Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] and [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are all empirical , qualitative , aesthetic , concrete activities , and they all have a rich vocabulary and indeed literature . |
| 2 | That 's right , yeah , that 's it , yes , and about that tall with a sort of round top and a slim bit and then legs , four legs on the bottom , |
| 3 | Yet in those golden eyes of hers was a lively intelligence and even wit . |
| 4 | As I have often said in these ‘ Notes ’ , Athletico is a forward-looking club and so thoughts must now turn to next season . |
| 5 | the whole place was gon na come to a halt if anybody fired a flash gun and furiously Fred grabbed the royal people and I grabbed the Finns and we started reorganising the present so they could take place under the enormous great windows that there are in and nobody had said at any time a flash gun will stop the machines . |
| 6 | Many will have committed sexual offences that other prisoners find abhorrent ; some will have been informers who helped the police in the hope of obtaining a shorter sentence and still others may have built up debts inside prison that they can not repay . |
| 7 | Problems with a flaked bone in his foot , a broken toe and then hamstring and rib injuries meant that McLeish played only seven times for Aberdeen last season and also missed the first 11 matches of this one . |
| 8 | Before getting too excited , you must remember that this is a weight-loss diet and consequently drinks and foods containing chocolate must be included in the diet within the confines of your calorie allowance , and that does n't mean just eating 1,000 calories worth of chocolate per day ( equal to 2 and a half king-size Mars Bars ) . |
| 9 | A female friend who was visiting suggested that Amy might have more fun being the Prime Minister than a lowly maid and so Amy went off to dress as the PM . |
| 10 | It is not possible to understand this interesting document until it is remembered that it represents a SHARE of sheep taken over and not a public SALE and then fractions of an animal become acceptable . |
| 11 | A morning in which at least a third of the colour spectrum becomes a personal reproach , many flower-beds a matter for regret , every marigold a tiny disappointment and even nasturtiums cast aspersions . |
| 12 | Lairds , like Swans , was designated a Naval yard and therefore intervention fund and for the E E C. With the advent of the peace dividend , those yards , designated Naval yards can not compete with the merchant yards who receive the intervention fund , which is basically a subsidy that allows European yards to compete on a level plain with shipyards in the Far East . |
| 13 | Maturities are designed to take out anticipated shortages at a later date and therefore maturities differ from the standard 91 days . |
| 14 | After reaching the Sahn , the highest of the 50-akce medreses , the scholar may become a 500-akce kadi and thence kazasker . |
| 15 | You have to persuade people and persuasion is a constant process and so Clinton is permanently engaged in persuading people to do the things they ought to have the sense to do without him persuading them . |
| 16 | He was a schoolteacher and a very nice man , I understand , but there was n't much opportunity for Mother to go out and have a little enjoyment and apparently Aunt Bessie did not encourage such things . |
| 17 | We all had a great day and both Russell and Ellen were really pleased with the results . |
| 18 | Kate could n't even justify it by saying it was a boy Lizzy loved , whom her daughter had been with for a long time and so sex was a natural progression . |
| 19 | I saw him move the mat so it should be on a slippery bit and then sort of pretend to slip on it , and then start to shout . ’ |
| 20 | At lunch , Dick Hansen decided that the pieces he could see ( because it had been disassembled for shipping ) from the pictures merited a closer look and so Dick called the owner to verify the price . |
| 21 | There was a slight lurch and suddenly Nails found that all was sweetness and light ; he was moving with delicious ease , his bottom glued to the saddle , no slithering , no jerking , no bumping , just a pleasant sensation of moving to a smooth , easy rhythm . |
| 22 | I know Harrods have a good selection and now McCormicks are bringing out many of the American seasonings in their range of spices . |
| 23 | In April 1921 they were invited to play in Paris against the Olympic Club there , a Belgian side and then Clapton Orient , who would be in the French capital at the same time . |
| 24 | There was a longish pause and then Jefferson said , ‘ Murder has to be punished . |
| 25 | After a few days it may go onto their chest or settle in the liver causing a bilious fever and even jaundice . |
| 26 | One technique is to excite a jackass with a jenny donkey and then au moment critique , substitute a mare . |
| 27 | ‘ The history of all societies , past and future , is the history of its ruling classes … there will always be a ruling class and therefore exploitation . |
| 28 | The sisters stared at each other for a split second and then Jenny flung herself on Sara , crying incoherently . |
| 29 | , Donald Woods ( 1896–1971 ) , paediatrician , psychoanalyst , and writer , was born 7 April 1896 in Plymouth , the only son and youngest of three children of ( Sir ) John Frederick Winnicott , a wholesale merchant and twice mayor of Plymouth , and his wife Elizabeth Martha , daughter of William Woods . |
| 30 | They ate lunch in a shady restaurant and then Leary went back to his flower-hung villa . |