Example sentences of "and [noun] [noun sg] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final scene was a formal celebration and prayer fur a wife giving birth . |
| 2 | But er most of my interests were in motoring actually er in the days of er after we left the school after I was driving , of course I was er , these were the days when if you had a motorcar , the whole world was at your feet , and er you could go all over Britain if you , just for petrol at one and thruppence ha'penny a gallon or something like that . |
| 3 | Give winter cauliflowers and spring cabbage a feed of nitrogenous fertiliser , if not already done , to spur them into fresh growth and increase their size and tenderness . |
| 4 | Companies such as Sony , Philips and Pioneer market a variety of IV systems ; prices range from around £3,000-£5,000 . |
| 5 | A group of unions has endorsed proposals put forward by the Involvements and Partnership Association a document towards industrial partnership was signed in September nineteen ninety two , by the General Secretaries of the A W E U , A U T , B I F U , the G M B , I M S F , N C U , U C W , and . |
| 6 | Contrary to the Jenkins and Sherman argument a group of academic economists ( Stoneman et al. 1981 ) , in a study published by the OECD , claimed that ‘ up to now there is no firm evidence that the current high levels of unemployment are due to technical progress ’ and that ‘ if account is taken of the offsetting effects that can be predicted , there will be little change in overall demand [ for skills and jobs ] ’ . |
| 7 | In Cameroon pidgin , for example , josnau ( a derivative from ‘ just now ’ ) is a marker of the present progressive and nau nau a marker of the present perfect denoting the immediate past as in : |
| 8 | Chromium oxide gives a green finish , red iron oxide a tawny red , cobalt blue a blue , and manganese black a black , while the use of Snowcrete cement and fine Derbyshire spar ensures a first-class white surface . |
| 9 | Big Mary 's still dancin' , and jist fur a laugh |
| 10 | So the wind is a constant factor and ball manipulation a prerequisite . |
| 11 | And he had observed , too , from close-up as Neil Smyth drove his penalty against McAdam 's legs and Houlahan rifle a shot ball past an upright when he would normally ensure a vigorous shaking of the rigging . |
| 12 | Phil makes every dark doorway seem an entrance to a sinister underworld , every advertisement and book title a revelation of the absurd . |
| 13 | The second door was the most badly warped of the three , and around.the lock a gap of about a sixteenth of an inch appeared when he put his weight against it . |
| 14 | He has sent to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet a copy of his book on his experiences . |
| 15 | which have been relevant there and the political factors during the Japanese war , the a need to form a united front , a need to moderate policy and then , over the course of nineteen forty six , forty seven , the need to move in a more radical direction , to go back to land reform and , and land reform a scale in terms of absolute egalitarianism because that was seen as the way of , of mobilizing mass peasant support , particularly amongst the poor , most quickly . |
| 16 | On graduation in 1899 she entered the Imperial Ballet , bypassing the corps de ballet and rising through the ranks to ballerina in 1905 and prima ballerina a year later . |
| 17 | " Take yolkys of Eyroun and putte ther-to a gode hepe , and grene chese putt ther-to , " directs a fifteenth-century recipe which includes chopped pork , minced dates , ginger , cinnamon , and hard-boiled eggs baked in an open pie . |