Example sentences of "[conj] [coord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says , the wicked are like the tossing sea , and you know , as far the bible is concerned , the wicked is not necessarily the man or the woman who does terrible deeds , the wicked is not necessarily who is , who is a murderer , or a child molesterer , or a thief or or or a wife beater or something like that , the wicked is the person who rejects God , who turns their back on God , who says thank you , I can go through my life without , I do n't need you , I do n't even believe you exist , and even if I do believe you exist I 'm gon na do things my way , I 'm gon na go through life as I choose . |
| 2 | it used to be a rom of calcite or or a prism of calcite which will do the job . |
| 3 | And if you look back at the minutes and then Yona I think she 's great as the secretary because she does n't let anything go but on the other hand she 's pretty informal about and the way th that over the weeks you know somebody er Julie or June or Mervia Ann come up with the suggestion that they maybe feel why do n't we do this and then by the next week it 's turned into a a rally or a big picket or or a record . |
| 4 | Yeah apple pie or and a circle round bread pudding . |
| 5 | I feel that we rely too much on the present state of affairs , too much on uniformitarianism , when interpreting the fossil record , especially in those groups that are now completely extinct or but a shadow of their former selves . |
| 6 | something here , beans on toast , open a packet of this , tin of that and or a take away or |
| 7 | and or a calculator , and ask him , er not to recite tables , but ask him , five ones . |
| 8 | Someone would either find them a caravan in the garden and or a flat or something , but there was a sense in which the community made sure that that kind of person was at least taken care of . |
| 9 | Myth no. 3 : playing 18 holes of go If or a couple of sets of tennis at the weekend is enough to keep you fit Exercising once a week is not enough to make you fit . |
| 10 | It 's about grey matter and tr and and a bit of , you know , ducking and diving and a bit of erm cun and it 's it 's who you know and not what you know I mean really , excuse me one moment . |
| 11 | And and a bit of loose change as well . |
| 12 | tt They 'd got two handles which was b made it mobile , two wheels , and used it Have four sacks at the end of this threshing engine , hanging on little hooks , and and a bloke there seeing that it got filled alright and it when it was full , they used to run this thing underneath a sack , crank it up by hand , like that , till they got it to the required height , then nestle it on their shoulders , you see there was a There 's a there 's an art in carrying c In carrying coal and there 's an art in carrying corn and there 's an art in carrying beef . |
| 13 | Yes and and a cone inside you know , with three legs a tripod . |
| 14 | The death of the 75 year old woman followed a collision between this Ford Sierra and and a Minin in Gloucester . |
| 15 | If you 're so keen to see people who are as you , as you say articulate and and a go , in council houses it does seem an extraordinary argument to say that that those people are automatically not in need , it seems very bizarre argument . |
| 16 | you 're gon na have a pension and and a home . |
| 17 | No , we why do you think , what we er we er , if if you said if you were looking round a place an , and and a mother said , I 'm surprised that you have n't segregated the men from the women in the dorm . |
| 18 | Erm and and a point was raised in our our evidence given the existing overshoot of structure plan figures , erm the the the county county wide the figures have overshot the agreed structure plan figures , that should focus attention surely on on the need to more closely control the release of the committed land erm er that is currently without planning permission , through the development control process . |
| 19 | testament , that 's just quite enough , it 's just a just th the Jewish thing filled out slightly and and and a little bit less rules and , you know , i it 's very , very lovely ! |
| 20 | Yes and and a sort of a bit of a way forward . |
| 21 | A mixed-pairs darts match was won by and and a quiz with two teams ( men vs ladies ) was won by — guess who — the men ! |
| 22 | and and a rehabilitation centre . |
| 23 | The Norwich City Council wanted to get a licence to be able to sell intoxicants at a new pop centre they were going to open , mainly for young people , and was a member of the Labour Party , incidentally , and and a County Councillor , one of the City Wards , had the cheek to go and oppose the whole of Norwich City Council |
| 24 | And and a cash sum at the end of it . |
| 25 | Er it is then an opportunity of getting at five five individuals and giving them a a pretty thorough going over and and a lot of encouragement . |
| 26 | Yes , at the last meeting these committee members did ask that er he produce some details of help and and a number of cases dealt with have been apparent and the details are presented for , for amendment . . |
| 27 | In formal terms the Luterell arms may be described as or a bend between six martlets sable — that is , a gold shield carrying a black diagonal band with , on each side of this , three birds rather like house martins . |