Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adj] and [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Ivory is about 5ft 3ins tall and very slim with Oriental features and long black hair . |
| 2 | This one is about three hours old and still lying in the foetal position in which it emerged from the egg . |
| 3 | ‘ How do you know I qualify ? ’ she said without thinking , then flushed as he halted in front of her , his eyes mocking and very definitely blue in the bright morning light . |
| 4 | Yeah I know , do n't you think it 's out of order right that we er that we erm cos he said it 's only gon na be on Thursdays right and sometimes Tuesdays and it 's every fucking week . |
| 5 | The menagerie of the Zoological Society provided the perfect opportunity to observe subjects alive and vigorously kicking , and the tiny woodcuts of the Society 's guidebook vibrate with squawking , flapping , screeching birds drawn as never before attempted in a British work of its kind . |
| 6 | All the fuss is over the fourth charge — should Mosher have published an article in a Taiwan Sunday newspaper condemning Chinese birth-control methods and accompanied by photographs of women 7½ months pregnant and about to be given an abortion ? |
| 7 | I only have to take a moment to get my eyes strong and then I can push it out , this strongness , at anything at all so long as I am staring at it hard enough … |
| 8 | Once licensed , we will collect the royalties due and then pass them on to you . |
| 9 | to see them at the Dinosaurs Alive and then they went to the museum . |
| 10 | By beating this they could drive themselves through the water but their heavy foreparts must have kept their heads low and close to the bottom . |
| 11 | Sit on the floor with legs outstretched and apart . |
| 12 | Sit on the floor with legs outstretched and together . |
| 13 | Sit with legs outstretched and together . |
| 14 | Sitting with legs outstretched and together , take hold of your calves with both hands and squeeze them together quite hard . |
| 15 | ‘ Pion is only fourteen months old and already he has been to Alaska . ’ |
| 16 | The latest addition to the Stoddard Group , Mercia Weavers as it was known , is now nine months old and already it is fully integrated into the organisation at Elderslie . |
| 17 | The season is only three months old and yet Leeds , Liverpool , Sheffield Wednesday and Manchester United are yesterday 's news . |
| 18 | CRATE G-60XL head , twin channel and reverb , 3 months old and never gigged , excellent condition with manual and footswitch , £210 . |
| 19 | While she was doing so , she was company for little Sandy , who was just six months old and still in his pram , the image of his daddy , Bruce Mackenzie . |
| 20 | FATHER Christopher O'Neill 's baby daughter Jennifer is now four months old and still the priest , aided by the Catholic Church , remains in hiding . |
| 21 | The Discus are about 15 months old and about four to five inches long . |
| 22 | ‘ Here' e is five months old and hardly any bigger than when he was born . ’ |
| 23 | He designs careful and often elaborate questionnaires which he or his assistants administer to statistically significant sample groups in the population under investigation . |
| 24 | The average Briton who is not attempting to shed weight is consuming between 2,000 and 3,000 calories daily and only around 15 to 20 grams of fibre . |
| 25 | ‘ His eyes are sharp and piercing , his nose well formed , his beard reddish , his lips fine and not pulled out of shape by too long a mouth . |
| 26 | Staring at him in shock , her eyes blank and far too bright , she burst out , ‘ My God ! |
| 27 | Her skin was ice-white and flawless , her eyes large and luminously black , fringed by reed-thick lashes . |
| 28 | Could she erm , bleach my hairs white and then just like , make them look like skin ? |
| 29 | Gradually the streets became broader , the squares larger and less crowded with traders . |
| 30 | Shoulders long and well set . |