Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [n mass] [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seven years ago the yards were losing £45 million a year . |
| 2 | Two years ago , we were spending $4 billion a year on exploration and development to sustain our production of about 1.5 billion boe/d . |
| 3 | Cellnet is said to be spending £3 million a week improving the cellular phone network , and until recently Racal was spending £2 million a week . |
| 4 | In 1989 , industry claimed it was spending $34 billion a year to comply with pollution control legislation . |
| 5 | BP was spending £45 million a year on sulphur recovery alone . |
| 6 | The financial consequences for Caltech have been very significant : by the early 1960s it was receiving $1¼ million a year for administering JPL . |
| 7 | Minton 's largesse was attractive : Bernard still recollects how , at a time when he was earning £2 10s a week , in a timber yard off Greek Street , Minton astonished him with a gift of £10 , in effect a month 's wages . |
| 8 | ‘ I was paid £3 10s a week , and worked on Saturday mornings , ’ he said as he bowed out of Linlithgow Branch for the last time . |