Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adj] and a " in BNC.

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1 The bonus erm he only got two and a half grand last year , is he expecting to get some this year and if so what does he normally do with the money .
2 Say the town had only got three and a bit thousand people anyhow , three thousand people , erm there was very very little actual passenger traffic .
3 The Carrick men could only manage two and a half points from their top of the table clash with Lisnagarvey ( 85-79 ) , but they still could be in with a chance when they meet Gilnahirk next week .
4 The Carrick men could only manage two and a half points from their top of the table clash with Lisnagarvey ( 85–79 ) , but they still could be in with a chance when they meet Gilnahirk next week .
5 One Sunday afternoon , when Dana and I were sitting on the edge of the bed working over versions of various poems , the door , which we always left unlocked , suddenly burst open and a group of surly-looking students entered , led by a big bully who was not Spanish but Venezuelan .
6 Derived from two Persian words — zar and nim ( half ) — it literally means one and a half zars .
7 They were also at the stage when they still found funny voices funny , and Charles had his best audience in years for his Welsh , developed for Under Milk Wood ( ‘ A production which demonstrated everything the theatre can offer , except talent ’ — Nottingham Evening Post ) , his Cornish , as used in Love 's Labour 's Lost ( ‘ Charles Paris 's Costard was about as funny as an obituary notice ’ — New Statesman ) and the voice he had used as a Chinese Broker 's Man in Aladdin ( ‘ My watch said that the show only lasted two and a half hours , so I 've taken it to be repaired ’ — Glasgow Herald ) .
8 With domestic cats it means that , every so often , the old ‘ standby ’ diet suddenly becomes unattractive and a brief change is required .
9 More money was soon made available and a plan for expansion drawn up by an official from the BBC in London .
10 we 've already got four and a half boxes
11 The operation , which normally takes two and a half hours , lasted twice as long , allowing the surgeons and systems engineers to mix the robot technology with traditional procedures .
12 After netting a lazy backhand to hand Stafford a place in the third round after two hours and 21 minutes Sampras said : ‘ I just felt tired and a little lethargic on court .
13 After netting a lazy backhand to hand Stafford a place in the third round after two hours and 21 minutes Sampras said : ‘ I just felt tired and a little lethargic on court .
14 The son of Rainbow Quest was always up with the leaders that day , clearly enjoying himself on the easy ground and eventually racing three and a half lengths clear .
15 The life of this Government still has four and a half years to run , a terrifying prospect for us all .
16 to play with really er we c to clear ten we 've still got two and a half grand left
17 I see no reason whatsoever for a council that will still have two and a half million pounds in balances after the labour group proposals , why on earth we need to build another hundred thousand pounds into the budget , paid for by er council tax payers to provide for unforeseen expenditure .
18 He once went five and a half years unbeaten and he is still as modest as a mouse .
19 You will also get ten and a half public and privilege holidays each ear .
20 She also remembered five and a half years of girlish dreams and fading hopes .
21 Transcendental Meditation now has three and a half million followers worldwide .
22 Having made a perfect pain of myself ( not very hard ) on the Edelrid stand last year , it 's good to see their Full Carbon Helmet now has elastic and a headtorch clip front and back .
23 The area around the mill pond has also been landscaped , the whole site now looking magnificent and a credit to its new owners .
24 Coriolanus is seen as a magnificent warrior , a psychologically damaged mother-worshipper and a potential threat to an evolving republic .
25 The father of the little boy concerned , who is now approaching six and a half years of age , seeks an order of the court in this country that the defendant ( the child 's mother ) shall return the child to the jurisdiction of the court in Ontario , which is in fact presently seized of custody applications relating to the child in the context of divorce proceedings between the father and the mother .
26 As the submarine nosed around the island 's waters for three days , often making one and a half knots or less , there were a number of unanswered questions .
27 Okay we now have seven and a half minutes on affiliation other groups .
28 Caledor gave this great honour to the Reaver Knights for their loyalty and to this day , over five thousand years later , the Reaver Knights still rigorously patrol Ulthuan and a place in their ranks is much sought after .
29 Well weighs ten and a half !
30 By 10.30 he had gone down the full length of the corridor that ran past his office and he had then spent two and a half hours in H3 's laboratory .
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