Example sentences of "for a [adj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If love was crime , ’ said Alex , ‘ I 'd ask for a thousand similar offences to be taken into consideration . ’ |
| 2 | I was in bed for a straight seven days . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , ’ Cooper-Key paused for a judicious few seconds , ‘ if you insist . ’ |
| 4 | The match resulted in a win for Manchester who having batted first & scored 72 dismissed Bolton for a mere 14 runs . |
| 5 | In Nick Berry 's Physical Pursuits , the former EastEnder appears for a mere 10 minutes but declares : ‘ With this new approach you can shift the flab and even cure a hangover . ’ |
| 6 | He was sure it would work for him and his doggedness was rewarded , when , after using the new tool for a mere six months , he retained his Ryder Cup place and ended the 1989 season in 11th place on the money list with more than £188,000 . |
| 7 | Similar fates were to befall those children called Charles : Charles Thynne Titford ( the influence of the Carpenter family at work here in the choice of a second Christian name ) survived for a mere 11 months , and a further Charles was dead and buried within three weeks of his birth . |
| 8 | He had been at this cure for a mere four years but his reputation was growing fast . |
| 9 | However , after the Commissioner had been in office for a mere three months the Government introduced a Green Paper which proposed to extend her powers significantly , and under the Employment Act 1990 , section 10 , she was given power to assist members in enforcement of their common law contractual rights against the union . |
| 10 | Add to this a particularly dodgy multiload for a mere three levels and you have a product to haunt any gamesplayer . |
| 11 | An observer only a kilometre inside the edge of the path of totality , for example , would see total eclipse lasting for a mere 15 seconds . |
| 12 | Davis agreed to go up to 200 guineas , and in the event secured the unseen yearling for a mere 160 guineas . |
| 13 | So Waqar , with this old , old ball , under cloud cover , had taken 5 for 13 in 38 balls , and with Munton pad-batting Mushtaq , England 's last six batsmen had made two runs between them , and the last eight wickets had dropped for a mere 28 runs . |
| 14 | Normally it is of the second magnitude , just about equal to the Pole Star , but every 2½ days it gives a long , slow wink , taking four hours to fade down below the third magnitude and remaining at minimum for a mere 20 minutes before starting to recover — after which nothing more happens for the next 2½ days . |
| 15 | One farmer told the authors that it cost him 194,000 Somali shillings ( $14 ) to grow 100 kilos ( 220lbs ) of maize , which he could sell for a mere 55,000 shillings at the local market . |
| 16 | In the early part of the decade ‘ Laura Ashley ’ was selling a bustle-backed wedding dress in cotton seersucker for a mere ten pounds fifty , A famous designer was charging £600 for a comparable design . |
| 17 | The whole lot was to come down and make way for a million square feet of office space , and the company developing the site had held a competition to find a master-planner . |
| 18 | Three best-selling writers are backing an appeal by Oxfam for a million second-hand books . |
| 19 | Just as we enter Machico , we pass the Hotel Dom Pedro on the right , a favourite retreat for a peaceful few days . |
| 20 | If what he says in the scum book is true then how could we let that happen , surely Blackburn could have been squeezed for a goodly 3 squiddlys . |
| 21 | WIGAN will launch their bid for a fifth consecutive Stones Bitter Championship title at home to Hull one of just two sides to win in the league at Central Park last season . |
| 22 | MIGHTY Wigan launch their bid for a fifth consecutive Stones Bitter championship title at home to Hullone of just two sides to win in the league at Central Park last season . |
| 23 | For a terrible nine hours , the bombardment continued , constantly intensifying in its ferocious impact . |
| 24 | Sight should not be lost of the calls for a separate small claims court ( see below ) and care must be taken in considering the use to which the procedure is put by the private citizen , as distinct from businesses and other organisations . |
| 25 | One of the school 's main aims is to raise enough money for a second indoor sports base , which would be of benefit to both the school and the local community . |
| 26 | They held each other 's look for a long five seconds . |
| 27 | Wrapped in the folds of the letter was a draft , to her , for a hundred thousand pounds . |
| 28 | The daughters of a man who died after breathing asbestos dust are suing his employers British Rail for a hundred thousand pounds . |
| 29 | Finally sport : Oxford United have made a new signing this afternoon ; Jim Magilton has joined from Liverpool for a hundred thousand pounds . |
| 30 | I 'm gon na sue you for a hundred thousand dollars honey . |