Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] and [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bizarrely , it 's a pork butcher 's shop , and there 's more to this business than a bacon slicer and a few trays of pies . |
| 2 | All are small islets only a few thousand square metres in extent , which support a few Shetland sheep , a sizable common seal population and a few birds . |
| 3 | A secretary showed me into an ornately furnished drawing room and a few minutes later Sir George came in . |
| 4 | Time was that decor in a tank consisted of a backdrop , a gravel substrate and a few bits of rock from the back garden that you hoped were inert and would n't affect water chemistry . |
| 5 | In the first of the examples given , so long as the profits of the business are remitted to be dealt with under the English partnership agreement and the same persons are partners of the English firm and of its overseas branch , the branch office practice will be covered by the Indemnity Fund . |
| 6 | Thus creating a succulently flavoured ham that goes perfectly with a watercress and avocado salad and a few slices of brown bread . |
| 7 | PC Dave Fishwick , of Darlington Community Liaison department , said residents should then send police a letter with details of their name , address and telephone number and the same details of anyone else who has a key to the house . |
| 8 | There were the same satisfactions of seeing a job well-finished and the same frustrations when the machines refused to function . |
| 9 | Ellis has sent us some veal and ham pie and a few half-bottles of champagne : I must keep playing on his guilt . |
| 10 | Nestlé Foodservice awards the significant prize of £5000 worth of catering equipment to the winning college and the individuals in the winning team are each presented with a £300 cheque at a special presentation ceremony and an all expenses paid study trip to Switzerland . |
| 11 | Saying , if I get a farm with cows and sheep and a five-bar gate and chickens and a coop and a metal stream and a few trees about the place and a green field made of billiard cloth and a dog or two and a cat — never mind the cat — and perhaps a fox on a hill … if I get this , with a pair of ball-bearing roller skates so that I can gleam and flash and go backwards through the heavy Friday traffic and be as glamorous as Boy Davids from the Park … |
| 12 | There would band together to play a charity match and a few days afterwards attend the wedding of John Kirwan to a young lady of Treviso . |
| 13 | He looked through the xerox sheets that had been pressed between them but there was nothing too controversial there , just a Jenner Clinic catalogue and price schedule and a few dates and details . |
| 14 | In which case there would be no capital for him to start up again other than Tommy 's back pay and a few pounds he 'd managed to save himself . |
| 15 | A writer can do wonders with a word processor and a few guidebooks . |
| 16 | Bivins listened to their music in his dressing room and a few months later signed them up . |
| 17 | It 's a plea which we suggest should make the timetable serve the child and not the reverse , and so what we 're doing is we 're saying to children erm ‘ Yes , you are of the same worth , you are of equal value , you should have the same care , love attention and the same resources ’ . |
| 18 | Add the bay leaf and a few flecks of butter and bake four about 15 minutes . |
| 19 | So I made myself at home at the Golden Turk ; the two-faced landlord greeted me civilly enough , providing a chamber on the second floor with a pallet bed and a few sticks of furniture . |
| 20 | Yes , I had forgotten ; you must get someone else , and if you 're worrying about my career I 'll remind you I 'm quite well known in the fashion world and a few weeks ’ absence wo n't hurt me in the least . ’ |
| 21 | There is a Youth Hostel and a few cottages provide overnight accommodation ; once there was an inn , the Cathole , but now a fading memory . |
| 22 | The theme will be tranquilliser addiction and the many problems experienced by those affected and those recovering from this addiction . |
| 23 | However , there are some major exceptions , such as ‘ demand-related services ’ , specifically social security , together with debt interest and a few subsidies . |
| 24 | The outcomes of the decisions of the individual are stochastic , so that two individuals who have the same opportunity set and the same tastes , and thus make the same decisions , may still have different incomes . |
| 25 | Furbush ( 1989 ) used data for five-minute intervals on the S&P500 index for 14 , 15 , 16 , 19 and 20 October 1987 — the period of the stock market crash and the few days just before . |
| 26 | One thing that puzzled me as a boy was Mrs. Farrer 's hair — it used to change overnight from snow white to jet black and a few days later it was white again . |