Example sentences of "and [det] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only one hanging , and that a tattered old thing of Adam and Eve ! |
| 2 | When he next turned his attention to the matter , The Times leader writer had to explain to his readers that the law of debtor and creditor was as yet only in a transitional state and that a very unsatisfactory one . |
| 3 | But in the context only the vineyard is really meant , for the following verse refers to " it " as having a stone fence-which points to a single parcel of ground , and that a vineyard , not a field . |
| 4 | I 'm not really some of them do , the younger ones and that a bit . |
| 5 | England will look back with regret on a first half which saw them produce only one score , and that a debatable penalty seven minutes before the interval . |
| 6 | And that a bit of meat there . |
| 7 | Yet nobody knows how people will react if some suddenly get a lot richer and some a lot poorer . |
| 8 | At death , in the moment of passing , all secure an entry , and some a lasting monument ; but of most people 's later life little is ever known , or now knowable . |
| 9 | There seem to be no discoverable rules about the shape of market places , why some take the form of a large open square — often set rather apart from the main flow of traffic — and some a swelling , a sort of aneurism , in the main artery of trade . |
| 10 | Some judges and academic authorities favour a narrow and some a broad approach to the meaning of the term . |
| 11 | Some are witty , some serious , and some a mixture of each . |
| 12 | But so strung up , his trophies ; Anton 's underpants , that — and this a man to swoon at blood ? — it might be the merest scratch . |
| 13 | Erm , and this a rematch . |
| 14 | and this a c a cousin came out for to Sanday |
| 15 | And this a , this a bedroom as well ? |
| 16 | For most of the Eighties , Punjab has been wracked by vicious conflict between the security forces and half a dozen incoherent but well-armed groups ostensibly fighting for a free Sikh state of Khalistan , the Land of the Pure . |
| 17 | For most of the Eighties , Punjab has been wracked by vicious conflict between the security forces and half a dozen incoherent but well-armed groups ostensibly fighting for a free Sikh state of Khalistan , the Land of the Pure . |
| 18 | Otherwise , rationing restricts Romanians to one kilo of meat a month and half a loaf of bread a day . |
| 19 | The site chosen for the house was in a wooded grove , sheltered from northerly gales and half a mile from the sea . |
| 20 | Still , since only one group saw anything , and half a dozen could find nothing , nobody felt obliged to take the 17 keV neutrino too seriously . |
| 21 | At the same time the press had been tipped off that the Health Minister was leaving the country on holiday from Heathrow and half a dozen photographers had literally chased on to the runway to photograph him . |
| 22 | I saw an elderly lady with half a lifetime of raffles behind her and half a dozen tea cosies in her drawer , winning yet another tea cosy and , smiling , handing it back to be re-raffled . |
| 23 | Britain has over 50 native butterflies and half a dozen regular visitors from abroad . |
| 24 | McFarlane was then no longer in government ; he travelled to Iran on Reagan 's orders , accompanied by North , Amiram Nir of Israel and half a pallet of missile parts that he hoped to exchange for hostages . |
| 25 | More than a million bulbs have been planted and half a million annuals will succeed them for the summer . |
| 26 | Insulted by Commander Moelchert 's offer of a side of bacon and half a sack of hardtack , the warriors looted the station for flour , sugar , coffee , pots and pans . |
| 27 | On charter flights skis and half a set of golf clubs can be carried free of charge in addition to your baggage allowance , unless otherwise stated . |
| 28 | A customer comes in and half a crown is placed on the counter for cigarettes . |
| 29 | These sheds were low , single spans of reinforced concrete , covering two lines of track and half a platform on each side . |
| 30 | Stranded in the Kalahari desert we had no water and half a packet of Marie biscuits . |