Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] a [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember I was once experimenting with a gauze — it had been in La Scala for a hundred years and was full of dust . |
| 2 | The Swiss Alps are now our destination where we head for Lucerne for a one night stop . |
| 3 | Originally written by Agatha Christie as a 30 minute radio play at the request of Queen Mary , it is the longest running show ever , anywhere in the world . |
| 4 | LET'S KNIFE ( Creation ) is the most bizarre thing you 'll hear all year : Nirvana meet the Shangri-Las for a dozen high energy throwaway thrash tunes with titles such as Flying Jelly Attack , Cycling Is Fun , I Am A Cat and Bear Up Bison . |
| 5 | AC Milan , European Cup winners in 1989 and 1990 , underlined the strength of their challenge this season with a 4–0 win over Slovan Bratislava of Czechoslovakia for a 5–0 aggregate triumph . |
| 6 | AC Milan , European Cup winners in 1989 and 1990 , underlined the strength of this season 's challenge with a 4-0 win over Slovan Bratislava of Czechoslovakia for a 5-0 aggregate triumph . |
| 7 | The body of a young climber has been found in the Scottish Highlands after a three day search . |
| 8 | In Spain Real Madrid now lead on goal difference from Atletico Madrid and Sevilla after a 4-1 win over Cadiz , Hugo Sanchez scoring two and Bernd Schuster one . |
| 9 | As captain of Surrey for a dozen seasons , Fender was expert at making bricks without straw or , to be more precise , winning matches without bowlers on perfect Oval pitches . |
| 10 | On arrival transfer to the Luxor Hilton for a two night stay . |
| 11 | Fly to Luxor where you will be met and transferred to the Luxor Hilton for a four night stay . |
| 12 | The race had come together near Orrell after an 80 mile breakaway by Australia 's Grant Rice and Holland 's Marc Lotz . |
| 13 | The Glyndyfrdwy Extension , two miles in length opened on Good Friday following a twelve month construction period , costing nearly £200,000 , much of which came from a consortium of the Wales Tourist Board , Welsh Development Agency , Clwyd and Glyndwr councils . |
| 14 | And a report that a Polish plane has conducted the first ever direct evacuation from Kuwait of a hundred refugees , have further raised hopes here . |
| 15 | The Liberal Democrats won Kincardine and Deeside with an 11.4 per cent swing from the Conservatives ; this gave the Liberal Democrats their 10th seat in Scotland , overtaking the Conservatives ( nine ) . |
| 16 | One of the questions that does spring to mind is which of these three people have an I Q er four times their chest size , is it A I ca n't remember the woman , erm with a thirty two inch chest B I ca n't remember , Jane Mansfield with a forty three inch chest |
| 17 | William de Casingham fled to the denser Weald with a thousand men , emerging to harry the French until the Earl Marshal could muster enough support to drive the invaders out in 1217 . |
| 18 | THIRD seed Brett Martin , conqueror of Pakistan 's Jahangir Khan , ended the run of England 's former world junior champion Simon Parke with a 13-15 , 15-8 , 15-4 , 15-8 triumph to reach the semi-finals of the Hong Kong Open squash tournament yesterday . |
| 19 | At a press conference on Nov. 16 Li Peng announced that China would provide Pakistan with a 300,000 kw nuclear power plant . |
| 20 | Last month the Glasgow side faced Cologne at Parkhead with a 2–0 deficit to overcome — and triumphed with a 3–2 aggregate victory in the UEFA Cup . |
| 21 | Although United 's goal-drought ended on Saturday with a 3–0 win over struggling Oldham , they are still keen to strengthen their forward line . |
| 22 | Hull moved out of the Second Division relegation zone for the first time since mid-September with a 2-1 win over Plymouth last night — their fourth win in their last six games and their third successive victory under the new manager Stan Ternant . |
| 23 | The greatest of 'em all , Abraham Lincoln , received a belated musical nod during 1968 , when songwriter Dick Holler linked the 16th President 's name to that of the Kennedy 's and Martin Luther King to provide Dion with a three million seller in ‘ Abraham , Martin And John ’ , while Ulysses Simpson Grant , the next Republican to be called to office in Lincoln 's wake , was hailed by Patrick Gilmore 's ‘ President Grant 's March ’ , which still gets played at the White House during various ceremonies , though far older is ‘ Hail To The Chief ’ , a ditty based on a poem by Sir Walter Scott , which was first played at the inauguration of James Knox Polk , in 1845 , and has been retained to announce the arrival of presidents ever since . |
| 24 | But Paul did n't go home empty-handed , for earlier in the day he won the fours trophy when he led for his father Brian , who had a one-way ticket to next year 's British Isles championships in Ayr with a 27–6 win over the Dunluce four skipped by Malcolm McMullan . |
| 25 | But Paul did n't go home empty-handed , for earlier in the day he won the fours trophy when he led for his father Brian , who had a one-way ticket to next year 's British Isles championships in Ayr with a 27-6 win over the Dunluce four skipped by Malcolm McMullan . |
| 26 | I went back to the Knitmaster with a 302 , then a 321 and through the gamut until I had one of the first Electronic 500 models ; still with that , I bought a push button Brother for the lace , then the 840 , and 910 and finally the 950i — now I have that and the Passap Duomatic 80 . |
| 27 | Swansea manager Frank Burrows adds Reuben Agboola to his squad after an injury to Keith Walker in a 0-0 draw with Plymouth this week . |
| 28 | These words , uttered by Baron Parke in an 1848 case , still hold good today . |
| 29 | ( v ) Adhere the cells on to their glass coverslips by centrifuging them at 500 g for 10 min at 20-C in a HB-4 rotor of a Sorvall RC-5 centrifuge . |
| 30 | In 1982 , while under the influence of drugs and alcohol , he rolled his Mercedes in a 100 m.p.h. crash which he miraculously survived . |