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[a {or} one hundred and one - a callow youth ] [a cambered wheel - a course of lectures ] [a course of pills/treatment - a family friend ] [a family house - a gentle reminder ] [a gentleman mutually known to us - a house built on stilts ] [a house designed on a magnificent scale - a little of each please ] [a little old lady - a means to an end ] [a measure of length - a night out with the lads {or} boys ] [a night to remember - a place/time convenient for all of us ] [a plague of reporters descended on the town - a representative body ] [a representative from the company - a shift of scene ] [a shifty expression came over his face - a state of blissful obliviousness to the world ] [a state within a state - a tourist with his inevitable camera ] [a tower of strength - a well-tailored suit ] [a well-trained child - account payee only ] [account rendered £10 - after all the travails of Watergate ] [after all, he is your brother - all his grumbles ] [all his life - all-round artist ] [all's well that ends well - an English girl ] [an English rose - anaesthetic drug ] [anal fin - Antipodes ] [antiquarian bookshop - are you going to come quietly? ] [are you guys ready? - as can be gathered from my report ] [as clear as a bell - as they approached land ] [as thin as a rake {or} rail - at an optimum ] [at an organizational level - at the bar ] [at the bar of public opinion - at/to the cinema ] [at/toward the end of December - azure blue]

a {or} one hundred and...	a {or} one hundred and...	a {or} one hundred per...	a {or} one hundred per...	a {or} one hundred tho...
a {or} one hundred years	a {or} one thousandth ...	a £250 million cash in...	a £5 note	a 1% cut in interest r...
a 10 per cent discount	a 10-power magnification	a 12 bore shotgun	a 12-point plan	a 2-0 situation
a 200 horsepower car/e...	a 20-mile walk along t...	a 21-gun salute	a 2-hour stint	a 30 mile an {or} per ...
a 30 mph speed limit	a 30-metre throw	a 30-piece dinner service	a 40-megabyte memory	a 40-mile limit
a 50p piece	a 5mm mesh screen	a 6 ft tall man	a 6 metre square	a 6-roomed house
A and B are in apposition	A and B are of equal v...	a baby at the crawling...	a backward glance	a backward step
a bad workman always b...	a bad-ass kid	a badly mistimed polit...	a badly sited building	a badly typed letter
a baffled look	a bag for carrying books	a bagful of groceries	a balance of trade sur...	a balding gentleman
a ball in the grand ma...	a ban on smoking	a banker's reference	a bar of chocolate	a bar of soap
a barbiturate overdose	a bare majority	a bare subsistence wage	a bare ten centimetres...	a bareback rider
a barrier to success/p...	a basket of currencies	a basket of eggs	a basketful of food	a basketwork chair
a bastard of a job {etc}	a battle of wits	a beam of delight	a beaten man	a beautiful {or} fine ...
a beautiful silver-ton...	a beautiful sweep of h...	a beautifully marked bird	a bed for the night	a bed of clay
a bed of nails	a bed of rice	a beer can	a bell summoned them t...	a bespoke tailor
a bestselling novel	a betrayal of trust	a better deal for the ...	a bicycle with three g...	a biff on the nose
a big {or} great fat lump	a big {or} wide reader...	a big cheese	a big juicy kiss	a big man
a big noise	a big oil strike	a big pot	a big splurge on publi...	a big step up the ladder
a big 'un	a big-hipped woman	a big-time politician	a bird of ill omen	a bit
a bit light in the head	a bit of a crack/bruis...	a bit of a wag	a bit of advice/luck/news	a bit of an exaggeration
a bit of bread	a bit of fluff	a bit of skirt	a bit of skulduggery	a black and white
a blank space	a blanket of snow/fog	a blast from the past	a blast of wind	a blaze of colour {or}...
a blaze of lights	a blazing inferno	a blend of tea	a blighty one	a blind man/woman
a blithering idiot	a blood stain	a blot on his career	a blot on the landscape	a blow below the belt
a blow without much we...	a blues	a blur of colours {or}...	a blush suffused her face	a boat carrying missil...
a boat nosed through t...	a body of facts/eviden...	a body of laws/legisla...	a body of troops	a book in soft covers
a book on German grammar	a book on language	a book on witchcraft	a book review full of ...	a book with gilt edges
a book with humorous t...	a book with some meat ...	a bookable offence {or...	a bookish word	a boozy person
a borderline case	a botched job	a bottle of wine	a bottle-fed baby	a bottomless pit
a bout of fever/rheuma...	a bow and arrow	a bowdlerized version	a bowel movement	a bowl of milk
a box of colours	a boxer who makes ever...	a boxer with the kille...	a boy aged ten	a brain tumour
a branch weighed down ...	a brazen {or} wanton h...	a breach of confidence...	a breach of etiquette	a breach of law
a breach of rule	a breach of security	a breach of the queen'...	a breed apart	a bright spark
a brighter shade of red	a brighter tomorrow	a brilliant but inarti...	a brilliant piece of d...	a brilliant piece of e...
a brilliantly original...	a brisk walk will blow...	a broad church	a broad driveway sweep...	a broad racial mix
a broken reed	a bucket of water	a building in desperat...	a building said to hav...	a bull elephant
a bulletin to the media	a bumper potato harvest	a bunch of fives	a bunch of flowers	a bunch of grapes
a bunch of roses	a bundle of	a bundle of fun	a burst {or} blown tyre	a burst of automatic g...
a bus/train journey	a busload of children	a busman's holiday	a buzzer sounded dista...	a cake with three tiers
a calculated insult	a calculated risk	a call for help	a call through the ope...	a callow youth

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