Example sentences of "and [vb base] [prep] [art] [noun sg] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed as if the phone itself was in paroxysm , all squawk and splat like a cabby 's radio . |
| 2 | I shall put the letter , the envelope and the little punctured card straight into the dustbin , wash , dress and repair to The Wife 's Legs for a hot cup of tea . ’ |
| 3 | Lord Forte will become president and remain on the group 's board . |
| 4 | Irrationally , as a man about to be beheaded notices every scratch and stain on the executioner 's block , Rincewind saw that they had overlarge tails that were bluish-white and , he realised , throbbing alarmingly . |
| 5 | In our case , of course , it is a mature , open and enquiring critical mind that leads us to read on into the churls ' tales of " harlotrie " , not a degrading taste for such material and a lack of interest in : We might see the combination of the intrinsically low status of the Miller and the consequently low expectations of what he will produce with the sophistication of his narrative performance as simply an entertaining absurdity , or perhaps a burlesque , like Chauntecleer 's discursive pomp and display in the Nun 's Priest 's Tale . |
| 6 | The Symphony Hall at the ICC is Britain 's ‘ virtuoso among concert halls ’ according to national music critics , home to the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and host to the world 's top visiting musicians . |
| 7 | I saw Charlie suddenly jerk forward and vomit in the footballer 's lap , before collapsing backwards off his stool . |
| 8 | Write your answer , name and address on a postcard and send to The Limit 's Donington competition , Daily Mirror , … … ( new address ) . |
| 9 | Glue the fabric for the bow on to a small piece of card , cut out and attach to the bear 's neck by gluing the centre of the bow only . |
| 10 | It would recognise the kind of behaviour pattern being presented , and build on the carer 's experience of the best way of coping . |
| 11 | Silent amid the crowd 's applause , they breathe deeply and steadily as they mount the bike , control the trembling of the hands and wait for the time-keeper 's ‘ Allez ! ’ |
| 12 | If parents do not care and praise and listen to a child 's reading , schoolteachers ca n't easily make them literate . |
| 13 | Tim and Bridie Wallis live near Molesworth and object to the Government 's nuclear defence policy . |
| 14 | Before any system redesign is undertaken , we must first of all address the conceptual issues common to the different IR systems and focus on the user 's information needs and searching behaviour . |
| 15 | His Pilgrim 's Progress was by far the most popular book in the cottages of the poor , and in Apollyon he had conjured up a monster fit for any fable : scaled , bear-footed , dragon-winged and breathing fire and smoke from a lion 's mouth . |
| 16 | The key point about this example is that the features offered by a information medium only confer value and add to the medium 's utility if the customer wants the features and can use them . |
| 17 | It is interesting that the art does not include hand strikes : in a series of elaborate hand-stands , the savate expert can flip his feet in the air and kick to the opponent 's head . |
| 18 | There is the risk of permanent damage and neglect to the individual 's spiritual life . |
| 19 | Go down there and look for the apothecary 's sign . |
| 20 | It turns out that if I choose a direction and look at the electron 's spin in relation to that direction then either its axis of rotation points along that direction or it is wholly in the reverse direction . |
| 21 | This is the language of the press release , breathlessly informing us that a speculator whose environmental record is not exactly unblemished and whose monstrous Land 's End ‘ facilities ’ are a blight against all aesthetic considerations , really does care what happens to the dear little flowers that have taken eternity to develop , and the cuddly cliff faces which shake and quiver at the climber 's intrusive touch . |
| 22 | Like the sawed bloodied pieces of shin and gristle in the butcher 's , shoved into a sacking bag and taken home to feed the dogs . |
| 23 | The larvae then penetrate the intestinal wall , and travel through the horse 's tissues to organs such as the liver and pancreas . |
| 24 | The postholder will head one of the Department 's enforcement/advisory sections and participate in the Department 's rotation of such posts . |
| 25 | He left the office late and dropped into a nearby wine bar to have a glass of the house Chardonnay and unwind from the day 's traumas , his thoughts drifting haphazardly from Cindy to Alexandra to Emma and back to Alexandra . |
| 26 | Watch and hear with a child 's senses . |
| 27 | Watch and hear with a child 's senses . |
| 28 | He will forget the first question and reply to the salesperson 's later comment . |
| 29 | And if minute ice crystals break away from these frozen drops and get into a monarch 's body through one of its breathing holes , they can , as it were , remind the fluid inside that it , too , should be frozen . |
| 30 | Life cycle analysis is a cradle-to-grave study of the materials and energy used and release during a product 's lifetime — including its production , use , transport and disposal . |