Example sentences of "[art] [num] [noun pl] a [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 The busy physician points out that he makes many more night visits than the six calls a week he puts in a £270 claim for .
2 But the makers of the Jolly Roger ales believe they can find customers for the 100 barrels a week they soon hope to produce .
3 A dozen times a day she pictured the woman with prematurely white hair who was now holding Angel to her breast , and she ached with longing to change places with her .
4 Equally , half a dozen times a day she felt again his hand on her , and she burned .
5 ‘ About half a dozen times a year we find tarballs on that coast , which can come from right across the Atlantic , or passing ships could be to blame . ’
6 The air ambulance is available to all ambulance services within flying time of the West Midlands , but it 's trial period of one year expires in May … and without a promise of half a million pounds a year it wo n't fly again .
7 Still hurrying along at a hundred miles an hour he leaned over towards me and lowered his voice .
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