| "__ a break!" | 23 |
| "__ a chance!" | 24 |
| "__ a cold ..." | 25 |
| "__ a dark and stormy night ..." | 42 |
| "__ a date!" | 22 |
| "__ a day's work" | 31 |
| "__ a deal!" | 22 |
| "__ a done deal" | 26 |
| "__ a dream?" | 23 |
| "__ a drink!" | 23 |
| "__ a far, far better thing I do..." | 46 |
| "__ a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore" | 56 |
| "__ a girl who sang the blues": McLean lyric | 54 |
| "__ a girl!" | 22 |
| "__ a good man ..." | 29 |
| "__ a Good Man, Charlie Brown" | 40 |
| "__ a Grecian Urn" | 28 |
| "__ a Hot Tin Roof" | 29 |
| "__ a hug!" | 21 |
| "__ a hunch ..." | 26 |
| "__ a Kick Out of You": Cole Porter | 45 |
| "__ a Lady" | 21 |
| "__ a Letter to My Love": 1980 film | 45 |
| "__ a Letter to My Love": Signoret film | 49 |
| "__ a life!" | 22 |
| "__ a lift?" | 22 |
| "__ a long story" | 27 |
| "__ a man ..." | 24 |
| "__ a man who wasn't ..." | 39 |
| "__ a man who wasn't there ..." | 45 |
| "__ a man with seven wives" | 37 |
| "__ a Message": INXS song | 35 |
| "__ a monkey's uncle!" | 36 |
| "__ a Name": Croce hit | 32 |
| "__ a Nightingale" | 28 |
| "__ a penny, . . ." | 29 |
| "__ a pity" | 21 |
| "__ a place for us ...": "West Side Story" lyric | 68 |
| "__ a problem" | 24 |
| "__ a Rainbow" (Rolling Stones tune) | 46 |
| "__ a Rainbow": Stones hit | 36 |
| "__ a Rainy Night": 1981 chart-topper | 47 |
| "__ a real nowhere man": Beatles lyric | 48 |
| "__ a rip-off!" | 25 |
| "__ a Song Go Out of My Heart" | 40 |
| "__ a Spell on You": 1957 Screamin' Jay Hawkins song | 66 |
| "__ a stinker?" (Bugs Bunny line) | 43 |
| "__ a stinker?": Bugs Bunny line | 42 |
| "__ a theory . . ." | 29 |
| "__ a trap!" | 22 |
| "__ a traveler ...": "Ozymandias" | 53 |
| "__ a vacation!" | 26 |
| "__ a Woman?" (bell hooks book) | 41 |
| "__ a Wonderful Life" | 31 |
| "__ a world in a grain of sand": Blake | 48 |
| "__ a wrap!" | 22 |
| "__ Abner" | 20 |
| "__ about that!" | 26 |
| "__ about time!" | 26 |
| "__ Ado About Nothing" | 32 |
| "__ Aeterna": Requiem Mass song | 41 |
| "__ Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" | 40 |
| "__ Again (Naturally)": 1972 #1 song | 46 |
| "__ again ..." | 24 |
| "__ again!" | 21 |
| "__ ain't broke ..." | 34 |
| "__ Alibi": Selleck film | 34 |
| "__ alive!" | 21 |
| "__ Alive": 1978 #1 hit | 33 |
| "__ all else fails ..." | 33 |
| "__ all in this together" | 35 |
| "__ all in your mind" | 31 |
| "__ all right with you ..." | 37 |
| "__ All That": 1999 comedy | 36 |
| "__ All That": 1999 film | 34 |
| "__ Almighty": 2007 Carell/Freeman film | 49 |
| "__ Almighty": 2007 film | 34 |
| "__ Almighty": 2007 Steve Carell film | 47 |
| "__ Almighty": Steve Carell film | 42 |
| "__ Almighty": Steve Carell sequel | 44 |
| "__ Alone?": SETI radio program | 41 |
| "__ Along, Little Dogies" | 35 |
| "__ Always a Woman": Billy Joel song | 46 |
| "__ always say ..." | 29 |
| "__ Am" (Alicia Keys album) | 37 |
| "__ Am": 2007 Alicia Keys album | 41 |
| "__ America Tour": 2006 CBS News event | 48 |
| "__ American Cousin," play Lincoln was viewing when assassinated | 74 |
| "__ Amore" | 20 |
| "__ Amours": 1984 César Award-winning film | 55 |
| "__ an accident!" | 27 |
| "__ an arrow ..." | 27 |
| "__ Anatomy" | 22 |
| "__ ancient Mariner..." | 33 |
| "__ and a bottle of rum!" | 35 |
| "__ and Abner": old radio show | 40 |
| "__ and away!" | 24 |
| "__ and Away": 1960s hit | 34 |
| "__ and Away": Fifth Dimension hit | 44 |
| "__ and Bess" | 23 |