Example sentences of "of [verb] a [adj] [noun pl] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bows and arrows being the staple of every river vessel 's equipment , their archers shot back , with the wind , and had the satisfaction of seeing a few men and youngsters impaled . |
| 2 | mhm And I suppose in the old days if you actually wanted to know which books were popular and which books were not used at all , you had to a library and to painstakingly look through the shelves , perhaps , and look at the date stamps or something like that , whereas now presumably it 's just a question of pressing a few buttons and the information comes . |
| 3 | mhm And I suppose in the old days if you actually wanted to know which books were popular and which books were not used at all you had to send a librarian to painstakingly look through the shelves , perhaps , and look at the date stamps or something like that , whereas now it 's presumably just a question of pressing a few buttons and the information comes . |
| 4 | And instead of having a few puffs and , and saving and throwing two dog ends away you did n't see that , they 'd just break it in half and have half each . |
| 5 | Bets would be made out on odd scraps of paper with all the formula of doubles , ups and downs , trebles , box ups , each way bets , in fact any means of winning a few shillings and saving their stake money that could be found . |
| 6 | Think of how surprised the well-heeled audience beyond the velvet curtain would be if it could see what was going on back here , the last-minute mayhem that came of packing a dozen models and heaven only knew how many assistants , hairdressers , make-up people , and general , all-purpose ‘ gofers ’ into the cramped space that lay backstage at the Sala dell'Arte . |