Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even fate appeared to be on our side : when the review copy of Madstock finally turned up on the morning of the interview , your hack managed to catch a full five seconds of guitarist Chris Foreman wandering across the park before the VHS started eating the tape . |
| 2 | It cost a mere eight pounds a week to rent . |
| 3 | Situated next to the delightful city of The Hague , Floriade covers a vast 230 acres of which 168 acres are landscaped exhibition areas providing a breathtaking explosion of colour . |
| 4 | Example 5 is an arpeggio of an Asus2 chord , played with a sweep technique , that covers a full two octaves . |
| 5 | I am thinking of purchasing a new Ninety Diesel Turbo hard top , is it possible to have it converted to take a full canvas tilt and who would undertake such a conversion ? |
| 6 | As his former team-mates undergo a torturous five days of fitness testing abroad , Hill will relax with his family before embarking on ‘ two months of hard work on my own . |
| 7 | There was also a brief but bitter controversy surrounding British allegations of torture by Gaullist officials in London ( the so-called " Dufour Affair " to which de Gaulle devoted a full four pages in his war memoirs ) . |
| 8 | There was a heavy spate a week or two later and the river rose a good five feet higher than normal . |
| 9 | Rumours abound ; it is said that Bonnie Prince Charlie stayed here after his defeat in 1745 , and it is also suggested that the house was a centre of smuggling as it stands a mere hundred yards from the head of the Solway Firth . |
| 10 | Now I want a top three medal , and I genuinely believe I can get one , ’ he said at the Luton social club where he runs one of the few silat classes in this country — there are less than a hundred active practitoners of the martial art in Britain . |
| 11 | that wants a reliable one owner , not ex-rental sort of set , you know ? |
| 12 | Victim James Monday found a loaded .38 calibre handgun in his parents ' bedroom in Stockton , California . |
| 13 | Way lifted his battered body from the treatment table to finish just three shots behind South African pace-setter Palmer , who stroked a glorious seven-under par 63 . |
| 14 | Boss Lennie Lawrence said : ‘ We have two home games after Southampton and it gives us a great chance to cement a top six place . ’ |
| 15 | But the young Swede 's heroic 65 ended in tears when he missed from just over a yard at the final hole , while Love sank a twisting 15 footer and Couples followed him in from 18 inches . |
| 16 | Only in the ‘ Most Weeks At Number One ’ do the foursome get the shove , Elvis Presley notching a tidy 79 weeks at the top , in all , against The Beatles ' 59 . |
| 17 | And finally , a local furniture project , are opening a new twelve bed hostel for young people who are homeless . |
| 18 | Scotland 's success rate at Twickenham has been as elusive as the Chancellor 's green shoots of recovery : in 35 visits since 1911 , the Scots have enjoyed a mere four victories , with five matches drawn . |
| 19 | Fig 3 illustrates a typical three octave fingering of this scale , which should be played using alternate picking throughout . |
| 20 | They , and the schools we went to , helped preserve a brown Fifties environment all through our early years . |
| 21 | ENGLAND edged to their first men 's home international title for four years when they snatched a dramatic 7–7 tie with Wales in the final match of the round-robin series at Hoylake yesterday . |
| 22 | We created a revolutionary 24 valve , 3 litre V6 engine with a variable length inlet manifold , enabling the engine to breathe deeper as it goes faster . |
| 23 | The final creations weighed a mere ten kilograms , about the same as a top-class racing bike and about half the weight of most ATBs . |
| 24 | Further , in this particular case , not only had the Controller seen fit to over-rule his Director , but had only permitted a mere four days recuperation period to allow his fallen agent to recover from his injuries . |
| 25 | But even among such illustrious company as Alderson , Callender , Wood , Martyn and Glazier there is one goalkeeper that stands out and that is John Jackson , who has a prodigious 346 League and 42 FA and League Cup appearances to prove it . |
| 26 | Exactly a year ago , Wright , who has a paltry six goals to his name this season , was playing well enough to be making his full Scotland debut against Northern Ireland , but here he looked leaden-footed and posed little threat . |
| 27 | In Derbyshire , the A fifty two in has a temporary thirty miles per hour speed limit , and temporary traffic lights in operation . |
| 28 | McCoist , who has a phenomenal 34 goals already this season , is undergoing treatment after picking up a calf muscle injury at Dundee on Saturday . |
| 29 | Firms such as Sun Microsystems , which has a dominant one-third share of the market by value ( see chart on page 80 ) , have grown rich . |
| 30 | It also has a comfortable 5.5 inch long plastic handle . |