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 | It has been a traumatic time for everyone at Burston during the past year or so and a great deal has been achieved over a very short time . |
| 10 | We all had lunch together and a nice talk . |
| 11 | She has a flat , round face with eyes close together and a wide smile . |
| 12 | It is an ideal opportunity to play constructively together and a useful way for everyone to make new friends . |
| 13 | Everyone got happily drunk together and a good time was had by all ; so long as the band kept the beat , what they played was immaterial . |
| 14 | The more mature child will be the initiator of imaginative play with boxes , planks and tyres , knowing from past games that certain boxes will fit together and a particular plank will bridge a gap . |
| 15 | Each period of casual employment will be treated separately and a previous period may not be aggregated with a current period for determining sick leave allowable . |
| 16 | He eased his horse round and they ambled along the ridge until the ground fell steeply away and a great valley stretched below them , a silver river sketched through it . |
| 17 | A mildly magnetised screwdriver may drive the system right off-scale from a foot away and a small magnet can be detected at six to eight feet . |
| 18 | The Tsar and nobility would be swept away and a new society based on the social justice and decentralized self-government of the peasant commune would emerge . |
| 19 | At Philadelphia he had been joined by two others in what was obviously a preplanned meeting since the moment dinner was cleared away and a new round of gin and diet tonics ordered they began a miniature board meeting . |
| 20 | He looked away and a dark flush spread through his face , making him look suddenly very vulnerable . |
| 21 | The collection includes a despatch bag , perfect for use as a flight bag ; small , medium and large duffle bags ; an overnighter , ideal for weekends away and a functional suit carrier . |
| 22 | The crowd begins to melt away and a bubbling froth is tossed along the river , dancing and swirling and disappearing from sight round the bend . |
| 23 | The foul was committed with the referee only a few yards away and a red card was the inevitable punishment . |
| 24 | The foul was committed with the referee only a few yards away and a red card was inevitable . |
| 25 | The result of all this has been a rapid rise in in registered unemployment er nevertheless and a steep rise in in long term unemployment . |
| 26 | Across the end of the garage was a workbench with a rack of tools above and a hydraulic jack beneath . |
| 27 | 10.30am and a waif-like girl trudges on stage to explain she 's lost her parents and does n't know what to do . |
| 28 | It is large , indoors and a popular shopping venue . |
| 29 | There was a clatter of running feet in the street outside and a fresh uproar from downstairs . |
| 30 | But in Durham we had three rooms and a toilet outside and a little garden where you could sit in the summer . |