Example sentences of "[coord] [art] [noun sg] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't know if women preferred poetry or flowers or a night at the movies . |
| 2 | There was just enough time for a picnic at Llanfair Caereinion , or a look at the workshops according to taste , before we commenced the return journey . |
| 3 | There is a rich seam of ‘ Europeanism ’ running through fascist thought , as a quick perusal of Nazi newspapers or a glance at the memoirs of British fascists like Diana Mosley reveals . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , thank you ! ’ she said , but her smile withered at the sight of his expression and she trailed after him towards the car park without a word or a glance at the others . |
| 5 | Dave Crooks , who makes a habit of jumping off such things as Swallow Falls and the Anvil at the Bitches in an open canoe , was hobbling around Crystal Palace on crutches . |
| 6 | These darkening extremities , or ‘ points ’ , then slowly spread as the young cat becomes mature and by the end of the first year the Siamese has its adult pattern , with the nose colour covering most of its face , the dark ear-fringe spreading to include most of its ear surface , the tail-tip colour extending right up to near the base of its tail , and the pigment at the feet stretching halfway up its legs . |
| 7 | All I felt when I went to his surgery was a dryness of the throat and a quivering at the knees , and providing I kept my eyes tightly shut all the time I managed to get through the visit fairly easily . |
| 8 | A glance at the route followed will prove that this is not a guide-book , and a glance at the contents will expose me to the scorn of local patriots who will see , with incredulous rage , that on many an occasion I passed silently through their favourite village . |
| 9 | The Rutherglen Councillors were bribed by the Glasgow candidate 's supporters , as were their wives with presents of dresses and finery , but the Dixon supporters among the Rutherglen Councillors were invited down to Dumbarton and entertained for a period of ten days , including a cruise on Loch Lomond , a climb to the top of the ben and a stay at the inns at Dumbarton , Tarbet , Luss and Port of Menteith . |
| 10 | As the lava cools , not only does the surface solidify , but the material at the sides does too . |
| 11 | What he was looking at was not a murderer , but a man at the roots of murder . |
| 12 | It may be difficult to define a formal distinction between this and the page description formats described above , but a glance at the results makes the difference obvious . |