Example sentences of "[pron] and a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Millet has a gospel , and I ask you , is n't there a difference between a drawing of his and a nice sermon ? ’ |
| 2 | It is perhaps more likely that Freeman has been deceived by the fact that the linguistic patterning of King Lear so under-determines how it is to be interpreted that it is compatible with his and a large number of other theories of metaphor which all equally predict it , and hence appear to explain it . |
| 3 | It is abundantly clear that there was no enthusiasm amongst the English nobility for a renewal of war , and the triumphant campaign that now ensued was prepared by the king himself and a small group of his military supporters , notably Henry Percy of Alnwick and William de Clinton . |
| 4 | It was a linchpin of Lewis 's theism that thought itself was a metaphysical act ; his exploration of this theme in his book Miracles and the subsequent heated debate between himself and a fellow-Christian philosopher , Elizabeth Anscombe , provided one of the great academic sideshows in the Oxford of the late 1940s . |
| 5 | ( 2 ) Allowable also are the mortgagee 's costs , reasonably and properly incurred , of proceedings between himself and a third party where what is impugned is the title to the estate . |
| 6 | The survivors were Nietzsche himself and a younger sister . |
| 7 | He only learnt of Chalky 's disappearance in February 1989 five days after a meeting at his house between James , Gardiner , himself and a fourth man . |
| 8 | Mrs Burrows was careful to indicate what a privilege this was , her only son and she , Alexandra , a nobody and a temporary resident at that . |
| 9 | But if you quite like sleeping with the offending partner for other reasons , you 'll need earplugs , a light where it disturbs nobody and a good book till the warm drink you 've made for consolation lulls you back to the Land of Nod — pending the next onslaught . |
| 10 | I remembered what Agrippa had told me and a faint suspicion stirred . |
| 11 | I was out of my depth : she was a lot heavier than me and a bloody sight more determined . |
| 12 | It 's a great pleasure to me and a certain indication of satisfaction that many of them are regulars . |
| 13 | Tim was fascinated at seeing overturned engines on the side of the line , and you girls were a little anxious as you saw me and a nice Salvation Army wife tear down the track when the train stopped to get water from the engine ! |
| 14 | Just you and me and a force-ten gale . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ She 's as active as you or me and a damn sight tougher . |
| 16 | Andrew added : ‘ This was the perfect return to domestic rugby for me and a fine display by an experimental side . ’ |
| 17 | Andrew said : ‘ This was the perfect return to domestic rugby for me and a fine display by an experimental side . |
| 18 | It 's a great adventure for me and a big challenge . |
| 19 | The door opened behind them and a junior officer came in . |
| 20 | The nation 's youngsters took to them and a successful soap was born . |
| 21 | ‘ Generally people here can expect more-balanced advice on the best holiday for them and a wider choice than from many mainland agents . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Generally people here can expect more-balanced advice on the best holiday for them and a wider choice than from many mainland agents . ’ |
| 23 | During the month after her father 's death each of them had discovered the need to explore hitherto suppressed areas of feeling and half-knowledge that stood between them and a clearer knowledge of the selves they were now fully determined to offer to each other . |
| 24 | There was a pair of cream jodhpurs and boots to go with them and a proper crash-helmet like jockeys used . |
| 25 | All the subjects ( young children ) were trained with three ‘ nonsense ’ figures as the stimuli , learning to apply one verbal label to two of them and a different label to the third . |
| 26 | There is some suggestion that psychic communication can flow more easily along strata than across them and a true link can thus be formed through the Earth between those sites on similar strata . |
| 27 | It sounded absurdly false to her , as though they were playing a rather bald comedy for the benefit of the elderly lady , who was dividing her benign attention between them and a quivering travel film . |
| 28 | Nor , as these raiders paddled towards an enemy shore , was there more than a canvas skin on its wooden frame between them and a hostile reception . |
| 29 | HOMOSEXUAL patients were victimised as public announcements mocked them and a gays-only toilet was set up . |
| 30 | My nephew , Martin , he 's one of them and a lovely boy . |