Example sentences of "a [det] [num] [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or tell them , tell them there 's a few million pounds worth of gold coins in some field ! |
| 2 | Throughout the lunar core samples , which extend well below a few millimetres , the exposure ages of the grains are similar at all depths and correspond to a few million years exposure to the cosmic-ray intensity in the present Solar System . |
| 3 | After receiving the evidence , the insurance company offered Susan a few hundred pounds compensation . |
| 4 | From the A4067 , a few hundred yards north of the Dan yr Ogof show caves , you make your way , initially quite steeply , to a clear path on the rim of Fan Hir . |
| 5 | ‘ The Gaiety is a few hundred yards west and when I was 10 and I met Brendan Behan there , he suggested I become a writer . |
| 6 | The Tournament arena was laid out on a flat piece of land in a loop of the Lugton Water , a few hundred yards east of the castle . |
| 7 | My mother and I were evacuees in Cumberland , a few hundred miles north . |
| 8 | Alternatively , it may be a prerequisite for the evolutionary development of intelligence — which leads us to the premonition that , in a few billion years time , there may be intelligent lugworms stalking the Earth . |
| 9 | So if you took a six week period then you 're looking at somewhere around four and a half thousand pounds worth of income . |
| 10 | Calvert , a former 1500 metres runner , made the English schools 400 metres semi-finals last year . |