Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] a [adj] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Lima bus station an unemployed mining engineer , who would later sting me for a few thousand intis , told me , ‘ This country , something really wrong with it . |
| 2 | ( iii ) After incubation in complement , transfer the embryos to fresh M2 + BSA and leave them for a further 20–30 min at 37 C during which time the outer cells should be seen to bleb and lyse . |
| 3 | Detectives are applying to magistrates for permission to hold them for a further 24 hours . |
| 4 | I 'm gon na sue you for a hundred thousand dollars honey . |
| 5 | Before we go , just time to tell you about a new two part series on Central News starting tomorrow night . |
| 6 | Yet photography is a much more immediate and less expensive way of having one 's likeness preserved for posterity : why is it fashionable to spend hours sitting motionless for Emma Sergeant when Snowdon could snap you in a mere 40 minutes ? |
| 7 | Staff will lobby the councillorsfore tomorrow 's meeting and present them with a two thousand signature petition . |
| 8 | Yesterday it all came good for them with a thrilling five shot ( 78-73 ) victory over Old Bleach in the final at Jordanstown , a result that finally takes away the sour taste following their defeat by Bangor in last year 's final . |
| 9 | It 's estimated that by nineteen-ninety , there will be something like a hundred million components on a single chip . |
| 10 | But having said that , over the whole of the tropics , there 's something like a thousand million hectares of forest , of which one million is actually managed as sustained yield as defined by this book , which is erm managing the forest , and actually carrying out sort of operations to improve the regeneration afterwards . |
| 11 | Let's face it a war is the , the biggest single event that can increase technology in the electronics and radars two men on a fucking single budget , two men on something like a three hundred pound a year budget or something silly . |
| 12 | The present road and I do n't want to get into the detail of it but relate it to environmental costs against the so called benefits , would in fact cut right through there with a viaduct and it would actually start of on something like a twenty seven foot emba er a twenty seven foot high embankment and with a fifty four deep cutting . |
| 13 | Newman and Copland walked to the edge of the entrance , a grenade silencing one post a mere 25 yards away ; over the water the searchlight of the Mole could be seen beamed on the river . |
| 14 | If my memory serves me correctly , the very first public outing of the very first public train resulted in a fatality , and one at a mere 12 mph , though doubtless this seemed like the speed of light at the time . |
| 15 | He guided them to a respectable 8-8 record last season , but with a cluster of outstanding players on the club 's roster there was a heavy weight of expectation for the campaign which began four weeks ago — notably from Davis himself . |
| 16 | The combative veteran gave his side the lead on the hour , and then helped them to a flattering 3-0 win . |
| 17 | Émile Chaillot told me that he had telephoned the writer and spoken to him for a good seven minutes about what was going on in the music world . |
| 18 | Walter Carew slowly raised himself upright in the chair and stared stonily at him for a full ten seconds without uttering a word . |
| 19 | If he is taken to court , detectives can apply for permission to question him for a further 24 hours . |
| 20 | David Elsworth chose this race to give Barnbrook Again his preliminary for the King George VI and the topweight winner of all his four races last season was made the 2-1 favourite , though some optimistic betting forecasts had him as a ridulous 8-1 chance . |
| 21 | Julian Jochim the star of England 's youth team last season is just five feet six inches tall and David Speedy towers over him with a lofty five feet seven . |
| 22 | Sampras admitted he felt powerless in the face of Ivanisevic 's 13-ace onslaught which consigned him to a 7–6 6–2 defeat . |
| 23 | Then , the flop brought , giving Jacobs two pairs and boosting him to a heady 4.96–1 advantage . |
| 24 | Apply it with a roller in a thin , even coat and let it dry without disturbing it for a good 24 hours . |
| 25 | While BT has the right to terminate the deal between years three and six , it also has the option of extending it for a further three years . |
| 26 | James bowed ironically and offered them the document ; Alexander Menzies pretended to think about it for a full five minutes and signed it with extraordinary flourishes that made the pen splutter and seemed to say , ‘ Very well , I will humour your ridiculous ritual . ’ |
| 27 | I had built him up to play it right to the heart of the green but he played it like a nervous three handicapper . |
| 28 | five or six other people on campus who could potentially do it with a just one night 's look an and a diagram . |
| 29 | Instead of taking it over a thirty five year period , what you would then have is that you go up very steeply let's say by putting lump sums or er regular capital premiums erm which you 'll receive a tax refund and then it stops but the benefits of the fund keep going so at age sixty they would have the same effect of reaching your pension there with no contributions |
| 30 | ‘ I just did a couple of wild things for the videos : I covered myself with a hundred thousand bees for the Flight Of The Bumblebee and I also walked on hot coals ! ’ |