Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [n mass] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Four people will appear in court today charged with smuggling 1.6 tonnes of cannabis resin valued at £4.8m after a yacht was boarded off Falmouth , Cornwall . |
2 | In Morgan 's a small collection of silver items including teaspoons , salts and vesta case sold at £600 while a Grandmother clock in mahogany case made £450 . |
3 | An oil , ‘ Beach scene ’ , by Gladys Macabe went for £250 while a watercolour , ‘ village scene ’ , by Olive Henry made £100 . |
4 | The probability of smoking cessation increased by 40% if a person smoked less than 10 cigarettes per day . |
5 | The Staff Guide offers advice on this matter and recommends to staff when a module should need to be double marked . |