Example sentences of "[det] [prep] a [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't do the i y , e one , because we 'll take that as a spelling and grammatical change . |
| 2 | The whole story is not yet known , although it 's claimed that North Korea er invaded South Korea er I sh I should take that as a hypothesis and not as a fact . |
| 3 | Would they take that as a lesson and conform to the party 's expectations of educated youth ? |
| 4 | In the course of their mission , which takes each through a death and rebirth ( Harris is required to plunge to the bowels of the earth , breathing a kind of oxygenated foetal fluid ) , they learn to love each other again . |
| 5 | This makes no biological sense , of course , but it has a certain psychological validity , in that the significance to most members of our society of the difference between , say , a thrush and a blackbird is roughly comparable to that between a collie and a spaniel . |
| 6 | The relationship between these men and their clients was likened to that between a cobra and its prey . |
| 7 | It is clear from this , he said , that the connection between an insurer or insurance broker and his client is not nearly so firm as , for example , that between a solicitor and his client . |
| 8 | you see I go on fruit and that for a day and all I do the next day is get a terrible cramp in the stomach |
| 9 | We talked about that for a while and that was when I got the idea of using the mud wagon-not just for him but for the McLaren girl too , and just like before I could see myself sitting in it with her . |
| 10 | Okay so we 've got thirteen pounds forget about that for a minute and then fifty pence . |
| 11 | Okay we 'll leave that for a minute and we 'll have a look so you can forget all about it right then I 'll ask you later when you 've forgotten okay . |
| 12 | But one does feel sometimes — is a film entitled to sweep you so compellingly into someone else 's life so completely that for an hour and a half you are them — is it then entitled to drop you just when this character is in a perfectly hopeless situation ? |
| 13 | I have been contemplating this for a while and would love advice from other knitters who have tried it ! |
| 14 | And he stood and listened to this for a while and then he thought he was delayed long enough so he set off home . |
| 15 | ‘ So I thought bugger this for a lark and got rid of them , and the next couple of days I tried to ring you , but … ’ |
| 16 | There could well be some of this between a male and female as they pair , but if they do not settle down then you can assume they are both males . |
| 17 | She did not count this as a master and servant situation , yet she did n't dare to presume too far . |
| 18 | Historians usually regard this as a scandal and look forward to the day when computerised storage will allow everything to be kept . |
| 19 | The men in power see this as a menace and attempt to make their position more secure by fighting ; but in doing so they are forced to yield ground because of the losses they incur in decreased production . |
| 20 | With this as a model and financial support from various trusts and charities , the Ulster People 's College was established in 1982 . |
| 21 | You can expect that Novell is going to run this as a business and is going to want USL to be profitable . |
| 22 | The French King seems to have taken this as an insult and , if he had not already been in touch with the Poitevin rebels , he very soon was . |
| 23 | Players score one point for a win , half for a draw and the first player to reach five and a half points wins the match . |
| 24 | Some people came to us for a week , some for a month and a few wanted to be taught the essentials of the job in two or three days . |
| 25 | That 48½inch long weapon , described by some as a monstrosity and others as an affront to decency and the Royal and Ancient game , has , according to Sam , done no less than salvage his entire career . |
| 26 | Then they looked at one another for a second and kissed passionately . |
| 27 | The NIE advert was Yasmin 's first appearance in a commercial , but she has already recorded another for a bank and hopes for more work . |
| 28 | they 'd come out with half of one , they 'd come out with things like I think you 're er I du n no er , not barking up the wrong tree that was the wrong one , but the they 'd sort of come out with half of a pun and they would n't finish it off , like oh th , this is smashing ! |
| 29 | He goes , do you know what one of them is , he goes , it 's just sort of like evolutionary thing between the ape and man , and he goes , it 's sort of part way between , and it 's sort of like some sort of creature , and it 's half like an ape and half like a human , and he goes , and you 're one of them he goes , you 're one of them Gran , he goes , you 've got a brain like one of them , as well , and Gran just like went oh shut up Ryan . |
| 30 | He does this with a modesty and a delight in enquiry which has lost none of its adventure in thirty years . |