Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] and [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It used to be called Austin-Morris but changed its name to British Leyland and then Rover . |
| 2 | Mrs Maugham was a great shopper in large department stores , and she could not resist their sillier notions ; if anyone had accused her of extravagance , she would have roundly rebuffed the accusation as fantastic and perverse , and yet she must have spent many useless pounds in her pursuit of useful acquisitions Similarly , she always maintained that she hated clutter-clutter , implying , in her tone , the dense decorative drawing-room knick-knacks of Victorian England and yet clutter reigned in all her rooms . |
| 3 | Such is the widespread occurrence of this character that its absence prompts separating Ophomyces and possibly Ophiotholia and Ophiohelus into a subfamily . |
| 4 | It has been said to comprise a central group — Alain Robbe-Grillet , Nathalie Sarraute , Claude Simon , Michel Butor , Robert Pinget — with Marguerite Duras and even Samuel Beckett as ‘ co-opted ’ members . |
| 5 | ‘ First poor Wolfgang and now Alain . |
| 6 | ‘ Trine Micheson , ex-Miss Denmark and currently Europe 's top glamour model , is set to smash the drug culture that is destroying so many young lives today . |
| 7 | In fact , for some years I had my own dog , first Bess and then Judith , and she was my responsibility to feed , groom and exercise . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , Fran , you certainly know how to choose your enemies — first Martin and now Luke Calder ! |
| 9 | You know how Kissinger 's policy lines up with that of Russia as regards Southern Africa and particularly Rhodesia . |
| 10 | While Henry II talked of peace and allowed first Geoffrey and then Henry to pull the wool over his eyes , Richard 's duchy was slipping away from him . |
| 11 | ‘ First Paula and then Sam . ’ |
| 12 | New insecticides , first DDT and then organophosphorus compounds , designed to kill the key pests of cotton , the boll weevil and the cotton fleahopper , also killed the natural enemies of minor pests , the bollworm and tobacco budworm . |
| 13 | FAO says the screw-worm would have spread throughout Africa , the Middle East , Southern Europe and eventually Asia , causing ‘ incalculable ’ damage to humans and wildlife . |
| 14 | The room erupted as first Harbury and then Riley stamped into the editor 's office . |
| 15 | But there was to be no happy ending , as first Barwick and then Treleaven beat his mark by a stroke , the latter even bogeying his last hole , the 18th , after his drive found the trees . |
| 16 | Even so , one could guess that his wars against the Poles ( peace was made in 1018 ) led to coldness with Boleslav 's nephew , and that Cnut 's attitude to the Germans improved when first Henry and then Boleslav ( 1025 ) died . |
| 17 | Wooing first John and then Richard , Philip succeeded in keeping them at each other 's throats , or at Henry 's coat-tails , for several more years . |
| 18 | Yes I pick up on the comment from the , Notts are n't as in control as they were , after first Tony and then Paul got their names on the score sheet in each case for the first time this season , both with bristling finishing efforts and you 'd be a harsh critic indeed who did n't agree that Pisa deserved to pull one back because they played some fine attacking football , and it was the player who 's caused most danger , who 's wearing the number eleven that moved across to the right hand side , got clear of the defence , pulled back an absolutely brilliant clot cross and in the middle who 'd missed an earlier header on fifteen minutes to make it one one , did n't miss on this occasion . |
| 19 | Two Bobbies and perhaps Jack might meet you here . |
| 20 | In this Kursk guberniia was quite unlike Western Russia and also Siberia , which had never experienced strip-farming and redistribution . |
| 21 | So far they have set up Parish Maps , New Milestones and recently Trees , Woods and the Green Man projects — the last being connected to the Orchards exhibition . |
| 22 | The specified package has no active DCs and so QA operations can not be performed . |
| 23 | Outside-half Naas Botha , recently arrived from Italy , will be a reserve only tomorrow but should have more demanding duties in matches two and three in Wellington and Auckland next Wednesday and tomorrow week . |
| 24 | I do have some Eau Sauvage by Christian Dior and also Birchwood and Hawthorn Splash-on Cologne from The Body Shop , but I do n't buy it myself . |