Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [verb] a [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 So now you know how to win a million dollars .
2 And do n't let a million postcards tell you otherwise .
3 Our expert tasters , the million cuppa men — they 've all drunk a million cups of tea — go up the northbound carriageway and down the south and assess all on their qualities .
4 ‘ I 've — I 've only got a hundred pounds in traveller 's cheques .
5 I 've already done a hundred miles , where 's the other Ne Well he said Well actually it 's in Wales , and I thought Oh no !
6 Since then , Ireland have not won a Five Nations match and their best result was a 21–21 draw with Wales at Cardiff in 1991 .
7 Ye have n't done a hundred miles yet .
8 ‘ You have n't got a thousand pounds , ’ said Mrs Wexford .
9 But we have n't got a hundred pounds to give them .
10 Since the 1980s art boom , frames have sometimes fetched a million dollars .
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