Example sentences of "[noun sg] and a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They use things like a hammer and a nails , a block of wood , even a saw . |
| 2 | A DAY on which this newspaper , not untypically , carries reports of a city centre bombing , a knife attack , a police murder and a drugs death might seem an inauspicious occasion to take issue with a judicial speech about the virtues of punishment . |
| 3 | ‘ He did not know a great deal about navigation , although he had enough fuel to get to France , but all he had with him was a holdall with a spare pair of shoes , a sandwich and a sports diary with a map of the world in it . ’ |
| 4 | Other features include a health spa with pre-flight grooming salon offering massage and aromatherapy , a library of more than 5,000 books , a music room , a study and a games room featuring the latest computer technology . |
| 5 | It comes the day after a village post office was held-up at gunpoint and a police officer shot at . |
| 6 | Eleven devices have been found at Europe 's biggest shopping complex and a police chief said last night that more could still be hidden . |
| 7 | There is a giant Christmas crossword with more than 150 clues , a film quiz and a children 's quiz compiled by Tim Brownsett of the Barlaston computer department , and the ‘ Turkey teaser . ’ |
| 8 | The offer was of six new Eagle shares for each Samuelson share or a cash alternative and a rights issue to Eagle shareholders . |
| 9 | At the kerb-side stood an ambulance and a police car . |
| 10 | Originally a tearoom and a sweet shop , it has also been used as a billiard hall and a printers ' shop . |
| 11 | After the banquet , other French experts had Created a son et Lumiere spectacle and a fireworks display . |
| 12 | A marble and a stalls back seat could be worth several minutes of noisy bagatelle . |
| 13 | I was subsequently Chief Constable of the combined Sheffield and Rotherham Police Force which whilst a joint committee , still regarded so very much as serving the two separate authorities and finally I was Chief in a Metropolitan country , with a county council and a police committee and I 'm quite sure that the police were much more sensitive to the needs and the wishes of their local communities when you were sitting at one of those , not necessarily police committee meetings , but the county council meetings , when they discussed the minutes of the police authority . |
| 14 | Between a service organisation and a producer , e.g. between a travel company and a breakfast cereal manufacturer , or a dry cleaner and a clothes manufacturer . |
| 15 | Today , it is a fine museum with many paintings of Cook country , an aviary and a children 's playground . |
| 16 | Have you talked only about the bride cooking for the bridegroom when you know she is a career girl and a women 's libber , and if she is not some of the audience will be ? |
| 17 | AIl five have been offered the vacancies they wanted : one to be a military policewoman , another a driver , the third to train as an administrative assistant , While the other two are destined to be a staff clerk and a telecommunications operator . |
| 18 | A stone set ring watch and a ladies bracelet watch , two together , ten pounds for them . |
| 19 | two watches again , the designer a watch and a ladies bracelet watch , . |
| 20 | Next came a drum roll , followed by a wave and a thumbs-up sign from the newly-weds . |
| 21 | The black car stopped outside the airport building and a police officer opened the door . |
| 22 | It is kept alone due to its aggressive behaviour — it attacked two large Pacus and a 1½″ long Arrowana and had to be swiftly moved . |
| 23 | The point rider wore tight white-and-blue striped pants , a red tailcoat , a dyed white beard and a stars-and-stripes stovepipe hat . |
| 24 | Mr Hargreaves , single , a graduate of Bangor University and a fisheries expert , has been a regular visitor to Alaska for the last four years . |
| 25 | The house was just the right size for us ; downstairs , an entrance hall , four rooms , a kitchen and a servants hall ; upstairs , six bedrooms and an attic . |
| 26 | The first phase of the Arts Centre is now almost fully operational , housing the superb new art gallery and the academic Department of Art History ( transferred from the Portland Building ) , an Arts Bookshop and a Visitors ’ Centre . |
| 27 | The SEC and CFTC are fighting in the courts over which should regulate ‘ stock-basket ’ products , new financial instruments with a cash security and a futures contract . |
| 28 | I have a 30″ Powerglo tube and a 30″ Aquastar . |
| 29 | The Test Packs also include instructions for the teacher and a Levels Chart . |
| 30 | It comes with 16Mb of RAM , 525Mb disk and a 19″ colour monitor , it is priced at $27,900 . |