Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] a [num] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So that 's the way forward we hope to retain a sixteen page issue three times a year , a bit more thinking behind it and er hopefully produced at erm no extra cost to us , that 's why we 've gone to another supplier . |
| 2 | The writing would have appeared to have been on the wall from the moment Lincolnshire 's Sarah Bentley ( now representing Surrey ) , let slip a 5–1 opening set lead in the first rubber , a lead that included a missed set point . |
| 3 | Bill , Roger and Vincent you will be the respective time keepers okay I 'll give you timing in due course but remember to give a two minute warning which is the rap on the desk make sure going on and you will find out the role plays will or may run over time . |
| 4 | It.starred this kid called Ed Byrnes and he sat in a Ford Thunderbird or Chevrolet and he combed his hair like this , and he said , ‘ Hi-ya chick , howd'ya like to take a three-hundred horse power plunge into the landscape ? ’ |
| 5 | YOUNGSTER Oliver Oakes , of Lowestoft , Suffolk , has become the fastest four-year-old in the country after winning a sponsorship deal to drive a 100 mph go-kart . |
| 6 | Try typing a two letter abbreviation in place of the word antidisestablishmentarianism and you can see the potential time saving . |
| 7 | If it is much less , try using a 40 watt bulb instead . |
| 8 | When the White House and Congress do reach a 1990 budget agreement ( no one is willing to predict when ) the spending cuts will be restored and the carriages lifted back on to the rails . |
| 9 | In the past three years we 've adopted a three percent turnover . |
| 10 | Today still unfortunate cos you 've got a two page handout . |
| 11 | Paul was saying that I mean , they 're a hundred percent nomination housing the people who need the housing most are are n't the ones who who 'll be able to er , to use the and there 's no housing strategy on on er o o on the equity part , the the there might be , only a tiny bit , on on on the rent side but it does n't homes fo for the people who really need it , even if they 've got a hundred percent nomination flats ! |
| 12 | Yeah but trouble is you pray for ra , pray for snow when you 've got a four wheel drive car ! |
| 13 | Well you 've got a five minute preparation first . |
| 14 | I went to change me poll tax and er I says to her , I says , I should be court to Monday oh she says you 've got a fifteen pound court thing , I says aye , she says oh well that 's fifteen pound , I says it 's not cos I 'm not paying it I says I 'm not paying the fifteen pound to the court , I says , I says how come last year I did n't pay right round to February last year I said and yet I , your last payment 's next month , you know , she said oh well they 're stricter this year she says , she , if you 'd pay the half year you 'd of been alright |
| 15 | If I 'd not blocked or she 'd not blocked out that time in that way , what would have happened is on the thirteenth , er , of the month , erm , Red would have called me from the Health and Safety Executive would have called me and said , Ricky we 've got er , a remedial leadership weekend on the top of Snowden , and er , on that , on the last weekend of the month , and we 've got a one hour slot for you , that 's just a golden opportunity . |
| 16 | I 've got a ten pound note I suppose . |
| 17 | Yeah , you 've got a ten point scale but with effort we can hardly say hey , there 's a class there and you have n't , you have n't put anybody down as poor ! |
| 18 | well you 've got a three hour drive to go and put it right |
| 19 | It measure the the potential , erm I 've got a three volt battery in there , somewhere cos I 'm working |
| 20 | So if you 've got a three amp fuse another three amp fuse and a , a three amp fuse in and another one in it you 've got nine amps have n't you ? |
| 21 | He says that they 've had a three man gang picking up peoples rubbish for the last seven years . |
| 22 | Collectively known as Bedazzled , they 've signed a million pound contract with one of the biggest record companies in the world . |
| 23 | Somewhere in my house I 've lost a twenty pound note . |
| 24 | Er , well you have to carry a twelve stone man over a hundred yards , you see , in a certain time , and that is one of the strength tests , erm er these are these are tests that are drawn up to get people in in the initial stages , and then they go on from there . |
| 25 | Er , applications are accepted from all officers who have completed a two year period of probation and no applications are considered whilst an officer is in his probation . |
| 26 | The parents of a girl who was severely handicapped after being starved of oxygen at birth have won a five year battle for compensation . |
| 27 | When you know you have located a one pound coin before you dig it up , you can call yourself an expert detectorist . |
| 28 | In the last ten years we have seen a fifty percent rise in serious and fatal accidents , at whose expense colleagues ? |
| 29 | Anti-hunt campaigners have presented a nine-thousand signature petition to councillors urging them to ban hunting from council owned land . |
| 30 | Vets have performed a two hour operation to save the bird.Richard Barnett reports : |