Example sentences of "[prep] a million [noun pl] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | It rubs hoarding space with Howard Hodgkin , whose paintings sell for a million pounds and more . |
| 2 | Or do the nuclear powers-that be believe that they have won for the world not only peace in our time , but peace for a million years and more . |
| 3 | The apparition seemed to disperse into a million pieces and disappear like a killer wave in a storm . |
| 4 | But it came too late for him to do anything about it , for when he straightened up and turned towards the bank the bullet hit him in the chest and his body seemed to disintegrate and fly in all directions , and he knew that death was on him and that it was something that divided you into a million parts and each fragment screamed as it flung itself into eternity . |
| 5 | Known locally as the Kenwood Triangle , Bishop 's Avenue has properties starting at a million pounds and rising to the £25 million asking price of the vast , newly-built Towers . |
| 6 | The reward for this self-sacrifice is to get their mugshot plastered across a million posters and T-shirts , witness Monroe , Dean , Presley , Lennon — the all-time greats , the Gang of Four . |