Example sentences of "and break a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked up at us very dolefully , and explained that she had ‘ fallen down in the 'igh Street ’ , and broken a bone in her foot . |
| 2 | Had a horse slipped on those treacherous Frizingley cobbles — something she always dreaded — and broken a leg ? |
| 3 | But she put it up here , I think probably to make it easier , I mean if anyone 's had , I do n't know if anyone had children in the seventies when it was the fashion to wear very long skirts , or even as I find going up and down stairs in my nightie , you 're more than likely to fall and break a leg and the baby 's neck at the same time , if you wear a long skirt . |
| 4 | I fall flat on my bonce and break a chair . |
| 5 | He had a strong feeling that he wanted to dash back to the Romano-British section and break a piece of statuary over the bastard 's head . |
| 6 | and break a hip or something you know then |
| 7 | At ‘ The Caithness and Sutherland Industrial and Art Exhibition ’ to give it its full title , a labourer was charged with having done damage to the extent of £8 by falling upon a glass case and breaking a valuable jug the property of one John Fitsgibbon , china merchant . |
| 8 | VETERAN actress Evelyn Laye , 92 , underwent surgery yesterday after falling and breaking a hip . |
| 9 | He is also accused of damaging two wooden tables at the pub and breaking a number of bottles and glasses . |
| 10 | And breaking a cardinal rule.The Queen ends four centuries of church division . |
| 11 | The bullet entered her back and exited through her chest , puncturing a lung and breaking a rib . |
| 12 | He was given a 12-month probation order after admitting burglary and breaking a community service order . |
| 13 | He survived being knocked over , but only just after fracturing his skull and breaking a leg . |
| 14 | It is obvious that a major accident to a wide-bodied jet engaged in public transport is going to demand a far greater investigative effort than an accident in which a pupil on his first solo flight makes a heavy landing and breaks a nose-wheel . |
| 15 | He was going like a winner when he came to the third from home , fell and broke a leg . |
| 16 | Dave Whelan , 53 , who played for Blackburn Rovers and broke a leg in the 1960 FA Cup final , has offered £100,000 to any youngster born within 10 miles of Wigan parish church who wins the junior Wimbledon title in the next 10 years . |
| 17 | Dave Whelan , 53 , who played for Blackburn Rovers and broke a leg in the 1960 FA Cup final , has offred £100,000 to any youngster born within 10 miles of Wigan parish church who wins the junior Wimbledon title in the next 10 years . |
| 18 | Ferdinando and I being both your servants when we sinned were like unto brother and sister and broke a commandment which was made clear to me on reading the Scriptures . |
| 19 | I went straight out and broke a window , I was that impressed … ’ |
| 20 | Some time later , Dorothy suffered a more severe accident and broke a hip . |
| 21 | He was so drunk one day that Dmytryk ordered him home , at which Clift kicked a tree in fury and broke a toe . |
| 22 | He heard electrical impulses behind a large , old-fashioned enamelled flour bin on a high shelf in the kitchen and got out the step-ladder to investigate , bringing down the bin , which hit and broke a jar of clear honey in its descent ; he ended up with a mixture of flour and honey all over himself , the fridge and the floor . |
| 23 | ‘ As you can see she 's not a juvenile and we only got her because she was caught in a trap set by one of the sheep farmers and broke a wing . |
| 24 | Roy , who was about four and had n't been used to drinking out of a glass , took a bite at his and broke a chunk out of it . |
| 25 | Once he kicked it and broke a picture . |
| 26 | A stone was hurled and broke a window . |