Example sentences of "and [adj] [noun pl] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | a hundred and fifty crackers just a letter addressed |
| 2 | They had gone about a hundred and fifty yards when a figure in blue combat gear loomed up and signalled them to stop . |
| 3 | They are a development of the system of weirs and flash locks where a stretch of water was impounded to provide a good depth of water to flush or ‘ flash ’ a boat along its way . |
| 4 | In 1894 he joined the Wilson Line in Hull as second mate of the SS Draco and three years later a chance meeting with the Norwegian explorer H. Borchgrevink , a passenger in his vessel , the Montebello , led to Colbeck 's joining the Southern Cross expedition ( 1898–1900 ) as magnetic observer , following an intensive course of instruction at Kew Observatory . |
| 5 | No I was actually getting at a certain person that works for Trident that does n't think it 's worth extra hassle for a hundred and eighty pounds more a year . |
| 6 | He seems about as straight-forward a citizen as ever foreclosed on a widow and fifteen orphans not a hint of creepy-crawliness no European connections , not even any gaps . ’ |
| 7 | At 11.30 a large-calibre shell exploded close by and fifteen minutes later a woman aged 60 was admitted to the hospital with an open fracture of the thigh . |
| 8 | By 1800 , Nez Perce buffalo-hunting expeditions to the Yellowstone had become too dangerous , and five years later a council in the Kamiah valley resolved to obtain firearms for the tribe . |
| 9 | The lexical norm described by Fasold is probably associated with a rather complicated situation in Scottish and Irish dialects where a set of verbs including keep , sleep , sweep have apparently been recategorized as irregular , without the alveolar suffix as a past tense marker . |
| 10 | Built in 1904 , there is an intimate , galleried restaurant and elegant lounges where a pianist plays each evening . |
| 11 | The protest in Jinan involved a hunger strike , started on 18 November , and several days later a march through the streets by students , calling on the provincial authorities to listen to their complaints . |
| 12 | United Kingdom confectionery trade is worth two point six billion pounds , billion , and two years ago a figure that really astonished me when I saw it was that the total of all money that was given to development charities in the United Kingdom , including CAFOD , Christian Aid and Oxfam was equal to what Britain spent on one product made in York and that 's KitKat . |
| 13 | Belfast Sinn Fein councillor Joe Austin was with his brother-in-law and four children when a grenade was thrown through the front bedroom window of his home in Falls Road . |