Example sentences of "a [noun sg] and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wiltshire Police have settled out of court , making a payment and accepting civil responsibility . |
| 2 | I want to look like a racehorse and have long hair and Jim , that 's what I want . |
| 3 | Then they all settle down for a bit and design some mountains . |
| 4 | They might jam a bit and produce substandard material because they are trying to satisfy the record industry 's mania for following up success . |
| 5 | But the President held a referendum and won convincing support from South Africa 's whites . |
| 6 | Thus , for example , in a police operational matter it may well be that one individual must make a decision and make that decision quickly . |
| 7 | Starting in July , every six months we will publish our median time to make a decision and publish original papers and the proportion of cases in which we have met our targets . |
| 8 | But coloured girls , they make a gang and defend each other or beat others up … |
| 9 | ‘ The Church must stand alongside every family like that — not actually put the Royal Family on a pedestal and expect impossible things of them . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Poke ’ is an Anglo-Saxon word for ‘ sack ’ , and a ‘ pig in a poke ’ was a suckling pig taken to market tied up in a sack and sold that way , sight unseen . |
| 11 | A friend has told me that you 've satirized me thoroughly in a story and spilled some confidences about my wife . |
| 12 | Lets Watch also presents structures and functions within a story and introduces different styles of language — narrative documentary style as well as different levels of conversational style . |
| 13 | Anyway , that was the other thing , it was raining so hard , rattling at the windowpane in the dark … even so , I was convinced I 'd heard something , and at that hour there 's nobody else up except the baker , and he 's over here on this side of the Piazza , so I got up to take a look and saw this girl lying there in the rain . |
| 14 | He 'd be bound to notice , to give her a look and say black mark , Private Smith . |
| 15 | Mark had forgotten Babur was a porter and had this thing about class . |
| 16 | The Association of Art Historians really should take a stand and publish minimum fees for one-off lectures . ’ |
| 17 | As a change and to provide more nourishment , try pouring yogurt over them and topping them with fresh fruit . |
| 18 | Then there was a shift as the ship crested a wave and fell twenty feet or more . |
| 19 | FIREFIGHTER Gary Madill is lucky to be alive after crashing through a roof and smashing 25 feet to the ground . |
| 20 | The government hopes half the nation will take part in its lottery , giving people a flutter and financing good causes . |
| 21 | ‘ Not in this old world , ’ Elsie would say , beginning a sigh that ended in a cough and lighting another cigarette . |
| 22 | Now if you 've had , if you know you 're a diabetic and see this happening in the , in the get this , getting this , the size |
| 23 | His family own a bakery and have two shops on the south coast . |
| 24 | Yanto smiled ‘ Look at that ’ he mused to himself , ‘ you could have a crap and eat fresh loganberries at the same time . ’ |
| 25 | Now Benjamin had unmasked many a killer and brought numerous murderers to boot . |
| 26 | ‘ Want to go to a club and see some damage done ? ’ |
| 27 | But if the best way to do this is by romping around a campfire and sniffing each other 's bottoms is open to question . |
| 28 | Speaking at his home in Godalming , Surrey , he added : ‘ It has been a hard few months and I am now looking forward to a break and spending some time with my family . ’ |
| 29 | Speaking at his home in Godalming , Surrey , he added : ‘ It has been a hard few months and I am now looking forward to a break and spending some time with my family . ’ |
| 30 | I trained as a physicist and spent many years in laser research , first in Canada and then at the NPL in Teddington . |