Example sentences of "[num] [adj] [noun pl] and a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The participants in the seminar came from eight European countries and a number of international agencies . |
| 2 | 2 further people were arrested during the search and police say they 've recovered a substantial sum of money , eight stolen cars and a shotgun . |
| 3 | There are now 12 self-contained flats and a community room . |
| 4 | In Tirana on March 10 two schools and a hospital were looted . |
| 5 | However , all G-2 sources tell that the North Koreans have up to 100 Russian planes and a training program for pilots . |
| 6 | Six chemical companies and a property developer have agreed to pay damages of $207 million in what is believed to be the largest settlement of a court case over a toxic waste dump . |
| 7 | Police said earlier there were no developments in the investigation into the attack by eight white youths and a woman near Quaddus 's home in Stepney . |
| 8 | It was Welsh rugby at its best and it proved to be much too quick , clever and alert for a Baa-Baas side boasting five current Springbok squad members , three Namibian internationals and a host of top Provincial players from the Republic . |
| 9 | It was Welsh rugby at its best and it proved to be much too quick for a Baa-Baas side boasting five current Springbok squad members , three Namibian internationals and a host of top Provincial players from the Republic . |
| 10 | As recently as January that year , the people of North Devon had been ‘ greatly alarmed ’ by three French frigates and a lugger seen making their way up the Bristol Channel off Ilfracombe . |
| 11 | The Kaluga committee included three one-time Decembrists and a member of the Petrashevskii circle , none of whom had abjured the political opinions of his youth . |
| 12 | Mosley contemptuously dismissed the remaining British Fascists as ‘ three old ladies and a couple of office boys ’ , and after the split Mosley ignored the existence of the British Fascists . |
| 13 | And today it 's three old fogies and a dog . |
| 14 | Inside , it was lit by a single bulb wrapped round with a brown-paper shade and furnished with three wooden chairs and a counter on which stood two telephones and a litter of timetables and pads . |
| 15 | The subdivision of the remaining , very large volume of the third storey of the main block into three further bedrooms and a bathroom was accomplished by installing new timber-framed partitions , cranked on plan , which thus provided built-in wardrobes for all the secondary bedrooms . |
| 16 | Three further bedrooms and a family bathroom are also accessed from the light , airy first-floor landing . |
| 17 | It collapses to the floor , with the three struggling youths and a flurry of arms and legs . |
| 18 | She saw three public houses and a shop selling papers , but nothing that looked a likely candidate . |
| 19 | There were still only two churches , three large warehouses and a cluster of cottages to house the 674 households , with a total of 5,000 inhabitants . |
| 20 | ‘ Goggled Head ’ ( 1969 ) is the most important of seven sculptures being shown with three large drawings and a survey of fifty prints , about a half of her graphic production . |
| 21 | She picked up the alarm clock , three large cushions and a blanket , went into the kitchen and closed the door firmly behind her . |
| 22 | I 'm forever putting him on diets but he just runs straight round to the local kebab shop and puts away three large doners and a rum baba . |
| 23 | ‘ A husband , three jolly girls and a holiday in Italy . |
| 24 | They are no longer three black men and a dog-trainer . |
| 25 | Three long two-shotters and a trio of challenging par-3s hold the key to a good score here . |
| 26 | On Forgive 'N Forget 's most recent outing he had run fourth behind Combs Ditch at Haydock Park , and that horse was also in the Gold Cup field , third favourite after a highly successful season which had brought him three good prizes and a neck defeat by Wayward Lad in the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park . |
| 27 | Also killed were three congressional delegates and a journalist . |
| 28 | For party animals , the Twix tape pack includes three twin bars and a cassette of Christmas party music ( £1.89 ) . |
| 29 | He admitted sex offences with three young girls and a boy at differet houses in Glasgow . |
| 30 | The ‘ unburst EP ’ has three self-penned tracks and a cover of The Beatles ' ‘ Rain ’ . |