Example sentences of "pair of [noun pl] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sandwich pairs of biscuits together with the cream and serve at once . |
| 2 | A master of ceremonies is needed to dispatch successive pairs of defendants out of the room , in order to keep the game going continuously . |
| 3 | ‘ I did n't know you 'd got so bleeding sensitive , ’ she said , pulling a filthy pair of leggings on over the nappy . |
| 4 | So she ran in and whipped a pair of socks on to the girl 's feet . |
| 5 | Tuppe found a pair of knickers down behind the back seat . |
| 6 | Certain objects admit of both verbs however and the contrast in meaning is highly revealing , as the pair of examples below from the Brown University Corpus shows : ( 136 ) … such comments as the following which was made by one of the Kohnstamm-negative subjects … |