Example sentences of "and a [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A tall , brown iron cylinder with a wheel and a dial at the top stood beside him . |
| 2 | But because it is a writer who is giving us this , and a writer at the beginning of his career , what more natural than that we should see him as writing his way out of all this , as ‘ getting it out of his system ’ as we say , clearing the ground for work that will enact triumphantly his escape , his liberation , his hope . |
| 3 | He was promoted to the rank of Captain and a desk at the Admiralty offices in Whitehall , which meant an end to the family 's wanderings and a large apartment in a turreted neo-gothic building overlooking the Thames in London 's legal district . |
| 4 | It had a round glass eye protruding from the centre of one face , and a lever at the back . |
| 5 | All I felt when I went to his surgery was a dryness of the throat and a quivering at the knees , and providing I kept my eyes tightly shut all the time I managed to get through the visit fairly easily . |
| 6 | Nowadays , the Shatin rice fields have long vanished beneath a new town of skyscrapers and motorways , with a racecourse at one side and a university at the other . |
| 7 | ( He would , of course , also have other horses , for carrying his harness and baggage , for hunting and everyday riding , and for mounting the servants who travelled with him , a squire and a valet at the least . ) |
| 8 | But oh we we 'd we 'd a lot of good fiddlers in those days and a girl at the piano . |
| 9 | ‘ We spent an hour and a half at the post office in Middlesbrough before we finally got into the sorting office to find that 2,500 of our 36,000 leaflets had not been sent out . |
| 10 | Clyde Balsley , an American very badly wounded with the ‘ Lafayette Squadron ’ noted in contrast that the miracles of science after the forced butchery at Verdun … made a whole year and a half at the American Hospital pass more quickly than six weeks in the [ French ] hospital at Verdun . |
| 11 | Right , the Agency has an address , and a signpost at the right turning off the Beltway . |
| 12 | A Medieval campanile has been added to one end of the Mausoleum and a Choir at the other . |
| 13 | thing to put a table mat in and a drawer at the top . |
| 14 | The agreement purported to grant a term of uncertain duration which , if valid , now entitles the tenant to stay there for ever and a day at the 1930 rent of £30 ; valuers acting for both parties have agreed that the annual current commercial rent exceeds £10,000 . |
| 15 | Last year she took part in an environmental project and won a holiday in Dorset and a day at the Dorchester in London A pupil at Conyer School , Yarm , Catherine said she would like to continue writing , particularly as a career . |
| 16 | Yet the facade of high fashion was highly developed by the time of his death ; there were over three miles of carriage road along the cliff top and a promenade at the foot for the elegant and aspiring to see and be seen during the height of Brighton 's mild winter and spring seasons . |
| 17 | In many clinics the genital examination is followed by a ‘ general ’ examination which may include feeling the breasts for lumps , a blood-pressure recording , and a look at the shin from the scalp to the soles of the feet . |
| 18 | Def 2 : Rough Guide To The Islands for armchair holidaymakers a visit to Hawaii and a look at the island 's rare tribes — including Surfers For Jesus and Machine Guns Against Marijuana . |
| 19 | It would be very interesting to know more , and a look at the ‘ Shrewsbury Chronicle ’ for late 1871 and early 1872 might answer some of the questions that the report raises . |
| 20 | That 's the news now and a look at the lunchtime sport here 's John Shaw . |
| 21 | Her mother never tired of speaking of her own father , Don Humberto , who had been a gentleman adventurer and a favourite at the court of King John , but she had never met Dom João and could only assure Sara that if he was at all like his grandfather or his Uncle Pedro ( the one who had died at sea ) he would be a man of great charm , intelligence and wit . |
| 22 | It 's just a blue one , plain blue one with little white spots on and a bow at the top . |
| 23 | ULRIKA Jonsson make a spectacle of herself when she flashed her glasses , a smile and a thigh at the British Comedy Awards . |
| 24 | Then on the second piece arrange the pattern so that you get four complete repeats and a half-pattern at the left , that is the N1 cam goes between needles 6 and 7 on the right of the machine ( Fig 5 ) . |
| 25 | The Commercial Motor account produced a profit in the second quarter of $3.1m ( 1992 : $9.1m loss ) and a profit at the half year of $3.2m ( 1992 : $21.5m loss ) . |
| 26 | Unfortunately , the patient developed pain and cholestasis and a stenosis at the level of the hilum was diagnosed . |
| 27 | Each child will be interviewed and a teacher at the school who knows them best . |
| 28 | SWIMMING : Kornelia Ender , winner of four gold medals and a silver at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal , will make her first appearance in Britain when she competes in the Edinburgh International Meet from April 16-18 . |
| 29 | Other performances the schools selectors will have noted include the 300m hurdles sub-46 seconds runs of Joanna Mahony ( Wirral ) which have won her the Meseyside under-17 title and a silver at the Northern . |
| 30 | He was a sensitive and intelligent young man and a student at the University of British Columbia , studying law with the purpose of fighting in the courts to secure a more liberal and fair treatment for his people . |