Example sentences of "[noun pl] and a [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a psephologist 's handbook , a guide to swings and roundabouts and a heckler 's compendium . |
| 2 | He was an old man with blue eyes and a hawk 's nose , wrapped in a white robe like a bundle of washing . |
| 3 | In recent weeks the cartel had used seven kidnapped journalists and a diplomat 's sister it claimed to be holding as bargaining counters to force the government into negotiations . |
| 4 | His three heads represent the past , present and future ; his spittle poisons and burns the earth ; he has a mane of snakes and a serpent 's tail ; his eyes are watchful and his ears are constantly pricked , listening for newcomers as he admits the dead and devours the still-living . |
| 5 | The after dark choice was a sleekly sophisticated black velvet dress complete with cutaway shoulders and a de rigueur slit skirt . |
| 6 | Upstairs two bedrooms and a maid 's room are a-clutter with Victorian and Edwardian bedroom ware . |
| 7 | I have never liked shrillness , particularly when allied to Liverpudlian vowels and a cock-teaser 's soul . |
| 8 | It will be followed by a short concert by the Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment in Friary Gardens and a children 's dancing display . |
| 9 | Huge , scaly monsters of the reptile kingdom , variously described as being red , green or black , with flaming eyes , clawed feet and a snake 's tail . |
| 10 | The bruiser took up the carpet-bag , at which point every ear caught the sounds of slow , measured footsteps and a man 's voice . |
| 11 | ‘ But the neighbours were suspicious and found he had soil in his shoes and a cock 's head under his bonnet . ’ |
| 12 | The interior is fascinating , with twin vaulted naves and a women 's gallery . |
| 13 | Iris was most often depicted as a NYMPH with golden , winged sandals and a herald 's staff , for she was employed as a messenger for the gods . |
| 14 | Convex Computer Corp reports that Petroleos Mexicanos has ordered three C3 Series minisupercomputers to run compute-intensive petroleum exploration and production software — two compact , portable C3410/ES systems will be used by Pemex 's Exploration and Production unit to run seismic processing applications at exploration sites and a four-processor C3440 at Ciudad del Carmen will be used by 200 scientists and engineers in Production Management for reservoir modelling and database applications . |
| 15 | They have given an undertaking , they have promised , they have consented they have said that they would erm erm undertake certain obligations and a gentleman 's word is his bond is n't it ? |
| 16 | The amount of detail in a plan is something that will vary with circumstances and a student 's knowledge . |
| 17 | One of the Fellowship moved too close to the flames and a bull 's mask went up in flames . |
| 18 | Always check whether there are any payments in addition to the hammer price before the auction begins ; it is customary to have local taxes and a buyer 's premium added on to the final bid , although these are sometimes included in the hammer price . |
| 19 | Looking to the longer term , the Company has outline plans for a later phase of developments which will include platform improvements and a visitors ' viewing gallery in the workshops but at the moment all efforts are focused on phase 1 . |
| 20 | She left the cubicle to find a blood test kit , and came back to find the new houseman , Joe Reynolds , ordering head X-rays and a neurologist 's opinion . |
| 21 | Open classes and a Ploughman 's lunch will be followed by the business meeting . |
| 22 | about pho photographic studio , but certainly lights and a background erm of some nature being used to produce this photograph . |
| 23 | So much so that several social services departments in the United Kingdom are now issuing their elderly and disabled meals-on-wheels customers with small freezers and a week 's supply of meals for them to store and heat up themselves . |
| 24 | Zero to sixty takes 6.5secs and a BMW 750i to the cleaners . |
| 25 | She wears rubber gloves and a surgeon 's paper mask . |
| 26 | There is natural brick on the walls of their long family sitting room , which has open fireplaces and a children 's ‘ playspace ’ alongside the patio doors that lead out to a barbecue area and pool . |
| 27 | He wants DNA tests on Burns relics and a baby 's coffin found when Mary was last exhumed in 1920 . |
| 28 | Infections illness among the children and a children 's party on the same afternoon at Baberton Club House were the contributory factors to the low turn-out . |
| 29 | Infectious illness among the children and a children 's party on the same afternoon at Baberton Club House were the contributory factors to the low turn-out . |
| 30 | The crew would in turn be commanded by an unusually large number of officers for a merchant ship , for , in addition to the commander , the ship might carry six mates , a surgeon , a purser , five midshipmen and a surgeon 's mate , any one of whose places would be of value to a politician seeking to build up an interest . |