Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] and a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Deep House at its absolute best with itchy slices of funky , ‘ Superbly ’ -style guitar swishes and a desirable female cry vocalising insignificant yet enchanting phrases . |
| 2 | Woven fabric is especially good with shirt looks and a classic finish , particularly since the seams may need firm sewing . |
| 3 | Now he 's playing up to that image in True Romance , a Bonny and Clyde type movie involving drugs , car chases and a beautiful woman . |
| 4 | Where two continents collide neither experiences significant subduction but some crustal thickening occurs and a mountain belt is formed . |
| 5 | Yet through it all a strong sense of caring pervades and a feeling of friendship which is not easy to find in the Western World . |
| 6 | Presumably it eventually dies , but that is less important than it seems to us mortals ; as far as this discussion is concerned the end of the cycle is reached when the present organism reproduces and a new generation 's cycle begins . |
| 7 | Thus it is common ground in the present case that if a manufacturer negligently makes and markets defective goods , for instance a car with defective brakes , or a soothing syrup for babies which is negligently contaminated with corrosive acid , and the defective goods are put on the market and sold to a member of the public , and the predictable accident follows and a young baby is injured , for instance if the baby is a passenger in the car when the brakes fail and the car crashes , or is given the syrup , it is no defence to an action for damages , by or on behalf of the baby , for the manufacturer to prove that the baby was only born after the defective goods had left the manufacturer 's premises or even had passed to the member of the public by purchase from the retailer . |
| 8 | Cirencester has some excellent Roman remains and a museum . |
| 9 | Not having a glue gun I put small bits of hot melt glue in a ring around the face plate and heat them with a heat lamp until the glue melts and a bond with the circle of wood can be made . |
| 10 | ‘ There were three dog leads and a packet of dog biscuits in the cloakroom , ’ he told her , grinning in the darkness . |
| 11 | SUNDERLAND marks its second anniversary on Saturday with four £200 opens and a special cabaret night , while on Monday the Whitbread Mencap meeting is expected to raise £3,000 for the charity . |
| 12 | More important , lest this be thought a linguistic quibble , without them a system of government lacks the legitimacy a constitution gives and a political system the protection it offers . |
| 13 | The door opens and a boy enters . |
| 14 | In Europe a clinical syndrome analogous to Type I bovine ostertagiasis occurs from August to October ; thereafter arrested development of many ingested larvae occurs and a Type II syndrome has been occasionally reported in late winter and early spring , especially in young adults . |
| 15 | Because a star explodes and a thousand worlds like ours die , we know this world is . |
| 16 | HERSCHEL WALKER , the Dallas Cowboys running back , is wanted by the Minnesota Vikings , who are thought to have offered running backs Darrin Nelson and Allen Rice , cornerback Carl Lee. , two No. 1 draft picks and a No. 2 draft pick in exchange . |
| 17 | At this late stage the nuclear membrane disappears and a spindle forms . |
| 18 | When the camouflage of this praying mantis fails and a killer is closing in , the insect adopts the last-ditch defence strategy of flashing its wings open and rearing up with its front legs spread . |
| 19 | If any fault is found , the production of the dots stops and a report is given of the fault . |
| 20 | The screen clears and a green pitch appears . |
| 21 | The momentum following the creation of this region continues and a high level of activity has been maintained . |
| 22 | Every year , on average , the last speaker of yet another Australian language dies and a unique intellectual instrument passes from use as a living language , at best recorded in the barest outline . |