Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] [adv] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Half way up , Springsteen shot through his legs and passed me at about Mach 5 , doing a handbrake turn at the bottom of the stairs and heading for the back door . |
| 2 | It was like a nightmare to sit and listen to the loose stones bouncing off my windscreen and bodywork as the lorry passed me at about 70mph . |
| 3 | Outgoing ministers may buy them for about £75 , but the boxes must be fitted with new locks to preserve the secret of their mechanisms . |
| 4 | Since the debt is being traded at discounted rates on the secondary markets , Conservation International will be able to purchase it for about $1.8 million . |
| 5 | Store your cheese in a cool part of the refrigerator and remove it at least 1hr before eating . |
| 6 | It would not comment on the potential value of the joint venture but published reports put it at around $3,000m , adding that Cable & Wireless and Telstra would share 40% , Benpres would take another 40% , and the rest would go to smaller investors . |
| 7 | So if a member borrowed to buy a practice for £200,000 , he might now be able to sell it for only £50,000 . |
| 8 | Pour in enough water to cover it to about 2.5cm/1in . |
| 9 | Pick one at least 1m ( 3ft ) long for accuracy . |
| 10 | Yale make one at around £5 which allows windows to open a bit for ventilation but not enough for a child to squeeze through . |
| 11 | And you get it for only £949 plus VAT . |
| 12 | ‘ We need a medical box with other equipment in to take and it will cost us at least £1,000 in petrol to get to Albania . |
| 13 | Since 1981 German car makers have lowered the share of a car 's value they produce themselves from nearly 40% to less than 35% . |
| 14 | ‘ The rumours flew about Craig Short of Notts County joining us for over 2m but you have to live with that kind of rumour these days at Rovers . |
| 15 | Agents for the Duchess of York have signed a series of deals which will make her at least £3 million for her Budgie the Little Helicopter books , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 16 | It took Robins 's total to 11 for the season since goal-shy United sold him for just £800,000 in the summer , and Robins said : ‘ I suppose I felt I had something to prove . |
| 17 | The ten privatised water authorities have lifted their prices by just under 13% ; the 29 statutory water companies ( which have always been in the private sector and supply water , but not sewage services , to about a quarter of the population of England and Wales ) have increased theirs by over 15% . |
| 18 | In all probability thoughtless pegging has cost him at least £1,000 , possibly £5,000 . |
| 19 | He was without a car for two days and claimed it had cost him at least £300 in business . |
| 20 | The only positive news has been that America 's Digital Equipment has raised its stake in Olivetti ahead of schedule , taking it to almost 10% . |
| 21 | For larger areas of damage where soil is exposed , ram rubble into any soft areas , taking it at least 25mm below the path surface |
| 22 | It seems , although the statement of claim does not set out the matter in any systematic way , that C.M.C. drew down the full loan of £420,000 and subsequently defaulted in its payments to B.M.T. It does not appear precisely how the £420,000 was expended by C.M.C. After obtaining the possession order in respect of the bakery , B.M.T. sold it for about £183,000 . |
| 23 | Tony believes he sold it for around £400 in 1949 . |
| 24 | The net result of all this is that a 740Kb disk could supply you with perhaps 3Mb of programs . |
| 25 | Just because you 're looking for win win relationships all the time that does n't mean that you 're gon na get walked over all the time because by being assertive and by this is this is really what I want , what is it that you want and looking , listening to the other person 's point of view as well as making sure your point of view goes across as well somewhere , somewhere in all of that through all this down here , there 's a way of finding something for both people . |
| 26 | Do n't know why we never realised it before but Sun Microsystems Inc chief executive officer , Scott McNealy is the company 's largest single shareholder with about 2.1m shares or 2.2% of the outstanding stock , making him worth about $60m . |
| 27 | Not only is WinFax Pro the bee 's knees , it is n't expensive — you can get it for under £99 . |
| 28 | I have priced the beards and can offer them for only £237.99 plus VAT each . |
| 29 | Priced at £3.50 at the NEC show , we 're offering them for only £2.50 , inclusive of postage and packing . |
| 30 | That makes him worth about $60m on the hoof . |