Example sentences of "a million [noun] be [being] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The XJ-Two Twenty , which costs almost half a million pounds was being test driven by a motoring journalist , when he accidentally changed down to first gear instead of third while travelling at NINETY miles an hour.It 'll need about twenty thousand pounds to mend the broken car … the driver 's wounded pride may take a little more work . |
| 2 | By the mid 1930s , up to a quarter of a million dolphins were being killed each year by Turkish , Bulgarian , Romanian , and Russian hunters . |
| 3 | MORE than a million schoolchildren are being taught in classes of over 30 , a Government report reveals . |
| 4 | Figures show over a million children are being taught in oversized classes . |
| 5 | ‘ Half a million dollars is being spent to bring this fight to Sheffield , ’ declared the ambitious Hearn , whose last world title promotion — Michael Watson v Mike McCallum — fell through last month when Watson broke his nose while sparring . |