Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] [noun pl] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Based on the Teesside Development Corporation 's ‘ renaissance ’ project along the river banks and old docklands , the museum is expected to attract a million visitors a year from its opening in 1995 . |
| 2 | we know , from research even amongst very young girls who only smoke a few cigarettes a week , that when they try to give up they get withdrawal symptoms , and so having a cigarette erm helps them |
| 3 | He has been the national drivers ' champion , the first national driver to exceed a hundred miles an hour with a five hundred C C hydroplane on Lake Windermere , won the B class championships seven times , the C class champion six times , the D class three times and the F class once . |
| 4 | And if they do , are there still people like Chris Hunter to answer a thousand times a day : what have you got for a penny ? |
| 5 | Last year bad debts cost a million pounds a day . |
| 6 | Can anyone recommend somebody who would like a few hours a week domestic cleaning ( and maybe occasional catering work ? ) |
| 7 | Representatives from as many relevant agencies as possible met a few times a year , and devised an agreed strategy for the inner area concerned . |
| 8 | But it 's , we 've got to get them motivated and I 'm asking today , you know , we need more help and if you can spare a few hours a week it would be more than appreciated . |
| 9 | Could you spare a few hours a month to be a secretary or chairman of a group , a Panda keeper , or trading officer ? |
| 10 | It is no use telling a man who has received a thousand pounds a year in giro cheques that he has the means to better himself . |
| 11 | ‘ We lose a few holidaymakers every year . |
| 12 | The engines said to Truro , he was first to go a hundred miles an hour . |
| 13 | His reported reaction was that if his order could answer a hundred heretics a year , they would not be beaten by one Catholic . |
| 14 | The company is the largest builder of motorcaravans in Britain , producing a thousand vehicles a year at its Cotswold factory . |
| 15 | I never buy it of fortnightly so I I 'll go to the shop and I 'll say , Right , probably seven tins of beans , seven tins of peas , er you know a few tins a few beans er tins of spaghetti and things like that you know , bits and bobs , but I 'll still get a joint for me Sundays . |
| 16 | You had to pee a few times a day to survive . |
| 17 | Since he could command a thousand guineas a time , he was well able to afford such a residence . |
| 18 | This consists essentially of a group of nurses specially trained in diabetic care , and exclusively devoted to that specialty providing a seven days a week , 24 hour per day service . |
| 19 | He takes a few players every year on his estancia . |
| 20 | My brother does a paper round and delivers a hundred newspapers every morning |
| 21 | I killed a few rabbits the other day and I keep getting weird phone calls from Eric , but that 's about all . |
| 22 | I get a dozen scripts a week like that . |
| 23 | Myself , I get a dozen invitations a year … |
| 24 | It 's expensive , the habit can cost a thousand pounds a week . |
| 25 | There was the war horse to be thought of : a fine animal might be worth the value of a small lordship or , put differently , in the mid-fifteenth century a charger could cost a French man-at-arms the equivalent of anything from six months ' to two years ' wages . |
| 26 | ‘ I thought you told me you 'd be getting a hundred guineas a time if you were a television personality , John ? ’ said Bob . |
| 27 | For six years he had remained current by flying a dozen hours a year , mainly on Cessna 150s ; then between 1986 and 1989 he flew only six hours , with his last recorded solo flight in August 1987 and last dual in August 1989 . |
| 28 | Suddenly there was Anna doing a hundred things a day : the house wide open , parties and picnics and streams of presents . |
| 29 | Okay he 's doing a hundred miles an hour . |
| 30 | So doing a hundred miles an hour . |