Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] a [num] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Queen has broken a four hundred year old taboo by attending a service with all the leaders of England 's christian churches . |
| 2 | An aerospace company which has been making large numbers of workers redundant has won a two hundred million pound order . |
| 3 | An aerospace company which has been making large numbers of workers redundant has won a two hundred million pound order . |
| 4 | A company which makes diesel engines has won a seven million pound contract to supply the United States Military . |
| 5 | Jobs have been saved by the announcement that British Aerospace has secured a five hundred million pound deal to sell Hawk trainer jets to Indonesia . |
| 6 | A woman widowed by a drunken driver has collected a fifty thousand signature petition demanding tougher sentences for offenders . |
| 7 | Mrs Bloomer has offered a one thousand pounds reward for the return of the items stolen . |
| 8 | The President of Board of Trade , Michael Heseltine , has announced a one billion pound programme to support coal field communities hit by closures . |
| 9 | The World Bank has unveiled a 4.3 billion dollar economic development plan for the West Bank and Gaza strip covering the next eight to ten years . |
| 10 | The National Union of Teachers has begun a two hundred thousand pound campaign to put education at the top of the General Election agenda . |
| 11 | The French government has launched a 35 billion franc programme aimed at conserving water . |
| 12 | For example , what might apply erm on a one year old vehicle that 's done ten thousand miles , might not apply on a vehicle that 's done a hundred thousand miles and is ten years old . |
| 13 | It 's got a hundred thirty nine up there , and it 's got a hundred |
| 14 | No if if if if a party 's got a three hundred and twenty six |
| 15 | one man who 's already in the money … thankfully … is Olympic rower Steve Redgrave from Buckinghamshire … he 's got a forty thousand pounds sponsorship deal with the Port of London to help him train for the next Olympics … solid gold … |
| 16 | Oh he 's got a ten thousand anyway ai n't he ? |
| 17 | Well we might be having in , in March if eastern region 's anything to go by , cos it 's had a twenty four percent increase , then it might be a , a double blip , a blip under and a blip over , which would therefore f it would therefore follow that your erm your workload level is gon na be consistent . |