Example sentences of "to a [noun sg] [adj] [noun pl] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | He improved his championship best to a wind-assisted 10.39 seconds in the 100 metres semi-finals and the organisers have agreed to pay his expenses for competing in the Olympic trials in Birmingham on June 27 and 28 a bonus normally offered only to winners . |
| 2 | A police car emerged from the other alleyway and screeched to a halt ten yards in front of Whitlock , blocking his shot . |
| 3 | You can go to a stream fifty times in a year , but you 've got to poke your head over the bridge — both sides — to be sure . ’ |
| 4 | Private businesses would be limited in the size of workforce , from a maximum 200 employees in an industrial of construction company down to a maximum 15 employees in the retail sector . |
| 5 | Greg Thomas came close to a wicket three times in his first over in Test cricket , but Greenidge and Haynes survived to give their usual start before Greenidge had to retire with a cut forehead after mishooking Botham . |
| 6 | The convincing wins over the Scots saw Australia take its winning sequence to a record eight tests in succession and the Wallabies have now lost only one of the last 13 internationals . |
| 7 | By early November , however , prices had tumbled to $1,603.50 a tonne ( for immediate delivery ) , and fell steadily as stocks rose to a record 315,600 tonnes in December . |