Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] two [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Example 5 is an arpeggio of an Asus2 chord , played with a sweep technique , that covers a full two octaves .
2 He said : ‘ I 've had a miserable two years with injuries , but this latest op should do the trick . ’
3 He finished with a birdie two on the notoriously difficult 18th where his three wood tee shot finished a mere two feet from the pin .
4 In fact , I usually like to leave a full two weeks between the regression and the continuation of treatment .
5 Similarly , 4 per cent of Sun readers spent a heroic two hours or more reading the Sun every day , according to a 1975 study for the Press Commission .
6 They spent a happy two hours with the Porter , a nice friendly man called Perks , who answered all their questions about trains and railways .
7 It will take a good two years to get over it .
8 For the novice , who had spent a mere two months in training in the city , far from home in Scottish pit village or Norfolk town , the introduction to beat work was like plunging into a cold shower .
9 Very sadly , her mother died a bare two weeks after Pat 's move .
10 They must have gone a good two miles before they met another car .
11 The Calibra 16v gets from rest to 60mph in 8.1secs and on to 100mph in 22secs , but the Corrado G60 can manage only 8.9secs to 60mph and falls a disappointing two seconds behind by 100mph .
12 It took a mere two minutes for them to open the scoring through Tracy Fry 's fine solo run , and by the time Helen Bray shot home from the spot with nine minutes remaining , Wimbledon had been reduced to chasing shadows .
13 Livings took a bare two hours ' sleep that night .
14 1.25:ALTHOUGH unbeaten in both his starts over timber , there is still a serious doubt over Flat miler Bold Boss 's ability to stay a stiff two miles .
15 She will now return to the court on May 25 where she faces a possible two years in prison or an unlimited fine .
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