Example sentences of "and a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | A scramble for film rights and a whistle-stop tour of the US on a book-signing tour followed — 11 cities in 12 days and a $75,000 advance . |
2 | It turned out that she was a freelance editor for OUP , with a daughter in her early teens and a seven-year-old son for whom she had been caring single-handedly since her husband 's untimely death . |
3 | The boat was kept open by hinged side struts and a straining device at both ends . |
4 | There was a flimsy nightdress which seemed to consist only of feathers and ribbons , and a mysterious stick of what looked like fudge . |
5 | Stansill was not one of the extroverts of the underground , but what he did bring was method , in an environment with hardly any , and a philosophical view about the alternative which the underground could offer . |
6 | With diligence and determination ( and attending Stow Street College of Printing ) I was considered as an asset and a useful member of the firm . |
7 | A holiday memorable for seafood and storms , and a useful test of the author 's PPL/IR — and two folding mountain bikes . |
8 | It is an ideal opportunity to play constructively together and a useful way for everyone to make new friends . |
9 | Nevertheless , Barry Gale 's book is well worth reading , and a useful contribution to the literature on Darwin . |
10 | Teachers will be asked to record and review the experience , and employers usually find these reports to be very positive insights , and a useful evaluation of their work . |
11 | It was appropriate to the spirit of jazz ( and a useful antidote to the inevitable toe-curling staginess of awards ceremonies in general ) to present two bands of joint American-British instrumentalists who had not worked together before to see what would happen . |
12 | It was my lunch hour and I was dressed classic BR Clerk Chic ( beer-stained jacket , tightly knotted skinny tie , crimplene shiny ass pants and shoes with animal tracks and a useful compass in the heel ) . |
13 | The Il-103 , first revealed in model form at last year 's Paris Air Show and as a full-scale mock-up at MosAero '92 in August , is a low-wing four/five seat fixed-gear aerobatic trainer/tourer with a maximum take-off weight of 1,300 kilograms and a useful load of 350 kilograms . |
14 | A movement moves : it does not , and dares not , coalesce ; and to capitalise it was no more than a modest journalistic hyperbole and a useful summary of an undoubted shift in literary taste . |
15 | These are two valuable chapters on stereoselective syntheses , and a useful account of elementary computer assisted methods is included . |
16 | Israel welcomed the plan as a placebo to Palestinian restiveness , a subsidy to its own administration of the territories , and a useful accessory in Israel 's own policy of reward and punishment . |
17 | The course , which can be taken in a specialist or more general mode , seeks to give students a thorough grounding in Fine Craft Design , to give them a firm basis for thinking about their work and a useful introduction to business practice . |
18 | Even the Salvation Army , formed specifically with the ‘ unrespectable ’ poor in mind , hardly succeeded in becoming more than a welcome addition to free public entertainment ( with its uniforms , bands and lively hymns ) , and a useful source of charity . |
19 | They held their victims hostage for half an hour before making off with twenty thousand pounds worth of gold and a thousand pounds in cash . |
20 | Twenty-five ships , and a thousand mercenaries in them . |
21 | A fortnight later one thousand men , with a thousand legs , a thousand arms and a thousand eyes between them , were ordered home . |
22 | Because a star explodes and a thousand worlds like ours die , we know this world is . |
23 | " I 'll invite you one of these days soon , James , and a thousand thanks for everything . " |
24 | And my mate Lizzy showed up with a migraine and a helluva problem over her son 's school . |
25 | The essence of personal guidance is tact and sensitivity ; it implies a knowledge of people and a knowledge of books , and a skilful marrying of the two . |
26 | It lets us bring into the classroom different voices and different accents and a skilful use of sound effects can suggest a setting . |
27 | The girl behind her was a beauty , if a trifle too plump ; she had dark hair , smoothed down like her mother 's , and a flawless complexion of roses and cream . |
28 | Grade 1 step kicking and a strenuous pull round an overhung chockstone led to a notch below the summit . |
29 | I remember walking down the steps on to the set of Aspel and Company once , seeing a wall of friendly faces — except for one belonging to a lady sitting in the front row , arms crossed and a baleful expression on her face . |
30 | While France stands shoulder to shoulder with Germany , and the two countries together account for half the EC output , the exchange rate mechanism will survive , representing a beacon of hope for federalists who still see a common currency as the bridge across which Europe must pass to a federal future , and a baleful threat for the sovereign Britishers , who see it as a black hole which could draw EC members inexorably into the same destiny . |