Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] a [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it goes down a thirty hole , it 'll be sixty wo n't it cos it 's double score . |
| 2 | I can remember several years ago bringing in a seventeen year old baby sitter to sit with Susannah , and I heard thirty bob . |
| 3 | No-one can predict with any degree of certainty how interest rates will rise and fall over a 5 year period . |
| 4 | McClure was in his usual brilliant form opening up a 7-1 lead after five ends and then extending that to 14-3 at the halfway stage . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , in the Doubles final Ian McClure was heading for his second Irish title when he built up a 19-6 lead after 13 ends over James Talbot and Michael Nutt of Old Bleach . |
| 6 | The Geordies were seemingly cruising as they built up a 3-0 half-time lead . |
| 7 | Tom Cox and Lee Grant also scored as Colts built up a 6–0 lead . |
| 8 | GIGN , with the finish of all but the parachuting stage within sight , gave up all chances to sleep for 58 hours to pull out a three hour lead over the second placed team , L'Arche . |
| 9 | All right I 'll bring in a sixty minute tape ask him tonight , okay and I 'll bring in a sixty and a ninety minute , okay . |
| 10 | Absolutely , you see the sad thing is that Simon has a seven point five five average erm we sort of balance that out , you know , erm Simon to go and bring in a six point National League boy — it 's not a clever situation at all in my book , but then the rules are the rules and we have to go along with it . |
| 11 | For the third time this season Cheadle were put on the rack but they mustered their strength in the final quarter to open up a 14–10 lead . |
| 12 | For Rangers the chance to open up a four point gap on Celtic before the end of October . |
| 13 | Two minutes into the second half Elwood 's drop goal reinforced Ireland 's victory push and within minutes the same player was on target with a penalty to open up a six point gap . |
| 14 | I want to set up a four foot tank for Dwarf Cichlids . |
| 15 | I want to set up a four foot tank for Dwarf Cichlids . |
| 16 | I am going to set up a two foot tank . |
| 17 | I am going to set up a two foot tank . |
| 18 | Meanwhile Social Services plan to set up a 24 hour helpline . |
| 19 | The WWF and the University of Joensuu wants to set up a dozen seal reservations in the area , organising volunteers to hand-feed seals with protein-rich food to ensure that they reach breeding age . |
| 20 | I had even made up a 19 foot rod with an astronomical test curve and weighing a ton but it made no difference ! |
| 21 | Both Old maintained their places in North East Two when they played out a 9–9 draw thanks , as far as Ripon were concerned , to an injury time penalty by Roger Dawson , who completed his hat-trick . |
| 22 | So you could send out a dozen business cards now |
| 23 | What I 'm gon na do is just speak out a six digit number . |
| 24 | Roared on by considerable vocal support , Matt Cook took his goal tally to eight with two more goals , and then set up Becky Ashdown to round off a 3–0 win . |
| 25 | Today he plays off a nine handicap , a great help when he is carrying the bag . |
| 26 | Hastings , who has played only 40 minutes on the tour , increased speculation that all was not well when he declined a round of golf today significant as the Watsonians star is a golf fanatic and plays off a seven handicap . |
| 27 | TURPINS turned over a 1-0 interval deficit to beat Ambulance Services 3-1 in an exciting LCFA Intermediate Cup second round tie . |
| 28 | They reached Ankara 13 days later , where they arranged a meeting at the Turkish Parliament building with Assistant Director of External Affairs , Meltern Sahinkaya , and handed over a 1,000 name petition and a letter addressed to Parliament leader Husamettin Cindoruk . |
| 29 | The new programme , which will run over a two week period , will focus on a wide range of mental health issues . |
| 30 | The Scots , equally determined to finish their programme in style and leave their Auld Enemy with the embarrassment of bottom spot in the table , opened up a 29-17 lead after five ends and by the halfway mark were still in front although their advantage had been trimmed to 53-50 . |