Example sentences of "and [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | to stop the wetness seeping through and that the gel , what they do is they shave rabbits , and rub it into their skin , the rashes and that and a couple of rabbits have died from it when they first started testing the stuff |
| 2 | And it 's a family that 's well known as a bit you know Geordies and that and a couple of rottweilers . |
| 3 | So , and eight and a half for that one . |
| 4 | A painting of a male head , which is almost certainly a study for the figure of the sailor that Picasso originally intended to place in the centre of the composition , while it is bolder and sketchier than a work like the Self-Portrait , shows all the earlier Iberian devices . |
| 5 | An argument apparently broke out during these talks , and fierce fighting ensued in which Doe was shot and wounded and a total of 64 men , mostly from Doe 's contingent , were believed to have been killed . |
| 6 | She was as tongue-tied and gauche as a schoolgirl on a first date . |
| 7 | One suggestion which spoke volumes , was for the erection of close-mesh wire fencing along the boundary hedges to stop balls going out of bounds , and another that a selection of books be provided in the clubhouse so that ‘ on the wet days there would be some occupation ’ . |
| 8 | It was as lifeless and rigid as a piece of sculpture ; dispelling the illusion of flight . |
| 9 | There was a long delay between the pupils ' arrival and the commencement of the displays and chanting , during which Miss Cackle and the teachers greeted friends and acquaintances , and the girls all stood to attention , being neat and well-behaved and a credit to the school . |
| 10 | After the sober belches of the shoe-gazing clique ( itself a knee-jerk reaction to the brash swagger of baggydom ) , The Franks came across like circus clowns pissing around in a casualty department , all charmingly naive , astoundingly cheerful and dafter than a boardroom of brushes . |
| 11 | However , the team considered that some independent assessment was desirable and appropriate where a project of this magnitude was involved . |
| 12 | The first pay they got was two the the first I remember people gillying for the Stenness Hotel , their pay was two and six and a gill of whisky . |
| 13 | ‘ Certainly it should be gentle and simple or a place of cold , airy silence . ’ |
| 14 | If all these gorgeous chaps are going to rally to the standard when we stick it in the salt pot , then I , for one , am going to be as fragrant and petal-soft as a lady in a soap commercial . |
| 15 | The intended words might be able to be suggested for examples 1 and 4 if a method of whole word recognition were employed , because sleep and steep , boots and books have the same overall shape . |
| 16 | ( 1 ) Although the Act does not expressly say so , it is implicit in sections 10 and 11 that a demand for expenses must be served by the local authority before proceedings can be taken to recover them . |
| 17 | At a meeting on May 10 and 11 in the northern town of Bamenda , 18 of the 21 opposition parties issued a call for a general strike on May 16 and 17 and a programme of civil disobedience and demonstrations on May 19 and 20 . |
| 18 | He will churn the butter if the kitchen is clean and tidy and a bowl of cream has been set out for him . |
| 19 | Behind the savage and futile blood-letting lies unimaginable suffering — families robbed of their loved ones , more than 33,000 injured and maimed and a generation of children brought up in the menacing shadow of the bomb and the bullet . |
| 20 | The wild bohemianism of the life at Kisling 's was stimulating and hectic but a drain on Modigliani 's limited energy and he was looking for a change in his life . |
| 21 | It darted up a tree with breathtaking ease , and the young man watched it leaping from bough to bough , as light and airy as a puff of grey smoke . |
| 22 | There is TV and audio and a heap of magazines . |
| 23 | Brooks Brothers ' past success was based on the personal touch and more than a soupcon of snobbery . |
| 24 | WITH CHARACTERISTIC PRECISION AND MORE THAN A SOUPÇON OF INSPIRATION , THE SWISS CREATED THE DUROMATIC |
| 25 | The keys of old harpsichords are indeed often seen to be hollowed ; however , what this suggests is not that Handel had been assiduously practising on it for many years , but rather that ( being at least loo years old when Hawkins saw it ) it had never had the keys replated. 19th-century scholars were intrigued by this tale , and more than a century after Handel 's death embarked on the quest to rediscover the instrument . |
| 26 | During this time we organized two national conferences for students with disabilities and more than a handful of steadily more accessible conferences for lesbians and gays . |
| 27 | Certainly he came under such guidance from within his family which clashed with his own predilections , for his varsity life seems to have been plagued by vocational uncertainty and more than a touch of its weakening indifference . |
| 28 | The smile was still there , but behind it now was a hint of trouble , and more than a hint of tiredness . |
| 29 | A fruit and vegetable mixture with a delicately balanced flavour and more than a hint of summer . |
| 30 | His voice was as flat and heavy as a sheet of lead . |