Example sentences of "the [noun sg] and [noun] [adv] a " in BNC.
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1 | He tapped another code into the computer and moments later a dossier appeared on the VDU . |
2 | But soon they too would be absorbed by the world of the camp , know their way about it in their sleep , do the washing-up and water-carrying once a week , or walk about like negroes in G-strings made out of a towel . |
3 | And Colin finished up just down here on the pavement and Keith maybe a few yards further down er with very bad injuries . |
4 | Curl the toes back and raise both arms towards the toes , lifting the head and shoulders just a few inches off the floor . |
5 | And that yo can keep the dog and cat upstairs a bit ca n't we ? |
6 | But again there is ambivalence over whether they should be encouraged into the countryside : to the farmer and conservationist alike a vision is conjured up of marauding inner-city teenagers and other undesirable aliens , wreaking havoc in an environment best kept well away from ‘ those kinds of people ’ . |
7 | A dietitian is responsible for the Unit and visits twice a day . |