Example sentences of "and [vb base] [adv] [vb base] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They do not uplift or inspire by style or ‘ credo ’ as do , say , C S Lewis , Primo Levi or Bonhoeffer 's LETTERS FROM PRISON , but James and Spark certainly have a richness of language and a liveliness which makes them a good read . |
| 2 | The bride and groom jointly wield a knife or sword and , with much giggling , push it through the hard white icing into the dark , damp , sweet , rich cake . |
| 3 | More importantly still , Conventionality and Contrast together offer a mechanism whereby children can eliminate their overregularizations . |
| 4 | The sandwasps Ammophila and Sphex also use a tool — a sort of miniature hammer — as an aid in construction . |
| 5 | Somatostatin and octreotide also have an effect on bile composition . |
| 6 | From this community they have spread out and have now become a part of LE for adolescents and children of all races , though perhaps ( no research has been done to my knowledge ) only in areas where there is significant contact between the black and white communities . |