Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] and a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Choose a design that hides the bulb effectively and a heavy base to keep it stable . |
| 2 | A minimum tax of 0.75 per cent on all businesses came into effect immediately and a one-off tax on all registered companies of 7.5 per cent of their net worth was introduced by decree . |
| 3 | He said well from my point of view anyway at least he said just disregard that completely he said and we will do it on what you earnt , so he said all I can is erm just put in as many hours as you can to get your wages up on that side erm and then by the time we look at that he said , the end of February obviously you 'll have December , January and February which will be good months there , I said yeah so he said well then you know erm a hundred pound here and a hundred pound here he said , it all helps to keep the figure up for you so he s |
| 4 | A mildly magnetised screwdriver may drive the system right off-scale from a foot away and a small magnet can be detected at six to eight feet . |
| 5 | We all had lunch together and a nice talk . |
| 6 | A black and white fluffy cat in and a German pointer . |
| 7 | Manfred 's a big boy now and a full colonel in the SSD . |
| 8 | Finish with a thrust forwards and a reverse punch . |
| 9 | The fire caught hold again and a second lorry driver and then the police tried in vain to open the doors , which were jammed because of the impact . |
| 10 | Months of raw sewage had passed down the scarred pavement outside and a thin layer of grass — a bright , sickly , unreal green — had crept over the doorstep and into the building . |
| 11 | Identical chain again let's have a methile group there and one there let's do one more of those a methile group there and a methile group there . |
| 12 | Nails and Hoomey wriggled free and made off like hares and by the time the opposition had refocussed on Seb as main aggressor rather than Jazz a police car was cruising to a standstill alongside and a new element was introduced . |
| 13 | But in Durham we had three rooms and a toilet outside and a little garden where you could sit in the summer . |
| 14 | Before colorectal perfusion studies , the patients and controls had a bowel preparation as for flexible rectosigmoidoscopy , that is — diet restriction and oral purgative the day before and a non-irritative enema two hours before perfusion . |
| 15 | I had to travel about five miles on the bypass , and as the mini was elderly used the slow lane , to be sandwiched between a milk lorry ahead and a crowded estate-car , roughly as old as the mini , behind . |
| 16 | In the winter I 'd have a vest underneath and a green army jumper over the shirt , but not in the summer . |
| 17 | Kitty has brought her fiddle today and a merry tune she 'd like to play |
| 18 | A little bit here and a little bit there , and the players would have taken to it . |
| 19 | You can always do a little bit here and a little bit there to brighten it up . ’ |
| 20 | There is a shortage of suitable recruits in the diplomatic service , which offers varied experience abroad and a good career structure . |
| 21 | Charles Maclaren used to run his fishing course there and a devoted band of anglers return each year to battle with salmon and sea-trout in Naver , Mallart and Loch Hope ; or to enjoy marvellous trout fishing in the lochs scattered throughout the hills . |
| 22 | The FIA tribunal wished to consider the matter further and a final decision is not expected until the end of the month at the earliest . |
| 23 | An ancient fortified residence , the Palazzo del Castaldo has been converted with the emphasis on supreme taste throughout and a masterly use of fine antiques and many lovely features . |
| 24 | a crazy pie in the sky idea dreamt up over a few beers finally became a reality today and a new world record . |
| 25 | By the end of the month , you 're full of self-confidence again and a new development is likely in an intimate relationship . |
| 26 | We have our own little school here and a good number go to various schools in town . |
| 27 | ‘ We have a big squad here and a big wage bill , ’ said Bonds , who is eager to loan out players in the hope of off-loading them permanently . |
| 28 | Renberg , Korsman and Birks use sediment composition to determine the effects of land-use change wrought by Iron Age peoples in 14 widely separated lakes in southern Sweden ( where acid deposition is a severe problem today and a large proportion of lakes are acidified ) . |
| 29 | The village of Roncevaux is a short way beyond and a little way down from the col ; it consists mainly of the very military-looking monastery and attendant Gothic church created there in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries for the service of pilgrims . |
| 30 | It was surprisingly easy to get the wing aloft with a step backwards and a sharp tug on the front risers . |