Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ron Church and John Harbour , both representatives for John Murray , retired from the company in December after a joint 88 years with the firm . |
| 2 | The talented female star headed for a welcome rest after a hectic six months that 's seen the release of her first solo LP and current hit single Walking on Broken Glass . |
| 3 | After a hectic three months ' work load , by a small but willing group of members , the BCRS Museum is up and running |
| 4 | The Frenchman reached the stadium 34 seconds ahead of Olaf Ludwig , of Germany , after a final six miles when victory was always in doubt . |
| 5 | After a consistent 14 goals in 14 seasons for Tranmere , Mungall broke the mould this term with his second goal of the campaign against Birmingham . |
| 6 | And after a sparkling three days of racing , the Gold Cup itself provided a dramatic climax to the week . |
| 7 | Your heart would go out to her , Wilson , if you were to see how she struggles to be her old self but is exhausted after a mere ten minutes of conversation , and then she is obliged to fall back and take no more part in it though wishing to do so . |
| 8 | Seven years is the rehabilitation period for prison sentences of six months or under ; five years for all other sentences which fall short of imprisonment , save for an absolute discharge which is " spent " ( not that is should carry a blameworthy connotation in any event ) after a bare six months . |
| 9 | So , it seemed that Scotland had got rid of her usurper , after a bare three months . |
| 10 | Gould was sacked after a stormy 14 months following Albion 's failure to at least make the Third Division promotion play-offs . |
| 11 | — NORTH-East discus champion Helen Middlemass won her specialist event , achieving the qualifying distance with a throw of 34.70 after a winning 9.53 metres in the intermediate shot . |
| 12 | After a lucky thirteen episodes , Crawford decided that Frank Spencer should bow out . |
| 13 | But now we 're out of there after a tearful twenty minutes . |
| 14 | [ See p. 37138 for this Aden meeting and publication on Dec. 1 of a draft joint constitution , requiring ratification by both parliaments within six months , and then endorsement by referendum after a further six months ; see p. 37266 for progress on unity in February 1990 . ] |
| 15 | After a further six years ' wait ( during which my original proposer and seconder had died and their nominations had been taken up by two ex-captains ) , my name came up for election again , and this time , I was told , the opposition from members , particularly those in the legal profession who were friends of Lord Robertson , was fiercer . |
| 16 | The junior recruits sit on the edge of the parade ground to witness the parade and to learn what they must achieve after a further four weeks ' training . |
| 17 | After a further two months , Iran conducted another advance west of Mehran , which Baghdad duly reported as having been crushed . |
| 18 | Soon thereafter the force lines untwisted — rather like a tangle of elastic bands that had suddenly been released — and matters progressed as normal until , after a further 11 years … |
| 19 | The wish may well be granted , but possibly only after a further 90 days has gone by ! |
| 20 | After a desultory fifteen minutes looking through News on Sunday , 5.6 per cent of interviewees had said they were ‘ certain to buy ’ a paper like Hayling 's dummy . |
| 21 | and then jegs and after a few five minutes |
| 22 | Park after a few hundred metres and don your mountain boots for the approach — and all of two minutes . |
| 23 | After a few hundred yards , he sought sanctuary in a nearby house . |
| 24 | Now the flagship has been sunk , more quickly than the Mary Rose , but unlike that ship it will not come up again , even after a few hundred years . |
| 25 | Maybe after a few thousand years of marmot for breakfast , dinner and tea they fancied a change . |
| 26 | A LEANER , fitter Novaceta faces a year of consolidation after a difficult 12 months since the Anglo-Italian joint venture was established . |
| 27 | So after a brief twelve months in existence , ACE has paddled itself up the Swanee , its dream of emulating the success of the personal computer revolution now just a pipe-dream . |
| 28 | My puzzled parents welcomed me home and , after a reassuring three months tearing up confidential papers for the Civil Service , I joined the staff of Emanuel School , London , in January 1954 . |
| 29 | Mansell had started from the outside of the second row after a troubled two days with the new car . |
| 30 | The opponent in the West seat had made a call of a weak 2 Hearts , which suggested that he had a 6 card Heart suit and not many high cards in his hand . |