Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone laughed and clapped and then Oliver used a whole heap of long words and each time he used one we all whooped . |
| 2 | The charity is still in force today , but is used for grants for students and apprentices for books and any equipment they may need to help them in their careers . |
| 3 | We were all soaking wet and more than ready for the hot baths and good meal we knew would be waiting for us back at Malham Tarn . |
| 4 | The expanded girths , embarrassing bodily functions and creative coiffuring I can cope with — but what 's harder to handle is that most groups who reform do so because of shrinking royalty cheques rather than any genuine desire to play together again . |
| 5 | With her glossy curls and ripe-peach skin she seemed to glow from top to toe . |
| 6 | Using an extensive collection of pure perfume essences , his unrivalled skills and unerring taste he will advise Harrods customers on fragrance and help them to realise a unique perfume of their own . |
| 7 | She was summoned down in exactly fifteen minutes and this time she was more prepared . |
| 8 | His three books have sold more than 1.5m copies and this month he launched a glossy magazine providing recipes and ratings of restaurants that adhere to his diet . |
| 9 | I mean about , what , recently I 've been getting it for ages and this time it was n't there , and I , and I thought to myself dam it I 'm not going |
| 10 | Not being bound by statutory rules and political control it was better able to innovate — perhaps trailblazing for local authorities to take up when the experiment was seen to work . |
| 11 | Mr Siddique estimates there are now some 200 groups and last week he wrote to Mrs Thatcher warning her that ‘ Bradford may turn into Beirut ’ . |
| 12 | It grates between his teeth and last year he chipped off one of his fillings . |
| 13 | The merits of these coalitions are that through direct discussions and active support they should raise as many questions as they pose . |
| 14 | The current values of units are published daily in the Financial Times and each year you will be sent a statement showing the progress of your Bond . |
| 15 | During the next year Sally fell in and out of love a half dozen times and each time it proved to be just as disastrous . |
| 16 | From Swiss clinics and private sanitaria they came , eager to be frozen . |
| 17 | or you can ha , tap another code in and it 'll only make local calls and another code you can only make nationals |
| 18 | Jenny makes all the crackers and this year she designed and made the living room decorations , including the red felt pelmet that hangs above the fireplace . |
| 19 | In 1987 the Lib Dems came second to the Conservatives in two thirds of the seats and this time they look like the main challengers . |
| 20 | With the help of local people , Liphook and District Businessmen raise thousands of pounds each year for local charities and this year they hope to raise more than ever . |
| 21 | It 's basically offering people erm rather than becoming members they can become a supporter for five pounds a year of the Green Party for which they get three shortened up beat newsletters and this week it was two sides of A four . |
| 22 | It was the second Cultural Revolution but this time it came from the students and the workers and this time it was nonviolent , peaceful , gentle . |
| 23 | There were many kinds and each day he seemed to notice more . |
| 24 | Quite apart from the mis-spellings and shabby presentation it hardly tells you anything at all . |
| 25 | Though I can see why you must find that disappointing … ’ she let her gaze drift over his white trousers and faded T-shirt , the same white trousers and faded T-shirt he 'd been wearing earlier ‘ … after all the trouble you 've gone to changing for me . ’ |
| 26 | Erm you mentioned your brother earlier and er Geoff from the sports and social club I 'd like to give them a call , do you have the numbers ? |
| 27 | In recognition of his work on thin films and terrestrial magnetism he was awarded the Royal medal of the Royal Society in 1891 and became president of the permanent committee on terrestrial magnetism and atmospheric electricity of the International Meteorological Conference in 1896 . |
| 28 | He wears boilersuits and lives on the beach at Dungeness ; and sitting in his shack surrounded by pebbles , plants and other exotica he could almost have been the model for Peter Greenaway 's Prospero . |
| 29 | Mabel was in the habit of throwing missiles at the Bargees and lightermen in her earlier years and one day she had been aiming coke at a local lighterman , Ben Johnson . |
| 30 | Nicknames are a favourite pastime with small boys and so during the next four years and one term I was known to my school mates as ‘ Pavement ’ . |