Example sentences of "with a [num] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wimpey is raising the new money with a one-for-four issue of new shares at 148p . |
| 2 | The dresser was crammed with a thousand things beside plates , old envelopes and letters , mousetraps , rags , pipes and screws of black tobacco in papers , and every chair was heaped with clothing , shirts and coats and cloaks . |
| 3 | In August 1828 , after a small exchange of fire , Monteiro landed with a thousand troops under Colonel José António de Azevedo Lemos . |
| 4 | [ to BELVILLE ] Honoured sir , your last proposal to me convinces me I ought not to stay , so , with a thousand thanks for all favours , I will set out for home tomorrow early . |
| 5 | His legs were impaled with a thousand needles of pine and hemlock ; hemlock cones and crabapple were strapped to his waist . |
| 6 | While Surrey took top honours during the two-day event which involved 1,000 players and 52 counties , Hertfordshire won the under-21 title with a 14–11 victory over Bedfordshire . |
| 7 | They may not sell many plastic macs or pairs of 60s kinky boots , but with a 70s revival in the air Oxfam shop volunteers are being swamped with requests for clothes like this . |
| 8 | Davis , who won the last of his six UK crowns in 1987 , reached the quarter-finals at Preston with a 9–4 win over 10th seed Steve James . |
| 9 | The frost put paid to Mowden Park 's home game , while Newcastle Gosforth warmed up for next weekend 's Pilkington Cup fourth round tie at Manchester with a 27–9 win over Nottingham . |
| 10 | Mr Faber won Westbury , Wilts , with a 12,618 majority at the General Election in April . |
| 11 | GARY Connolly , the St Helens centre , scored his third try in two games in Australia as Canterbury-Bankstown went joint top of the RL Winfield Cup with a 30–0 thrashing of Newcastle Knights . |
| 12 | Western , who on Saturday clinched the Torrie Stockbrokers National Premier Outdoor League title for the 11th consecutive year , booked their place with a 2-0 victory over injury-hit Hyndland at Peffermill , where Susan Fraser and Linda Chirrie got the goals . |
| 13 | A Ray Upton double gained Star their second success of the season with a 2-0 win against Holmlands in division one and Windmill sailed to a 6-3 win over ESWA with Dave Harding ( 3 ) , Gary Myers ( 2 ) and Tommy Cartwright scoring . |
| 14 | Monteith at featherweight was a 12–6 winner over Keith Butler of Killymount and Brian Magee atoned for his clubmate Frances Webb 's defeat with a 12–4 win over Thomas Donnelly of Kildress . |
| 15 | STEVE DAVIS reached the semi-finals of the £150,000 Humo European Open in Antwerp last night with a 5-1 victory over Steve Lee . |
| 16 | Marske earned a replay against their more illustrious with a 1–1 draw on Saturday . |
| 17 | Just thought I 'd give you all the benefit of my expertise with a 1–1 prediction for tonight 's game . |
| 18 | Nicky Jones was Deganwy 's star performer with a 21–5 win over H Cunnah while Darren Williams saw off G Cunnah 's challenge 21–8 . |
| 19 | They followed up with a 63–8 annihilation of viables and then beat Tadley 41–33 . |
| 20 | BASKETBALL : Arena Colchester kept up their push for a play-off spot in the Mid Essex Gravel League with a 90–43 demolition of a disappointing Bramston Bullets . |
| 21 | But Paul did n't go home empty-handed , for earlier in the day he won the fours trophy when he led for his father Brian , who had a one-way ticket to next year 's British Isles championships in Ayr with a 27–6 win over the Dunluce four skipped by Malcolm McMullan . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , Noel Weir of Rathfriland got through to the singles final with a 21-7 victory over an out-of-touch Noel O'Hara from Herbert Park . |
| 23 | It was reportedly also proposed that a legislature would be created with upper and lower houses , the upper house with a 50:50 ratio between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots and the lower with a 70:30 ratio . |
| 24 | To supplement these is a superb 1939 account of the Eroica Symphony , freer and more accomodating than later ones but just as taut ( GD 60269 ) , coupled with a 1939 account of the Eighth Symphony . |
| 25 | In the league , Prescot BICC ( Colin Oakes 2 ) won 4-2 against Prescot Res and first division leaders Railway regained winning form with a 3-1 success against Carborundum . |
| 26 | After Leeds slipped towards the relegation zone with a 3-1 defeat at Blackburn on Saturday , McAllister forecast : ‘ It is going to be a long hard winter . |
| 27 | Real kept their 100 per cent home record with a 3-1 victory over Espanol . |
| 28 | found some form with a 33–16 defeat in a club game . |
| 29 | It was Labour in the 1970s but went Tory in 1979 and Dr Brian Mawhinney , the Northern Ireland Minister , held it with a 9,784 majority in 1987 . |
| 30 | MOTHERWELL climbed to the top of the Scottish Premier Division for the first time since League reconstruction 14 years ago with a 1-0 win over Rangers at Fir Park last night . |