Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] two [conj] a " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 I erm run about erm ten kilometres and with this E P O , I run about two and a half — three minutes faster than before .
2 It 's to do with the Government housing policy at national level , but there are certain things we can do , and I remember about two and a half years ago I arranged for a group of people to come and give a seminar to the Housing Committee .
3 In other words users of all types , from motor-cyclists to the owners of the heaviest vehicles , pay almost two and a half times as much in taxes as is spent on all road costs from building , maintenance and signs , right down to the provision of police , traffic wardens and even grass cutting and hedge-trimming of the verges .
4 there shanks usually weigh about two and a half pound
5 In truth , you need around two and a half to three feet ( that 's up to a metre in Blue Peter-speak ) of front-to-back space to site the beast , which may seem a little profligate for a printer 's footprint , but is worth it , believe me .
  Next page