Example sentences of "of [noun] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Freddie poured a measure of whisky into a coronation mug . |
| 2 | I poured a slug of whisky into the glass . |
| 3 | The curse was only employed twice — once against the magistrate who fined my father £100 and took away his publican 's licence for receiving a stolen lorry load of whisky during the war . |
| 4 | He had an electric kettle , some lemons , a pot of honey and a bottle of whisky beside the bed , to make himself soothing drinks . |
| 5 | Hence the glass of whisky at the dispatch box rather than mineral water : A premature celebration ? |
| 6 | David Perry , 35 , of Buttermere Avenue , Orford , Gary Toony , 25 , of Kendal Avenue , Orford , and Steven Lea , 27 , of St David 's Drive , Callands , all Warrington , admitted the theft of cases of whisky at the town 's Crown Court . |
| 7 | An elderly man sat at a table beside an open fire , a large pint of beer and a small glass of whisky on the table , an alsatian stretched out asleep at his feet . |
| 8 | That is the equivalent of weighing a fully-laden oil supertanker so accurately that a contraband bottle of whisky in the captain 's cabin would register on the scales . |
| 9 | The hammer lock kept my head down , but I could see he was carrying a bottle of whisky by the neck . |
| 10 | In Bailiffs of Dunwich v. Sterry , the plaintiffs had the right to wrecks at Dunwich and the defendant took a cask of whisky from a wreck before the plaintiffs could get it . |
| 11 | Ash and I levered our way through the press of people while I undid my jacket and struggled to extricate my half-bottle of whisky from a side pocket . |
| 12 | When he came home , he took a bottle of whisky from a cupboard and began to drink . |
| 13 | He fished out a bottle of whisky from a kit-bag , and cleaned two glasses on his towel . |
| 14 | He took the bottle of whisky from the dresser and poured himself a drink . |
| 15 | She picked up a barely touched bottle of whisky from the dining-room table , frowning faintly as she studied its label . |
| 16 | ‘ Ah , yes , performance , ’ he murmured , taking another great gulp of whisky from the glass in his left hand , still holding her tightly with his right . |
| 17 | The man sitting at the other end of the bench took a quarter-bottle of whisky from the pocket of his torn donkey-jacket , twisted off the gold tin top and took a swig . |
| 18 | In Gloucestershire the average man in the vale , situated between the Cotswold Edge and the river Severn , was half as much again better off as in the Forest of Dean across the river ( see Table 2.2 ) . |
| 19 | Reading , by the early nineteenth century , was receiving coal from the Midlands via the Oxford Canal and from the Forest of Dean via the Kennet and Avon , but the main beneficiaries were the inland coalfields themselves and the areas adjacent to them . |
| 20 | With the Malvern Hill rising to the north ; the Wye Valley and rolling Herefordshire stretching to the Welsh borders to the west ; the secret Royal Forest of Dean to the South ; and the Severn Vale , Gloucester , Cheltenham and the Cotswolds to the east ; surely Newent must be the centre of England at its best . |
| 21 | It was on ‘ evidence ’ such as this that a Gloucestershire jury on 22 May 1300 reduced the Forest of Dean to the king 's demesne lands and woods . |
| 22 | The office of Surveyor-General of Woods and Forests , created in the eighteenth century , has been discontinued , but ‘ Deputy Surveyors ’ manage the New Forest and the Forest of Dean for the Forestry Commissioners . |
| 23 | One means suggested for transfer of moisture into the interior of Pangaea has been monsoonal circulation created by the Permian continental configuration . |
| 24 | Rory grinned , stirring his finger through a little patch of moisture on the side of his glass . |
| 25 | On covered surfaces soil and vegetation maintains a continuous presence of moisture on the rock surface while organic decay increases the quantity of organic acids and the abundance of carbon dioxide ; both increase the aggressiveness of the water percolating on to the rock surface . |
| 26 | HUNDREDS of animals were treated by St Tiggywinkle 's hospital for dehydration due to the lack of moisture in the soil this year . |
| 27 | Crop mark sites are mainly caused by differences in the amount of moisture in the soil . |
| 28 | Apart from the discomfort of rain , cold , wind or excessive heat , the amount of moisture in the soil affects the visibility of the layers that are being excavated . |
| 29 | Since few living rooms have a naturally humid atmosphere , unless you happen to have a humidifier installed for your own comfort , it 's necessary to create localised humidity for those plants that need plenty of moisture in the air . |
| 30 | Constant wetting makes nails soft and opaque , and chemical detergents and varnish removers decrease levels of moisture in the nail . |