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

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1 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 .
2 I 've only got a thousand Sainsburys to do and we 'll be all done by
3 I mean , I 've only got a five pound note .
4 ‘ I 've — I 've only got a hundred pounds in traveller 's cheques .
5 ‘ It 's a bit of an aphrodisiac apparently , ’ I explained — ‘ which is tremendously useful when you 've just done a two-and-a-half hour show , driven 45 minutes home , eaten a baked potato the size of a human foot , scrubbed off two layers of greasepaint , nose shading , violet eyeshadow and seemingly permanent mascara , brushed one and a half cans of lacquer off the split ends , flossed the gums , massaged the bridgework , popped the ear plugs over the acupuncture needle , put the airplane mask over the anti-ageing eye cream and — pièce de lack of résistance — applied the ‘ Tonic Bust ’ to prevent anything descending further south during the night .
6 What you wan na do is I 've just done a seven day report on the er on hazard spotting etcetera etcetera etcetera and all the different surveys we 've had on the site over the past month .
7 The band have little spare time on their hands , they 've just completed a 50 date tour and have recorded a session for the Bob Harris Radio One show which goes out from Monday April 13th–16th , one song each night .
8 I 've just completed a 16,000 mile trip around the US , carrying a Dell notebook that weighed about 7lb , and believe me , the difference is impressive .
9 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 !
10 They 've already won a two man bobsleigh .
11 Cos they 've not had a three hour training sessions .
12 They 've also completed a 15 day tour of the North with the Stan Barker Trio and had honed up playing together .
13 Silver added : ‘ We 've also got a 17,000 capacity stand under construction as part of plans to make Elland Road a 40,000 all-seater stadium , so it 's not all doom and gloom . ’
14 They were nine points behind you so you 've now got a twelve point gap .
15 The Americans , at the University of California at Berkeley , have successfully tested a one-fifth scale model of a seven-storey reinforced concrete building in Tsukuba , the — science city ’ near Tokyo .
16 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 .
17 Looks horrendous , but bear in mind these elderly people have just answered a sixteen page postal questionnaire with no help .
18 On Saturday , 2nd February 1991 , four members of the B.C.R.S. Preservation Group paid a working visit to the Gwili Railway following a tip-off that they have just acquired a six wheel GWR passenger coach , which , when fully restored will be the fourth oldest coach in preservation .
19 They have now received a five page letter exonerating the doctors involved from the general manager Tony Stapleton .
20 Ye have n't done a hundred miles yet .
21 ‘ You have n't got a thousand pounds , ’ said Mrs Wexford .
22 But we have n't got a hundred pounds to give them .
23 You have n't got a three p .
24 Since the 1980s art boom , frames have sometimes fetched a million dollars .
25 Dear Doctor I have recently bought a 1986 Fender Contemporary Tele , featuring two single coils ( Strat-style ) and a standard humbucker ( with 6 non-adjustable pole pieces and 6 adjustables ) plus individual pickup selection via three mini switches .
26 I have recently bought a 1980 LWB Stage One V8 .
27 Q I have recently dismantled a three foot community tank and I 'd like to use it in which to have a go at breeding Discus .
28 I have recently purchased a 1973 Land Rover FC Series IIB fire tender .
29 I have recently purchased a 1978 24v Army lightweight Land Rover , and would like to convert the ignition system back to 12 volt .
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