Example sentences of "and [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] of " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | It was as lifeless and rigid as a piece of sculpture ; dispelling the illusion of flight . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | However , the team considered that some independent assessment was desirable and appropriate where a project of this magnitude was involved . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Certainly it should be gentle and simple or a place of cold , airy silence . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He will churn the butter if the kitchen is clean and tidy and a bowl of cream has been set out for him . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | There is TV and audio and a heap of magazines . |
| 16 | Brooks Brothers ' past success was based on the personal touch and more than a soupcon of snobbery . |
| 17 | WITH CHARACTERISTIC PRECISION AND MORE THAN A SOUPÇON OF INSPIRATION , THE SWISS CREATED THE DUROMATIC |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The smile was still there , but behind it now was a hint of trouble , and more than a hint of tiredness . |
| 21 | A fruit and vegetable mixture with a delicately balanced flavour and more than a hint of summer . |
| 22 | His voice was as flat and heavy as a sheet of lead . |
| 23 | At present north Belfast and Newtownabbey contain less than five per cent of the office space in Greater Belfast : much less than is contained in the small area around the university and less than a quarter of that found in east Belfast . |
| 24 | In 1553 Northumberland appealed to Parliament for a peacetime grant of two fifteenths and tenths and a subsidy of 2s. in the pound on landed incomes , 1s. 4d. in the pound on personal property over £2O . |
| 25 | The GX-7 is a small plastic box measuring some 12cm x 6cm x 3cm with a minimum of controls : two rotaries for Drive and Level and a bank of eight miniature switches to set up the gain and simulation modes . |
| 26 | Pavel was feeling as loose and unconnected as a bag of spanners , and with about as much energy . |
| 27 | Why not invest in a few Units — new interchangeable separates in black , white , navy and red and a variety of shapes ? |
| 28 | From a detached perspective , it might therefore seem that the political viability of the USSR 's East European clients depends not only on greater economic and administrative competence on their part , but the opening up of communication channels between élite and mass and a narrowing of the gulf between state and society . |
| 29 | ‘ Take these grains as my blessing , and may your days be as bright and continuous as a garland of flowers . ’ |
| 30 | The line-up includes top bands Prodigy , SL2 and Nu-Matic and a string of star DJs . |