Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] two [conj] a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Cos it can take apparently about two and a half hours to get into Nottingham from erm some of those areas . |
| 2 | Oxygen itself has been present in significant amounts in the atmosphere for only about two and a half billion years — just over half the total life of our planet ; and there had already been a billion years of evolution before that . |
| 3 | The two tanks hold 400,000 gallons of water , which was sufficient in 1916 to last South Holderness for two days but would now last only about two and a half hours . |
| 4 | she was only about two and a half there |
| 5 | Already one running champion had been crowned , the diminutive Portuguese Rosa Mota , winner of the women 's marathon in just under two and a half hours . |
| 6 | Just under two and a half acres of land untouched for centuries is at stake . |
| 7 | Follow the road from Florence , and just about two and a half miles before you reach the town of Greve , high on ups , stands a crenellated renaissance castle . |
| 8 | The Advanced Courses Development Programme Central Support Unit was established on a short term basis just over two and a half years ago with the task of co-ordinating the development of the new system of advanced courses . |
| 9 | But it 's only just over two and a half years since the village Post Office and shop put up the shutters for the last time . |
| 10 | Tony is favourite to win the Scottish masters Competition which started at Westburn Park today … first prize is worth just over two and a half thousand pounds … |
| 11 | According to it did not seem to make much difference to tax on income differentials , rich peasants were still about two and a half times better off than poor peasants . |
| 12 | Well he 'd got a , the little marker , th well about two and a half feet marker . |
| 13 | Er , it 's seven fifty per head coach from Harlow at nine in the morning get back again about five , we intend to beat the rush hour and it 's a conducted tour of Docklands and the city airport with a guide , and also viewing of the visitor 's centre at Docklands , and then about two and a half hours , probably three , to roam around the area yourself . |