Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv prt] a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his nigh on sixty years , he had lost two fortunes and built up a third . |
| 2 | A break during the middle of the day and a return to the stables — apart from the question of distance from the field where the work was being done — would have meant unyoking and yoking up a second time for another stint in the afternoon ; and this would have lengthened the day without appreciably lengthening the working time . |
| 3 | ‘ Thank you ! ’ he said , and drew up a third chair . |
| 4 | He stretched his throat and gulped down a third of the liquid in the glass . |
| 5 | By the end of the fifth of seven laps the first two groups had come together and at this stage Albert Shaw ( CB Hire/Kings Moss ) and veteran Eddie Crory ( Whirline West Down ) broke away and opened up a 40-second lead . |
| 6 | The new system will run under MS-DOS or Windows , transmits at a faster 10Mbps than its predecessor and takes up a fifth less memory space : 37Kb on a satellite , 46Kb on a server . |
| 7 | Colour the marzipan a bright green and roll out a third ( about 225g/8oz ) on a surface dusted with icing sugar or cornflour to a large circle . |
| 8 | Mrs Mantini straightened up and puffed out a last breath of her garlic-and-onion lunch . |
| 9 | We climbed up again and rolled down a second time , Mom sighing and giggling again , again . |
| 10 | If if I say well let's try and add up a sixth and a twelfth and most people want to add the six and the twelve together and things like that but you ca n't do it that way you 'll have to change them both into something that 's the same . |
| 11 | Gathering her wits , she hurried into the workshop and picked up a last and a half-tapped boon Returning to the kitchen , she indicated with a nod of her head that Craig sit on the stool near the fire . |
| 12 | Twelve minutes after the break he moved into the middle during a rare Palace break and was in just the right spot to hammer home a left-wing cross to give Palace a great victory and set up a 3rd round tie against Liverpool ! |