Example sentences of "[num] [vb past] [noun] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andy McDowell 's 43 gave Liverpool a good base . |
| 2 | 474 set England a stiff target but the pitch was less malicious than the earlier ones and Gooch and Slack put on 127 for the first wicket . |
| 3 | Breaks of 59 and 92 gave McManus a perfect start , and he had stretched his lead to 6-2 by the end of the first session . |
| 4 | President Juvénal Habyarimana on March 14 gave rebels a 15-day deadline to lay down their arms and accept an amnesty , which was reported on March 19 to have been rejected , amid further reports of fighting . |
| 5 | Moreover , the Welsh Intermediate Education Act of 1889 gave authorities a flying start in establishing publicly provided secondary schools . ) |