Example sentences of "was [vb pp] a further [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On March 5 , 1991 , he was given a further 27 years for the murder in January 1979 of Gen. Constantino Ortín Gil , a former military governor of Madrid [ see p. 29454 ] . |
| 2 | Dakers , who was born in Newcastle but now lives in Sydney , where he has taken out Australian citizenship , was given a further three months to run concurrently after admitting the three handling charges . |
| 3 | A clay cutter who earned 10s ( 50p ) a week , to which was added a further 5s 6d ( 27½p ) from his two teenage sons , still needed some supplementation as he had three young daughters to support . |
| 4 | Therefore in 1775 Watt petitioned Parliament and was granted a further 25 years for the patent , thus extending it until 1800 . |
| 5 | After the two point cut in interest rates since the UK 's departure from the ERM , minimum lending rate was cut a further one point to 7% from 13 November 1992 , the lowest level for nearly 15 years . |
| 6 | Whiting said the wreckage stopped from that speed in 20 metres and Donnelly was thrown a further 20 metres down the track . |