Example sentences of "it [be] [adj] [prep] [num] " in BNC.

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1 But with Bob 's vinyl guitar work concealing so many intricacies beneath its initial , power-chordal attack , must n't it be difficult for one man to recreate on stage ?
2 Cos I nearly died I got on bus other day and they charged me eighty five pence I looked at me clock and it were twenty past nine .
3 it were half past twelve , so I 'd done
4 Insider dealing legislation was strengthened by the FSA , with it being illegal from 1980 .
5 It 's twelve along seven wide and six high By six high it was .
6 Well it 's twelve plus twelve .
7 So in other words you you are saying instead of six to eight , it 's six to ten .
8 Erm , you must know that as well as I do , so there 's , it 's six of one and half dozen of another .
9 You know so it 's it 's it 's six of one and half a dozen of the other really , but the company worker learns to be the guidelines the rules the routines of the company and er also really backs up the company line you know and what they 're doing for them really is for the company .
10 It 's fifteen by eight .
11 If I said to you every time you pick up the phone it 's closer to ten pounds , would it get you very excited .
12 In the first year of National Certificate , around 700 modules were available ; now , it 's closer to 2,500 .
13 It were an easy labour , if it 's possible for one ti be so , ’ she answered .
14 — Oh … — Duncan , it 's five to twelve .
15 So it 's five to twelve ?
16 god , right blackcurrant jam , what 's the time , it 's five to one
17 But of course it 's five to four is n't it ?
18 It 's five to eleven . ’
19 it 's five to eight .
20 It 's five past six .
21 Radio Nottingham news , it 's five past four .
22 It 's five past two now .
23 Well I says to him I says well make sure , well it 's five past eight he 'd get in instead of five past seven
24 B B C East Midlands news , it 's five past eight . .
25 It 's five past seven , I want you home for twenty to eight .
26 I can assure you , it 's nearer to five years than eighteen months .
27 So it 's thirty by seventy five alright by is thirty five .
28 Then they want you to run it for two year , have a mobile home , and if you could prove it 's viable after two years , then there would be a reminder and we 'll consider giving you permission for a house , otherwise , everybody could just put up one tun poly tunnel in half an acre and get a house , could n't they ?
29 No er nine , it 's ten no it 's eleven to twelve and twelve to two and two to four is n't it , and then four to seven thirty is n't that what it is ?
30 It 's close on twelve and it was only one of those little mice … ’
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