Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] a [adj] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Detectives are applying to magistrates for permission to hold them for a further 24 hours . |
| 2 | I 'm gon na sue you for a hundred thousand dollars honey . |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | The idea took off and now Dunkin' Donuts , who sell them in an amazing 31 flavours , say ‘ holes ’ are one of their most popular lines . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Walter Carew slowly raised himself upright in the chair and stared stonily at him for a full ten seconds without uttering a word . |
| 7 | If he is taken to court , detectives can apply for permission to question him for a further 24 hours . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Apply it with a roller in a thin , even coat and let it dry without disturbing it for a good 24 hours . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | McFarlane won it in an extraordinary 10.08 seconds , gale assisted . |
| 13 | The light dazzled us for a bare ten years with its brilliance , before it was extinguished . |