Example sentences of "[num] [noun sg] a [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean they 'd , they 'd , they 'd be doing probably anything up to forty mile a day were n't they ? |
| 2 | Cos six pound a night is n't bad . |
| 3 | It 's about fifty six pound a week is n't it ? |
| 4 | Three pound a week was considered a good wage . |
| 5 | At the close of the March 11 session a declaration was read out by Vytautas Landsbergis [ see below ] calling for international " fraternal solidarity and support " for Lithuania 's " continuity as an independent state " and for its " return to the family of free countries of the world " . |
| 6 | An extra charge of 20,000 Lire a day is charged if heating is used . |
| 7 | In one instance a contract was made to sell to one purchaser a quantity of a given type of wine which exactly equalled the seller 's stock of it . |
| 8 | Cases of wounding by pistol shots occasionally came before the courts and in at least one instance a child was killed , although apparently by accident , which nevertheless brought great notoriety to the so-called ‘ Clerkenwell Pistol Gang ’ . |
| 9 | In one case a child was removed from her mother after a fracture at the age of 18 months . |
| 10 | In one case a councillor was fined because he was a builder and discussed the matter of direct labour at a housing committee . |
| 11 | In one case a contract was agreed and several sessions were held with a family consisting of grandmother , her son and his wife and their three teenage children . |
| 12 | In one case a complaint was made on behalf of a Residents Association to the Parliamentary Commissioner alleging maladministration by the Department of Environment and the Health and Safety Executive at an inquiry into two appeals against the refusal of a Metropolitan Borough Council to give planning permission for the erection of a waste material incineration plant and an energy recovery plant . |
| 13 | In one study a comparison was made between pairs of Aphelocoma coerulescens unassisted by helpers and those that were . |
| 14 | The princely sum of one guinea a month was agreed on , and though it was not as much as Beth would have liked , it was a welcome increase , and one that positively staggered her disbelieving husband . |
| 15 | The judge said that at one point a trench was dug across the track to prevent vehicles using it , but it was filled in . |
| 16 | The toilet stank of urine , and at one point a chef was seen picking his nose while preparing food . |
| 17 | Sitting in the cinema one evening a woman was more than a little surprised to see a man walk in just before the film began with his pet crocodile at his side . |
| 18 | If those at the Tate do not believe that the acquisition of one picture a year is sufficient to keep its contemporary art collection up to date , the Government could tell them to use the powers in the Bill to dispose of works of art . |
| 19 | One moment a Mob is striding purposefully towards the enemy , and the next it is suddenly brought to a halt while two warriors settle their differences . |
| 20 | For example , on one occasion a youth was caught urinating in the street late at might , and was very respectful and deferential when caught in the act , but , upon the policeman recalling that he had recently been one of a group which had shouted abuse at him , an act expected from gougers , he was arrested , and the incident was treated as a case of indecent exposure . |
| 21 | In cotton textile workers ' families , where there was a long tradition of married women 's work , one night a week was usually set aside by husbands and wives as ‘ Mary-Ann night ’ . |
| 22 | One day a story was received about a betting coup at Dagenham Greyhound Track . |
| 23 | A fee of one penny a week was initially charged to attend the night classes but after objections from the 18 to 20 year olds the teaching was provided gratuitously resulting in improved attendance with the " boys " advancing rapidly . |
| 24 | One morning a person is found dead on the crossing as a result of being run over by a train . |
| 25 | One litter a year is quite enough for my needs , and it is in any case very much better to look after one litter properly — it may number eight or a dozen — than to spread the effort ( and the food available ) through a much larger number . |
| 26 | In one incident a student was attacked by two men and then forced at gunpoint to hand over his £250 mountain bike . |
| 27 | Of that , one night a week and one weekend a month is normally spent on call . ’ |
| 28 | For the last decade , about one patient a year was referred to our department with a total bile duct transection after open cholecystectomy . |
| 29 | One is that the further from a Type 1 structure a school is , the greater the need for communication and coordination in decision-making . |
| 30 | At one time a footway was made from Skinnergate to North Bondgate to save people 's shoes . |