Example sentences of "a [num] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | If you 're doing twenty in a forty and a copper comes along and pulls both of you , it 's gon na be you that gets fucking done , not him ! |
2 | I had my problem hamstring and knew that I had n't had the necessary training to run a 200 metres after a 100 and a relay . |
3 | On the spectrum of improbabilities , the spotlight turns out to illuminate only the narrow range from the left-hand end ( certainty ) up to minor miracles , like a hole-in-one or a dream that comes true . |
4 | Lamb rampaged to 50 with a six and a pull for four in the same Su'a over . |
5 | ‘ My biggest catch to date is a three and a quarter pound trout from the River Test . ’ |
6 | Stable jockey John Carroll partnered both winners , making all the running in each case , bringing Soba Guest home five lengths clear in the Whirlies Selling Stakes and ushering Anusha to a three and a half length victory in the Auchingramont Maiden Stakes . |
7 | Having slugged it out with Rufus in the Bowmer & Kirkland Novices ' Chase , the lead swapping several times , he survived a blunder at the second last to power his way to a three and a half length victory . |
8 | I do n't believe there 's a one of them could tell the difference between a T-72 and a kiddie 's tricycle . ’ |
9 | ‘ A trusted formula for me is a 57 or a Beyer 201 , with perhaps a Neumann U87 in the room — but definitely not too close to the cab . |
10 | In bright afternoon sunshine , Chip Beck , the American Ryder Cup player , forged firmly to the front , overtaking Brad Bryant , who had earlier set the target with a 69 and a total of 136 . |
11 | thing and that 's without a pump , so to set up it 'll cost me probably a thousand and a bit and I want and then I 'll need to have the rest of the money left over to survive |
12 | Here I would suggest that if the beginner does not want to invest in a full set , he should settle for the 3 , 5 , 7 and 9-irons , sand wedge , plus a 3 and a 5-wood . |
13 | And I was just squeezin maself into a five and a half when Moira McVitie round the crescent in the cul de sac comes by and shouts out ‘ Hiya there Verena is that you trying on some fuck-me shoes for yer man gettin back . ’ |
14 | Since the 1950s , £16 billion has been spent on nuclear research and development , which is equivalent to a one and a quarter pence tax on each unit of nuclear electricity produced over the years . |
15 | We 'd write a one and a zero |
16 | In 1986 , the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys ( OPCS ) , estimated that there were just over a million ( 1,010 thousand ) one parent families in Great Britain caring for more than a million and a half ( 1.6 million children ) . |
17 | Lord Malmesbury queried the Government 's view that the concentration of offices would produce a saving in ground rents , when the land alone for the block scheme ‘ would cost a million and a half of money ’ . |
18 | In the previous half-century it could not have been more than a million and a half in all . |
19 | Er so with these three measures plus the seven hundred and one thousand estimate er underspent th this year to carry forward , we have er about a million and a half to use against er further grant and of the options listed in section ten er , ours are not dissimilar from the , er from and I best pick the |
20 | erm I could mention the recreation budget , because I think you talked about recreation ; in about nineteen eighty the recreation budget was a million and a half , it 's now six and a half million plus . |
21 | For example , in a survey I carried out on the membership of the National Trust — one of the largest voluntary associations in Britain with over a million and a quarter members — it was decided that topics should include such things as how people came to join , how they felt about the payment of subscriptions , how much they read of the literature the Trust sent them , what their main interests in conservation were , how active a part they wanted to play in the work of the Trust , and so on . |
22 | thing I told you about lady in red , remember that , a million and a quarter , |
23 | It 's cost a million and a quarter pounds to build but according to the pupils it 's worth every penny . |
24 | It consists of a two and a half foot length of narrow clear plastic tube which is fixed to your cleaner by means of an adaptor . |
25 | And after Cardinal Red carried him to a two and a half length win over Gaelstrom in the Belle Epoque Sefton Novices Hurdle , de Haan said : ‘ That has set me up perfectly for the National . |
26 | Romany King is five pounds better off than last year for a two and a half length beating and is now ridden by Adrian Maguire , one of the most talented young jockeys on the circuit . |
27 | A seven and a half . |
28 | a seven and a half for that . |
29 | Yeah I think that is er it 's not a great competition- winning shot , but I still think a seven and a half for that one . |