Example sentences of "[verb] [that] [num] [noun] a " in BNC.

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1 At peak times it is expected that two transfers a week between the archive and the Working-Set and vice versa will occur , and that material will be sent for composition twice a week during peak use .
2 He had heard that forty pounds a year had been paid for a girl to be looked after in the asylum of Dr Perfect in West Malling .
3 At the Red Lion , for example , Jim Stevens says that two barrels a week are pulled through his handpumps .
4 Mr Jarvis , who first gained the attention of Mrs Major through his readings of the Richmal Crompton 's William stories , says : ‘ The BBC have been after me to record some more William stories but I have decided that one series a year is quite enough .
5 The Malthusian of June 1914 estimated that 100,000 women a year took drugs to induce miscarriage , and there were suggestions at the time that there were few mothers of large families who had not attempted abortion .
6 It appears that one Christmas a stockbroker searching for a present went into a pet shop in the Square Mile .
7 If each ‘ flight ’ practices in this fashion once every six months , that means that 20 times a year Britain 's military forces will face a massive security problem .
8 She explained that three times a year 30 people , carefully chosen for their capabilities as team players as well as their business skills , will be put on a ‘ fast track ’ development programme lasting 11 weeks , out of office hours , eating into their weekends and challenging their endurance .
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