Example sentences of "quick [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had some Weetabix quick and a cup of tea . |
| 2 | It went down her nail to the quick and the onion juice made it sting . |
| 3 | It is convenient and quick and the apparatus is easily made , although there are commercial instruments also available using the vibrating reed principle or a variant of it ( e.g. Du Pont Dynamic Mechanical Analyser ) . |
| 4 | Quick as a flash — or , to be more precise , quick as a Vorderman — Mr Onanuga announced that it was a £15.49 bottle of Champagne and a £1.98 packet of cigarettes . |
| 5 | Tilda had at first elaborated her story , saying that her mother was looking for a new Daddy , but her observation , quick as a bird 's flight , showed her that this was going too far , and she added that she and her sister prayed nightly to Our Lady of Fatima for her father 's return . |
| 6 | Benjamin turned as quick as a top , his eyes sharp and questioning . |
| 7 | Quick as a flash , the Thing replies : ‘ The bog . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Aye , right where you sit , ’ Maggie replied quick as a flash , which earned a laugh from Susan . |
| 9 | Quick as a flash . |
| 10 | I was suddenly stunned by Heather 's amazing speed and decisiveness ; quick as a flash she had booked into the B&B ! |
| 11 | Quick as a flash — or , to be more precise , quick as a Vorderman — Mr Onanuga announced that it was a £15.49 bottle of Champagne and a £1.98 packet of cigarettes . |
| 12 | As quick as a flash , Mildred pulled out a lasso of rope which she had hidden in a drawer and slipped it over the astonished girl 's head and shoulders , yanking it tightly enough to bind her arms to her sides . |
| 13 | Quick as a flash , Doyle said , ‘ Piece of chicken ? |
| 14 | It hit the platform fence and ran under the carriage ; as quick as a flash the boy darted past Charlotte and Albert and tried to look for it under the wheels . |
| 15 | Quick as a flash you push the MOB button on the hand programmer . |
| 16 | For this month 's design , as with all projects where the solution has n't come as quick as a flash of inspiration , I assembled in front of me everything that I had found interesting or been working on over the past few months . |
| 17 | Quick as a flash , Lavender got her pencil-box from her satchel and slid open the lid just a tiny bit . |
| 18 | Quick as a flash the doctor had cut the cord , passed the child to Matilda Jenkins , and was stitching away at Sarah as if his own life depended on it . |
| 19 | Quick as a flash , he replies : ‘ I played a part in the formation of the new Heritage department . |
| 20 | Quick as a flash , Simon 's laughing was replaced by tutting and headshaking as he dusted the car off , muttering something about hooligans . |
| 21 | Quick as a flash , Baba Yaga 's daughter turned her visitor into a needle , stuck her into the birch-broom , and set her on one side . |
| 22 | Quick as a flash , he shoots an arrow , but when he runs forward , he finds nothing but a stringy tree-rat . |
| 23 | Quick as a flash , she lunged inside the box for the sheet of paper which she 'd seen there . |
| 24 | Quick as a flash and game for a good laugh , I said , ‘ Because Denis sent us ’ exactly at the same time as Jack said , ‘ Because Maureen wanted to have a good cry … ’ |
| 25 | Quick as a flash he was at her side , catching her before she hit the ground , his arm hooking behind her knees to scoop her up into the air . |
| 26 | Quick as a flash , Michael replied : ‘ Bob , I 'm glad to see you , too . |
| 27 | The cook came up the side as quick as a monkey and saw what we were doing . |
| 28 | Silver , as quick as a monkey , was on top of him in a moment . |
| 29 | They do this because they are not as quick as the opposition and want to give themselves as much time as possible to play the ball , no matter that they also give the other player more time . |
| 30 | erm The warden of Merton had to get out of Oxford quick when the king arrived , because , and spent the erm war in London , name was Nathaniel Brent , and he was quite an important man in the organisation of the Parliamentary war effort , and Lincoln had rather mixed loyalties , too . |