Example sentences of "[noun pl] and a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These collections , along with decorative arts and a number of period rooms , occupy the first floor , parts of which will not reopen until later this year . |
| 2 | It requires a quantity , which may be only a gram or so , of cocaine hydrochloride , bicarbonate of soda , containers such as jam jars , glass tubing , stirrers and a source of heat . |
| 3 | It features 13 of her own songs and a cover of the Jimi Hendrix classic Wind Cries Mary . |
| 4 | Basically it was the songs and a sort of mime play with Jack , Lindsay and David leading into a set piece with Lindsay as the old woman feeding the birds , which is a wonderful one , where the bird grows and grows to a monstrous size and finally devours the old lady . |
| 5 | The land between the River Severn and the River Wye has inspired a new collection of songs and a book of poems . |
| 6 | A junior with a big interest in meeting people [ according to his Appraisal ] was given the task of setting out packs of account opening cards , Special Savings forms and passbooks and a couple of credit card application forms for good measure . |
| 7 | A couple of whiskies , a couple of vodkas and a couple of swigs of embrocation . |
| 8 | He had protruding ears and a thatch of curly hair that sat on his head like a woolly beret , slightly off-centre . |
| 9 | We were aroused late that night by the most terrible screams and a pounding on the door . |
| 10 | The international settings and a word-list in six different languages give it a truly world-wide appeal . |
| 11 | Sunderland , playing their fourth match in seven days , made four changes as caretaker manager Malcolm Crosby tried to find fresh legs and a reserve of stamina from his injury-hit first team squad . |
| 12 | She had long legs and a mane of blonde hair ; as she laboured at her typewriter on classified memoranda she drew into North 's office a little stream of besotted admirers , and she was to be spotted after the scandal broke driving round Washington in her red sports car ( FAWN 1 ) , blowing smoke out of the windows . |
| 13 | In fact as rugby is concerned I am colour-blind : give me a rugby player , be it white , blue or yellow , with two hands , two legs and a bit of a brain and I love it ’ , Cunningham said . |
| 14 | It has four rows of four columns and piers , each with different capitals , representing biblical scenes with human figures , monsters , demons and a type of Corinthian design . |
| 15 | The seas around the British Isles are the most ecologically-valuable of any European Atlantic country , including cup corals , sea fans and a range of species-rich sediments and rocky areas , all of which are inadequately protected . |
| 16 | He could get a couple of hamburgers and a glass of beer at the airport , then catch the evening flight to Brussels . |
| 17 | The recycling scheme is run by the non-profit making Save-a-Cup Recycling Company which was set up by a group of plastic cup manufacturers and a number of companies in the UK vending and foodservice industries just over a year ago . |
| 18 | As the narrator of The Prisoner of Zenda , Rassendyll is at first inclined to be deprecating about the relationships between ‘ the palace at Strelsau or the castle of Zenda and Number 305 Park Lane , W. ’ He is well aware that his brother , Lord Burlesdon , prefers to forget the misbehaviour , in 1733 , of Rudolf the Third of Ruritania and the Countess Amelia , wife of the fifth Earl of Burlesdon and twenty-second Baron Rassendyll , which resulted in the transmission of certain characteristics ( ’ long , sharp , straight noses and a quantity of dark red hair ’ as well as blue eyes rather than the dark hue more common to the Rassendylls ) in several generations of the family . |
| 19 | There were huge quantities of them , and I ended up filling three vases and a couple of Stuart 's beer-mugs . |
| 20 | ‘ Democracy Wall ’ soon became a popular venue for those with grievances and a focus for the dissent that had been growing under the surface for years . |
| 21 | On 7 April it was reported that , " last Saturday a body of sailors , to the number of 400 to 500 assembled at North Shields … and proceeded from thence to Sunderland with colours flying before them and at the cross there read a paper setting forth their grievances and a demand for immediate redress . |
| 22 | And then she heard a gunshot and the sound of a horn , and looking back she saw , high on Ballymacadoyle Hill , her own father and brothers and a crowd of others too , and they were waving and shouting — and suddenly she understood exactly what was happening : they were giving her their last farewell ; she was leaving Ireland , and might never return . |
| 23 | On either side of him stood his brothers and a collection of young lords . |
| 24 | The next step is to furnish a first draft of the proposed order and to settle the draft in due course , and in drawing the order the agent has particular regard to the value of precedents and a number of model clauses promulgated by the model clauses committee in parliament . |
| 25 | Instead , the men were each handed Christmas bonuses and a bottle of whisky . |
| 26 | When Mark Bright arrived on the Palace scene the following year the duo soon established a marvellously successful striking twosome and it was largely their goals which took the club to the promotion play-offs and a return to Division One in 1989 . |
| 27 | Antoinette had left it to her , plus some gold bangles and a string of pearls . |
| 28 | They are a menace to farm animals and a threat to children . |
| 29 | The twenty illustrations include a gaufrage of Picasso 's highly distinctive signature and include depictions of nymphs , animals and a portrait of Françoise . |
| 30 | In return , you get a disdainful glance from large , lustrous , long-lashed eyes and a curl of contempt from lips like prehensile sausages . |