Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] a [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firstly , they are given a two month course covering most aspects and procedures of aircraft accident investigation , after which they spend several months assisting experienced investigators in the field until they are sent out , with full responsibility for their particular side of the investigation ( i.e. operations or engineering ) , on one of the many minor accidents to private or club aircraft . |
| 2 | If a team arrives at the finish without a bale or only some semblance of one , they are given a ten minute time penalty . |
| 3 | I mean I had no idea that by doing ‘ I left no ring with her ’ by Viola I was doing something that must have been heard a hundred times that day — I had no idea . |
| 4 | THE bogus doctor who ran clinics in Ulster has been given a two week reprieve before she knows her fate . |
| 5 | I 've been given a hundred and fifty acres , Seb . |
| 6 | Yes , I see , yes er , I said , I could have said if you had been given a hundred thousand pounds how , or fifty thousand pounds how would you invest it ? |
| 7 | sort of been given a hundred pound upstairs . |
| 8 | The club 's former accountant Vince Farrar has been given a six months suspended sentence . |
| 9 | And we 've just heard that the school has been given a three month reprieve . |
| 10 | Airbus has been given a three year guarantee on that contract . |
| 11 | The judge said he 'd already been punished a thousand times . |
| 12 | A woman who claims to be a leading sheep breeder has been fined a thousand pounds for cruelty . |
| 13 | It must have been said a thousand times in angling literature that location is the key to success and in zander fishing this was never more so . |
| 14 | But Beatrice complained sadly that she had nothing to wear that had n't been seen a hundred times . |
| 15 | Shareholders are offered a one-for-three rights issue at 110p to raise £152million , but Corporate Partners will take up any shares not subscribed to . |
| 16 | The man called ‘ the great white hope ’ of heavyweight boxing by the American media and boxing fans , has been offered a 50–50 split of the estimated 25 to 30 million dollars the fight would gross by Lewis ' manager Frank Maloney . |
| 17 | JON SMITH , head of First Artist Corporation , has been offered a five year contract by the FA to help organise the new England players ’ pool . |
| 18 | But there was one piece of good news for Anne Henderson tonight.She 's been offered a three bedroomed home to rent … and could be ready to move in by the weekend . |
| 19 | It 's been used a thousand times already , as I gather the bed makes clear . |
| 20 | ‘ Their deaths shall be avenged a thousand times ! ’ |
| 21 | I was happy to agree with this because it seemed to me that teachers were not ready for all the problems of assessment of speaking and listening for pupils aged 14 to 16 , and for the profile component to be given a 20 per cent weighting would be a considerable step forward . |
| 22 | Local authorities will be given a 50 per cent grant towards the cost of each shelter . |
| 23 | Lot number eight Lot eight there we are there it is showing to you , Lot number eight and I 'm offered a hundred pounds to start me on it , one hundred pounds and ten , twenty , one hundred and twenty pounds at a hundred and twenty pounds all s all done at one twenty , one thirty , forty a hundred and forty pounds selling for one hundred and forty pounds , any more at one hundred and forty pounds . |
| 24 | Seventy pounds , seventy five eighty , eighty five ninety five one hundred and ten one twenty I 'm offered a hundred and twenty pounds , I 'll sell , one thirty one forty fifty one sixty one seventy one eighty one ninety carrying on , sir ? |
| 25 | Lot number thirty three Lot number thirty three is the hanging basket there 's the hanging basket showing , a hundred pounds for this , at one hundred pounds and ten twenty , thirty , forty , fifty sixty , seventy one eighty I 'm offered a hundred and eighty pounds , one ninety two hundred two twenty , two forty , two sixty eighty three hundred three hundred 's bid on my left and selling for three hundred pounds second row , three hundred pounds . |
| 26 | Lot number thirty five Lot number thirty five there we are , there it is showing , Lot number thirty five , eighty pounds for this one , at eighty , eighty five , ninety , ninety five , one hundred is offered I 'm offered a hundred pounds and selling for one hundred , all done ? |
| 27 | Lot number fifty Lot fifty is a wood carving , a Japanese wood carving , eighty pounds for this , eighty five , ninety five , one hundred and ten I 'm offered a hundred and ten pounds , I shall sell , one twenty , one thirty , forty , fifty one sixty bid I 'm offered one sixty to my right , at one hundred and sixty pounds , have you all finished at one sixty ? |
| 28 | Lot number fifty four Lot fifty four copper bowl copper bowl showing for a hundred pounds , at one hundred and ten at a hundred and ten , twenty , thirty , forty , fifty sixty , seventy one eighty offered I 'm offered a hundred and eighty pounds , I shall sell for one eighty , one ninety going on sir ? |
| 29 | One seventy , one eighty one ninety offered I 'm offered a hundred and ninety pounds , have you all finished at one ninety ? |
| 30 | Er Lot number eighty one Lot number eighty one er the inkstone there it is , Lot number eighty one and I 'm offered a hundred and fifty in two places one hundred and fifty , one sixty , seventy , one eighty , one ninety two hundred , two twenty two hundred and twenty bid at two hundred and twenty pounds two twenty only , at two twenty . |