Example sentences of "this [noun sg] a [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this case a 101 year old ham , the most ancient in the world . |
| 2 | In this study a 13 year old , when asked about being teased in his comprehensive school , replied , ‘ I should think that in my first week or so there was a fair bit . |
| 3 | I have asked myself this question a thousand times , a hundred thousand times . |
| 4 | He had heard this request a thousand times . |
| 5 | ‘ But I do n't want to be sharing my life with anyone , gorgeous hunk or not , ’ Shannon had pointed out mildly , managing with an effort not to remind Kelly they 'd been over this ground a hundred times before . |
| 6 | By closing this door a million times to your fears , you will gain the strength to create newness in your life . |
| 7 | Zen had watched this cycle a dozen times or more when he felt a touch on his shoulder and turned to find Gilberto grinning up at him . |
| 8 | I had come this way a hundred times , always varying my route so as to avoid making more of a track than a rabbit might do . |
| 9 | There follows this sheet a 5 page letter from the York Castle Museum — I discussed this with you today . |
| 10 | The Mackie Memorial Library had been put together for just this purpose a hundred years before , and these were the very books being sold by Derbyshire library staff . |
| 11 | Fig 83 Another jump from Robby ; this time a 20 ft leap into oblivion |
| 12 | The operation was repeated in November , when Larak — this time a 2,500 km round trip — was bombed for the first time and five tankers were hit . |