Example sentences of "[adv] and a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jack might be jolly enough and a fine fellow when spending his hard-earned cash ashore , but he very quickly became " Poor Jack " when , after months cooped up at sea , he found himself fleeced by prostitutes , brothel keepers , slop-sellers and crimps for no better reason than exploitation of his hunger for female company and his desire for entertainment and refreshment . |
| 2 | In the spring of 1938 the old doctor who had attended her died suddenly and a young man took over the practice . |
| 3 | The rain came suddenly and a hot wind , as if someone had opened a furnace door , hurled it against the car . |
| 4 | The door opened suddenly and a furious Algernon emerged to find James leaning over the stair rail listening quietly . |
| 5 | Nails and Hoomey wriggled free and made off like hares and by the time the opposition had refocussed on Seb as main aggressor rather than Jazz a police car was cruising to a standstill alongside and a new element was introduced . |
| 6 | Our first steps off the Spyway road took us through green and pleasant farmland where playful sheep frolicked alongside and a lone tractor droningly went about its work . |
| 7 | The breakfront version is useful ; this has cupboards below and a deep shelf at waist height to hold drink trays , stereo turntable and so on . |
| 8 | Just a tired row of shops opposite and a seedy-looking pub on the corner and a disused laundry with boarded-up windows and a For Sale notice . |
| 9 | There was a ramshackle club-house with its roof falling in and a rickety stand which rocked in the wind . |
| 10 | She peeped in and a friendly voice greeted her . |
| 11 | ‘ It represents a new way of thinking about the media world we live in and a new way of learning the skills of active engagement and critical reflection with all forms of modern media — television , video , film , radio , print , and the glue that binds them all together — advertising , ’ says Sister Elizabeth Thoman , Executive Director of the Center for Media and Values . |
| 12 | ‘ John was trying to buy two cans of beer from street vendors and was haggling with one of the women , when the other joined in and a real barney developed . ’ |
| 13 | The battle was also a landmark in the conduct of the war , for henceforth both sides dug in and a complex line of trenches soon stretched from the North Sea to the Swiss frontier . |
| 14 | A black and white fluffy cat in and a German pointer . |
| 15 | I also get a couple of good standby wines for friends and neighbours who might drop in and a super-cheap bottle or two of red ( try the supermarket £1.99 offers ) to make some delicious , warming mulled wine . |
| 16 | The old open fireplace had been boarded in and a single gas fire now burned in the hearth . |
| 17 | Another stun grenade was thrown in and a third soldier hurled himself through the window after it , before it had exploded . |
| 18 | The landing gear was put down and a final turn was made towards the runway , then the full flap extension of 500 was selected and the final checks completed before landing . |
| 19 | First there was a vague lightening of the sky ahead , then the drumming of the rain was less persistent , the lesser darkness in the heavens spread until it was over them , they could distinguish the greater irregularities of the ground , the last few drops of rain splashed down and a blissful silence spread around them broken only by the sibillations of the water draining away among the rocks and the splash of their sodden feet . |
| 20 | However , the assets are written down and a better measure of the true value of the company is the near £600m which the stock market puts on it . |
| 21 | ‘ This is a good place to sit down and a good time to sit , ’ said the Friar , ‘ for judging from the condition of the sun , we should eat a little . |
| 22 | Against Team Cotswold , Partners started slowly and went 5–0 down and a late recovery was not enough to save the set . |
| 23 | Many tales have been handed down and a great number of myths have been created around his memory . |
| 24 | ‘ He looked down and a faint smile touched his mouth . |
| 25 | Her stern was down and a sharp list helped us to cut loose the lifeboat , which dropped heavily into the water . |
| 26 | The crossplank was then converted into a sliding rest which moved up and down and a central strut was included , to be positioned according to the size of the canvas . |
| 27 | The crossplank was then converted into a sliding rest which moved up and down and a central strut was included , to be positioned according to the size of the canvas . |
| 28 | Kuhn argued that the comparatively long periods of normal science were punctuated by crises when the existing paradigms broke down and a new paradigm , and eventually orthodoxy , would become established ; the Copernican revolution was a prime example of this . |
| 29 | When the King of Ireland reached a certain age , he would have to step down and a new king be chosen . |
| 30 | So , if the business in which you work is expanding , but an associated employer 's business slims down and a long-serving employee of that other business is transferred to work for your company , resulting in your dismissal , you may be redundant . |