Example sentences of "two [noun] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the light of their two powerful flashlights visibility was all that could be wished for and it took them only two minutes to carry out their examination : unless one is looking for some obscure mechanical fault there is very little to look for in an engine-room . |
| 2 | And we made within two minutes to sort out what we were going to , or we decided what charity first , then we decided two would decide on the script while the others cut out relevant pieces that we thought might be useful words . |
| 3 | Once a fire has started , you could have as little as two minutes to get out before heat or toxic fumes overcome you . |
| 4 | The first time you try it you 'll find it difficult to keep the nose planted that far down , Stuka-like ; but remember , starting at FL 300 even at that rate you 'll need two minutes to get down to breathing levels , which encourages a firm push on the yoke . |
| 5 | It would n't take two minutes to slip up to the attic , Timothy Gedge said . |
| 6 | It took me two hours to paint out the damage that Sweetman had caused to our hull . |
| 7 | The hydrogen supply was shut off within 10 minutes , but it took two hours to put out the blaze . ’ |
| 8 | Some of the competitors may take two hours to reach here . |
| 9 | While Noah used to make his animals do dog-paddles behind the boat for as long as two hours to build up their stamina , modern-day swimming coaches apparently believe in relatively short intensive sessions . |
| 10 | That gives us two hours to get there and two hours to prepare before Mait 's people begin to arrive for the ceremony . ’ |
| 11 | It took her two hours to come up with that . ’ |
| 12 | I ai n't got two pennies to rub together ! |
| 13 | In July the YBC and the LYSG organised a joint Garden Party in the Inner Temple which was successful ( and to a small extent profitable ) despite the ‘ Garden ’ having to be Inner Temple Hall owing to rain , and it may be possible for the two groups to cooperate further in the future . |
| 14 | Two pairs to do now . |
| 15 | A tendency for the two houses to act together in their political connections and allegiances became increasingly notable in the 1340s . |
| 16 | • For a baby , use two fingers to press down between ½–1in in the middle of the breastbone , and let it rise again . |
| 17 | I looked up at the French NCO , he steps forward and orders two Germans to pick up their Officer and the other two to pick up and carry the wounded Commando . |
| 18 | so they 're , you know , explain the situation to her because it 's between the two solicitors to sort out now and get the writ , writ sorted out before anything could be signed to allow them to move in . |
| 19 | LOTHIAN CATERING Services had two reasons to celebrate recently . |
| 20 | I have n't two coins to rub together . |
| 21 | Finally Cadette stepped in with two goals to round off a marvellous display . |
| 22 | President Clinton has given his staff two months to draw up a balanced solution to the continuing controversy over the logging of the Pacific North-West old-growth forests — fiercely opposed by conservationists , but strongly defended as economically essential by many local people . |
| 23 | Menotti il Salvatore said si , and started work in Rome , to try to patch up Cresci 's season , with less than two months to put together Lucia . |
| 24 | Underlining the endless uncertainty that surrounds any industrial or commercial company that has the misfortune to be controlled by the state , France 's chronic loss-maker Compagnie des Machines Bull SA has been given two months to come up with a viable strategy , French Industry Minister Gerard Longuet said after a news conference where he outlined his policies after six weeks in office . |
| 25 | Underlining the endless uncertainty that surrounds any industrial or commercial company controlled by the state , France 's loss-maker Compagnie des Machines Bull SA has been given two months to come up with a viable strategy , French Industry Minister Gerard Longuet said after a news conference where he outlined his policies after six weeks in office . |
| 26 | The seventeen hours of film took Winner two months to edit down to fifteen minutes . |
| 27 | And so you 'll look for sort of these two combinations to find out whether it 'll be a tangent a cosine or a sine . |
| 28 | On June 12 an accord was signed between the RPR and the Union for French Democracy ( UDF ) allowing for the two parties to put up joint candidates at local and legislative elections . |
| 29 | There 's two violins to fit in . |
| 30 | this is all fine and jim dandy when you have just two blocks to fit together : the fun starts when three , four and even five have to be whammed together simultaneously . |