Example sentences of "[verb] [num] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second volume will include 410 examples of late-Roman and Byzantine glass ( fourth to seventh centuries ) and the third will cover 460 pieces of Roman free-blown glass ( first to third centuries ) . |
| 2 | It will also eliminate 500 jobs through attrition and lay-offs at its Armonk headquarters . |
| 3 | It contains three- and four-letter word picture cards , and children have to make up the words using eight cubes with letters on each side . |
| 4 | Smith devised a technique using eight pieces of latex rather than one overall mask , including convincing eyelids . |
| 5 | Six months later in the municipal elections it fought eight seats in five London boroughs . |
| 6 | Adults may remain -5 months without feeding or notably moving in their winter aggregation site . |
| 7 | Repeat eight times on each side , twice . |
| 8 | Both steam and water power were available ( via two water wheels ) and used to drive eight pairs of French stones . |
| 9 | ‘ In spite of that , we still managed to bowl 128 overs in the day . ’ |
| 10 | Police in Foxboro , Massachusetts made eight arrests for drunken and disorderly behaviour after last week 's England-US game . |
| 11 | Between June 1958 and December 1960 he made eight trips to Algeria . |
| 12 | The museum already has a comprehensive library donated as a bequest from Paul Maenz , the former Cologne gallery owner , and has been given fifty-five works of art by a West German group of industrialists . |
| 13 | Also present , and hoping to apply for membership in due course , were representatives from the Shoreham Aviation Heritage Trust , who have been given 75 acres of land at historic Shoreham Airport to develop into a museum . |
| 14 | She sold 500 bags through a special offer in Harpers and Queen , and her own business was born . |
| 15 | Higgs and Hill sold 500 homes in 1988 , but volumes dropped by 35 per cent in the first half of 1989 . |
| 16 | She cut in on a station wagon , forcing the driver to brake heavily , then made fifty yards on the hard shoulder . |
| 17 | At the end of July the Great Eastern Railways conveyed 500 tons of green peas on a single day from the area around Maldon in Essex . |
| 18 | For the next twenty years he managed the Lyceum , organizing eight tours of the United States and Canada . |
| 19 | Paris : Eurotunnel was the most active stock and one of the heaviest fallers as the CAC-40 index plunged 29.88 points to 1,876.24 . |
| 20 | Dungannon 's Darren Clarke followed Friday 's sizzling 66 with a 71 to go eight shots off the pace . |
| 21 | THE ALBUM offers 70 minutes of Consolidated studio beats , mass production hip-hop honed into diamond-hard shapes by Jack Dangers ' mixing , broken by snippets of Consolidated versus several audiences . |
| 22 | It sold 850 units in its first year . |
| 23 | James and Pauline MacGregor of Mulbarton , Norfolk , had to drive 180 miles from Auxerre to Lyon before being freed unharmed . |
| 24 | Situated 2,300 metres above sea , the air contains about a third the amount of oxygen of that at sea level . |
| 25 | DELL UNLEASHES 80486 BLITZ WITH 18 CHEAPER MACHINES |
| 26 | Even though he has pushed through legislation to outlaw the ‘ sow pen ’ the government is allowing eight years for it to be passed out . |
| 27 | A concave primary mirror , made of beryllium and 57 cm in diameter , reflects incoming light onto a small convex secondary mirror situated 75 cm above the primary . |
| 28 | Cambridge increased their lead on the half-hour when Simms intercepted an ambitious cut-out pass by Smith inside his own half and sprinted 70 yards down centre-field to score between the posts . |
| 29 | In her first term at St Cecilia 's there 'd been a girl who 'd had the gift of levitation , a disturbed girl called Julie who had been able to float eight feet above the ground , whom Miss Scuse had eventually had to have removed . |
| 30 | However , perseverance paid off and , after melting and filtering 256 tonnes of ice , the team came up with 10,000 micrometeorites . |