Example sentences of "[num] [noun] and [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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1 | He gave evidence as to how he and other officers had approached Drew on 22 July and taken a statement . |
2 | The ‘ motivation ’ for the session we watched was a backcloth of a ski slope ; the children were divided into 2 teams and given a skier each to race down the slope . |
3 | Founded in 1965 by Andrew Loog Oldham , the Stones ' manager , and Tony Calder , the business brain to Oldham 's hype , the pioneering indie label lasted six years and released a huge amount of material . |
4 | Each unit could be lifted by six men and fitted a standard three-ton lorry . |
5 | The Travellers ' Rest was built in 1926 , had 21 rooms and required a lot of renovation and decorating work . |
6 | Mr relied on the same table to produce a figure of twenty point two five pounds on a life expectancy of fifty five years and accepted a reduction to twenty for the whole life multiplier . |
7 | He went to the shelves lining one wall and selected a handful of cassettes , then picked up a transistor radio . |
8 | The development of the system spanned more than twenty years and achieved a degree of success in terms of its defined objectives . |
9 | The Christian Democratic People 's Party met in September 1989 for the first time in 40 years and elected a permanent leadership , claiming a membership of 3,000 . |
10 | Judge Harold Hewitt sentenced Randhawa , 21 , of Heron Drive , Darlington , to 15 months imprisonment suspended for two years and attached a supervision order . |
11 | Having ‘ given his best ’ to the centre for four years and taken a major role in setting it up , he obviously felt ‘ very disappointed ’ he would n't be part of its new phase . |
12 | I won both the 100 and the 200 metres and achieved a great deal of satisfaction from the double . |