Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [coord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , we also announced at the same time as the Alton , er , Towers acquisition that Longman had acquired Rank Training for eleven and a half million pounds . |
| 2 | It succeeded a plain stone building , roughcast and whitewashed , with room for 500 and a general attendance of 400 . |
| 3 | I said , you 're gon na come in at two per cent , and I 'm gon na come in at twenty-two , and we both know that actually we 're gon na up finish between eight and a half and nine , do n't we ? |
| 4 | Yes , between eight and a half to nine , we just in a dogs life a year , is seven of ours . |
| 5 | Er , what we can do If the figures are worth eleven and a half days erm seventeen , seventeen days . |
| 6 | It was a terrible job , standing there for eight and a half hours — because you did n't finish after eight hours . |
| 7 | For example , one Lambodar Gorain has been held in Ranchi Jail since 18th June 1970 , for an offence under Section 25 of the Arms Act … with the result that he has been in prison for eight and a half years for an offence for which even if convicted , he could not have been awarded more than two years imprisonment … . |
| 8 | The count of Flanders was usually accompanied by between fifty and a hundred armed men ; the duke of Aquitaine took a hundred knights with him on a visit to the viscount of Ventadour . |
| 9 | But his disastrous 76 on Saturday cost him dearly as Zimbabwe 's Nick Price kept his head to take his first major title with a battling 70 for 278 and a three-stroke victory ahead of Faldo , John Cook , Gene Sauers and Jim Gallagher Jnr . |
| 10 | At a meeting on Sunday , the 300 strikers indicated they were prepared to agree to management plans to resolve a dispute over lay-offs , but would return to work under protest at part of the package which included a wage freeze for 1993 and a cut in fringe benefits . |
| 11 | . they were the last words he spoke for 2 and a half years |
| 12 | Li Peng held " very fruitful " talks with President Hossain Mohammad Ershad during his visit to Bangladesh on Nov. 17-19 , signing four agreements and a note of exchange , including a long-term trade agreement for 1990-94 and a soft loan for Bangladesh worth about $40,000,000 . |
| 13 | I thought I had genuine friends at the Oval after six and a half years . |
| 14 | Mr later on in her evidence said , quote , I consider that after six and a half years , I deserve to have a life of my own , it is not a prison sentence , I have done nothing wrong , I wish to be free to give assistance at my choice , we can not continue to live in our present home , Michael and I can not continue to look after Anna in the way we have . |
| 15 | After three and a half hours the stragglers were still coming through . |
| 16 | So without working it out , but using the graph now , how far would he be after three and a half hours ? |
| 17 | After three and a half years with the company in Industrial Engineering , Alan MacDonald was appointed Assistant to the Production Manager at the beginning of November . |
| 18 | After 1976 and a disastrous Lotus season ( a mere 29 points ) , Ronnie had thought he could do better at Tyrrell , though once again fate was to forestall his ambitions . |
| 19 | ‘ The rescue services are still trying to put out fires after five and a half hours . |
| 20 | Last December UK sales director Billy Adair after five and a half years with the company . |
| 21 | After five and a half years of intense activity the burdens of leading the French people had worn de Gaulle down . |
| 22 | They were joined by John McCarthy , who spent his first days of freedom at the airbase after five and a half years as a hostage . |
| 23 | Thanks to Mrs Castle 's Diary , we have some intelligence on Wilson Mark I. Elected in October 1964 , he had by early 1969 ( i.e. after four and a quarter years ) reached his 236th ad hoc group . |
| 24 | After four and a half years of war involving food and clothes rationing , and bombing , and losing friends , the sight of these large , prosperous , untouched-by-anything foreigners parading round the streets , chatting up anything in skirts , was profoundly irritating . |
| 25 | After four and a quarter years , some firms will already have had at least two visits and many in category 1 will be facing a second visit in the near future . |
| 26 | He quit after four and a half years because he feared he would get tagged as a soap star . |
| 27 | After four and a half months of deliberation , the committee presented its report . |
| 28 | And Brian Keenan 's return after four and a half years of captivity , carried this message for western governments : |
| 29 | At about 7.30 p.m. , after two and a half hours ' sleep curled up on the floor of the trench , I made my way out of the orchard and on to the road . |
| 30 | After two and a half months , very little outside aid has reached the refugees in southern Iran . |