Example sentences of "[vb base] [art] [adj] and the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 People argue that by adopting a voluntary approach you lose the good and the bad .
2 I hate the pompous and the phoney .
3 Let's leave the ‘ great voice ’ of Anita Baker and her ilk to dorks like Nicky Cambell while we celebrate the cracked and the imperfect .
4 ‘ They persuade the poor and the low paid to play this game — leaving them exposed to massive fines and levies , ’ Mr Davies said .
5 If as a GP you are in somebody 's home and give a thrombolytic and the patient dies , you will be blamed .
6 Marco said , ‘ Let's say we pay the fine and the crystal and you take us to Titan . ’
7 This time you roll an 8 and the ball bounces straight through the Goblin unit hitting all the models in the way
8 Two short quotations illustrate the negative and the positive .
9 Yes here I am lift him , so erm yeah so you just do a grey and the green
10 Or maybe you prefer the cold and the rain of the Commando Training Centre ? ’
11 It 's a whirlwind ride which rarely lingers for more than a minute on individual songs until we reach the '90s and the Zoo TV extravaganza .
12 ( 4 ) Words importing the masculine gender include the feminine and the neuter , words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular .
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