Example sentences of "a million [noun pl] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | You no doubt heard about the raid on a Venezuelan freighter outside Amsterdam a couple of years ago when a gang impersonating the harbour police impounded over a million pounds worth of acapulco gold ? ’ |
| 2 | Philips Car Systems in Bicester supplies stereo equipment to the truck company and could loose half a million pounds worth of trade if it collapses . |
| 3 | Over a million pounds worth of water filtration kit , vital in the North African Desert , but being delivered ast a critical time in relations with the Libyan Government … but that 's not going to stop them . |
| 4 | He 's alleged to have smuggled three quarters of a million pounds worth of cannabis into Britain , concealed in a lorry load of pot plants . |
| 5 | A florist has been convicted of smuggling three quarters of a million pounds worth of cannabis into Britain . |
| 6 | Two men who smuggled half a million pounds worth of cannabis into Britain in a rubber dinghy have each been sentenced to four years in jail . |
| 7 | The violence in Blackburn , in which riot police were attacked , has resulted in a million pounds worth of damage . |
| 8 | The cause for the closure … arsonists who early last Sunday week set fire to a pile of books in the main school building causing half a million pounds worth of damage . |
| 9 | On the agenda , how best to make half a million pounds worth of cuts to Gloucestershires ' library service . |
| 10 | Told him , selling a million pounds worth of flour e er flour a year and he had his twenty first coming up and apparently , he starts spilling the beans |
| 11 | Th , no he was telling the customer he was selling a million pounds worth of flour a year and that and I , I 've got a twenty first birthday er , you know , wi , coming up , party well after that . |