Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] a [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scott Reading was the focal point of a close finish as he tried to protect a five shot lead over the closing three ends after fantastic work by Paul Maynard 's rink . |
| 2 | They were n't interested in her war story , they 'd heard a million war stories . |
| 3 | It was a movement she 'd made a million times before , yet as soon as her fingers came into contact with his thick , silky hair she felt a jolt as though an electric current had shot right through her , making her start back in surprise . |
| 4 | He 'd seen a hundred funerals . |
| 5 | I 'd seen a 100 franc note on the mantelpiece at old Ma Scamp 's place . |
| 6 | So a local authority might then find itself in a situation that it 'd got a two tier site . |
| 7 | I 'd , I 'd I 'd got a four year old toddler and a and a eighteen month old crawler when , when I was your age . |
| 8 | And er er sort of phone call one afternoon at half past four from the deputy , oh by the way , in fact if we had n't been talking to any Brummies on a we would 've been interviewing people and telling them that they 'd got a three year and these are all points that are gon na be brought up next week , but I do n't see there is any possibility of them doing an about turn because they 've gone public on it . |
| 9 | Well he 'd got a seven year old girl copying him had n't he ? |
| 10 | They tied Maxim to a wooden chair -just like the scene they 'd watched a dozen times at the cinema — in the loading bay of a deserted warehouse . |
| 11 | Jessica probably knew ten times more about these things than she did , she 'd had a million times more experience , at any rate . |
| 12 | Once Keith left it at the home of some guy he 'd had a one night stand with , and when he went back to get it he was so embarrassed he had sex with the guy again , which was a mistake for both of them . |
| 13 | Saying er , I was telling it the other day , she said you could spend all that money on and she said , we went to see this horse , it was years ago before they got their own , she said the horse had just had its foal and it was like he 'd spent a thousand pound on the , the actual stallion yeah and it come out |
| 14 | Cos one day we found him and he was choking to death practically and erm er Tam , Linda 's husband turned him upside down and smacked his back , he 'd eaten a one pound coin . |
| 15 | Before he 'd gone a hundred yards Joseph saw a burly French colon cuff an Annamite coolie roughly about the head at the curbside after descending from his pousse-pousse . |
| 16 | She said if you went out alone in a tight skirt you were black and blue before you 'd gone a hundred yards . |
| 17 | Crusaders seemed to think a 2–0 lead was enough judging by their much more casual second half approach that allowed Newry scope for a marked improvement . |
| 18 | She felt she 'd lived a zillion eternities , crossed endless lifeless galaxies , bearing her solitude , waiting for US , waiting for the fulfilment of all that lay between them . |
| 19 | Like when we opened opened a ninety Z up and we could n't open that face up , it was hell . |
| 20 | The Romanov family were marched into the basement of a house then turned to face a dozen executioners jostling in the doorway for room to shoot . |
| 21 | She was given a year 's conditional discharge by Bicester Magistrates and ordered to pay a hundred pounds in costs and sixty pounds compensation . |
| 22 | The amendment , which had to pass two more legislative votes to take effect , sought to revoke a 1986 law which banned meetings between Israelis and members of " terror organizations " . |
| 23 | He started leaving a ten pound note on the table every morning when he went out to work . |
| 24 | The producers liked the idea so much that they decided to make a two part series full of dancing , celebrations , cookery and food . |
| 25 | Shell-shocked Liverpool recovered to force a 4-4 draw , but the ordeal is n't over yet , says Chesterfield boss Chris McMenemy . |
| 26 | Over the last weekend , he single-handedly managed to create a 3-4 point drop in his own party 's support , with a knock-on effect against Labour . |
| 27 | Although he describes himself as a ‘ a damn uneducated mountain fella ’ , he managed to convert a 1500 dollar bank loan into a 100 million dollar fortune in less than 20 years . |
| 28 | Torquay who kept going … kept running , kept chasing a nine goal mountain were allowed back into the game which meant work for Town keeper Nicky Hammond … |
| 29 | Barcelona struggled to squeeze a 1-0 win at bottom-of-the-league Real Burgos . |
| 30 | Linfield 's shamed opponents yesterday admitted making a 5,000 dollar payment to the Turkish referee before their 2–1 first leg win in Georgia on August 18 . |