Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] and [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one hand he carried a canvas satchel , some maps and a flashlight , which he added to the pile before eyeing her find . |
| 2 | Apart from a few independents and a handful of dissidents the only candidates among whom the elector can choose will be those that the parties have seen fit to put before him . |
| 3 | As soon as the removal van is spotted by a neighbourhood group member , the new family is welcomed into the area with a few pastries and an offer of practical help . |
| 4 | But the time should still be only a few minutes and the parent should go to collect the child and indicate when it is appropriate to join the family again . |
| 5 | Such increases in tannin in browsed Acacia nigrescens in southern Africa have been reported to take place in a few minutes and the production of ethylene during damage has been considered to be the promoter of tannin increase . |
| 6 | Skipper Andy Townsend , another Norwich old boy said : ‘ If we can get them all back fit again , get a few wins and the confidence going , there 's no reason why we ca n't get up there . ’ |
| 7 | She 'd tacked a few scraps of old cotton into a baby-gown too and sent it round next door for the new Rattrie baby , born very inconveniently , as it turned out , the day after the funeral , her fit of generosity entirely misplaced , since the child had only lived a few hours and the gown — upon which Odette had worked a few hasty stitches of embroidery — had ended up in the pawnshop — Cara had seen it herself in the window — to help pay , she supposed , for yet another infantile disposal . |
| 8 | Other issues raised in this report included the pooling of the internal audit service of some authorities and the establishment of audit committees . |
| 9 | I tried to pull myself out but my foot was caught in some branches and the current squashed the canoe hard up against me , allowing me no movement . |
| 10 | In the box Boy kept a few books and a lot of letters ; apart from his clothes these were about the only things he had in the flat that were his own . |
| 11 | After a few pleasantries and the shaking of many hands , I accompanied the column for a short distance along the road . |
| 12 | These include jacanas , tinamous , phalaropes , some sandpipers and the dunnock . |
| 13 | And er I was dragging behind a few paces and the headmaster was watching out of his study window you see ? |
| 14 | ‘ We had been working together with the county council for some months and the failure of this appeal was extremely disappointing . |
| 15 | They ambled along the riverbank , stopping to eat a few crickets and an earthworm or two . |
| 16 | It is a commonly-held belief in Australia that the Aborigines have no real language , just a few words and no grammar . |
| 17 | Corbett whispered a few words and the friar looked up sharply and nodded . |
| 18 | ‘ A few words and the offer of deep cups of claret . ’ |
| 19 | After India , Poland , Munich , quick trip to Milan to see Berio and Eco , Paris , Queneau unwell , Butor planning book on Diabelli Variations , that man is an interpretative machine , Paz said , whatever you feed him he devours in a few months and a year later out comes a book . |
| 20 | Three pitches later , nine Czechs , some Scots and a couple of English pseudo-Scots posed for summit pictures below the Czech flag on the highest tower in Adrspach . |
| 21 | ‘ You 're building some shops and a hotel there too . |
| 22 | When filming was over there was a little party , a few speeches and a lot of tears . |
| 23 | In the northeast in particular , poor harvests in the early 1930s led to famine conditions in some districts and an atmosphere of growing desperation . |
| 24 | The Post Office sells a few souvenirs and the cafe sells sandwiches " to go " , and there is a converted barn selling walking gear and souvenirs with a smashing little tea shop . |
| 25 | Future projects include further explorations in collage and a trip later this year with a friend to South America with a view to producing some articles and a book for publication — ‘ with an unusual edge ’ , adds Dawson mysteriously . |
| 26 | Future projects include further explorations in collage and a trip later this year with a friend to South America with a view to producing some articles and a book for publication — ‘ with an unusual edge ’ , adds Dawson mysteriously . |
| 27 | At Monza , he beat Jochen Rindt by a few feet and the championship was his , even though he did not win another race that season . |
| 28 | The room looked like the dining room ; a sideboard with some bottles and a bowl of fruit on it was visible , and Penelope was now able to see that the remains of a kind of meal — a loaf of bread , a hunk of orange-coloured cheese and two glasses — were set out on one half of the table . |
| 29 | The man 's foot had broken a few spokes and the chain had come off , but there was no other damage . |
| 30 | The stone covered a small burial chamber in which four small incinerary urns were discovered , together with some bones and a quantity of yellow soil . |