Example sentences of "[noun sg] six [conj] a " in BNC.
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1 | For the next six hours — or a little less , because at Battersea the flood lasts five and a half hours , and the ebb six and a half — they would be living not on land , but on water . |
2 | She wants to do more of it , though she is too old at 27 and too short ( five foot six and a half ) for catwalks . |
3 | Just about the time that Dougie started er building substantially in the town and doubled to population to its present six and a half thousand or so . |
4 | Five other companies — Albert Fisher , British Aerospace , Granada Group , Rank Organisation and Ratners — use seven techniques , another 15 use six and a further 21 use five . |
5 | By 1920 , 7 million workers had gained an average six and a half hour reduction in the working week — the equivalent , almost , of what we now see as a full day 's work . |
6 | Now that 's a plus six and a plus four what 's the answer ? |
7 | For she 'd literally been shaken to her roots when the clothing firm she 'd worked for for the past six and a half years had collapsed , making the entire work-force redundant . |
8 | You 've got a minus six and a minus four . |