to happen . |
| 10 | ‘ Then one day it dawned on me that I was running scared and it was silly . |
| 11 | It became a standing joke that we would eventually work together , and then one day it became serious . |
| 12 | Then one day it happened — the three of us were dispatched to Chard , in Somerset , understanding very little of what was happening to us . |
| 13 | And then one day it did n't . |
| 14 | And then one day it awoke . |
| 15 | The turning point for me came after scum had been one fo the chosen matches for about 8 weeks in succession , then one evening it seemed they were nt . |
| 16 | On at least one occasion it infiltrated a double agent of its own into SOE who betrayed some 400 British and French agents to the Germans . |
| 17 | Spread over three years it brought in £187,000 . |