Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [verb] a [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mark then described a ten point plan and summarised its resultant effect . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I 've only got a thousand Sainsburys to do and we 'll be all done by |
| 4 | I mean , I 've only got a five pound note . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've — I 've only got a hundred pounds in traveller 's cheques . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ! |
| 11 | They 've already won a two man bobsleigh . |
| 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 | Looks horrendous , but bear in mind these elderly people have just answered a sixteen page postal questionnaire with no help . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | They have now received a five page letter exonerating the doctors involved from the general manager Tony Stapleton . |
| 19 | Since the 1980s art boom , frames have sometimes fetched a million dollars . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I have recently bought a 1980 LWB Stage One V8 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I have recently purchased a 1973 Land Rover FC Series IIB fire tender . |
| 24 | I have recently purchased a 1978 24v Army lightweight Land Rover , and would like to convert the ignition system back to 12 volt . |