Example sentences of "a [noun sg] with [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he came more than he might have and he 'd done a bit with the bells in his heyday . |
| 2 | Pouncey was Vercoe 's squeeze , and so he cut loose a bit with the cattle prod . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Lots of jazz players have been doing it now for six or seven years and are on a level with the Americans . |
| 4 | ( ii ) Can the tests support a curriculum with the features recommended by the Cockcroft Committee ? |
| 5 | Henry had lost count of the number of times Beamish began a sentence with the words ‘ I notice … ’ or ‘ I observe … ’ |
| 6 | This juxtaposition of the myth of Athena growing a beard with the strategies Mira employs to bolster Willy 's ego points to the fact that in each case a female voice transforms itself into a voice men will trust . |
| 7 | Then place a nearly-full pack of cards out on a table or , if you are performing this for a number of children , on a board with the cards lightly attached to it with scotch tape . |
| 8 | Prices for a PC with the extras required to play games start at Pounds 700 . |
| 9 | One of these smokers wears a T-shirt with the words ‘ ever ready ’ . |
| 10 | Who is going to buy a T-shirt with the words ‘ Athletico Whaddon ’ felt-tipped on to a piece of paper , and Blu-tac 'd over an Iron Maiden logo ? |
| 11 | And Joseph Fernandez 's old job has other complications : being second-guessed continuously by an unelected board of education that puts its small moral agenda above all else , sabotaged by the remains of corrupt school boards , starved of federal money and unable to settle on a contract with the teachers ' union . |
| 12 | Neither the plaintiff nor his uncle had a contract with the auditors . |
| 13 | The house which had faded to a ghost with the years , but still lingered there , a lump of fog , on the edge of her mind . |
| 14 | Course it is , how do you buy , why do you buy a bike with no mudguards for ? |
| 15 | Said to Bert that got to be a right dopey dick to ride a bike with no mudguards on . |
| 16 | And he just gone parked behind a bike with no lights . |
| 17 | Edward VII , who seriously feared that his son would be the last King of England ( Nicolson , 1952 ) , used to talk of kingship as his métier , drawing a parallel with the jobs of ‘ labourers and professional men ’ ( Andrews , 1975 : 182 ) . |
| 18 | In this there is also a parallel with the kinds of cognitive efficiency presented by Bruner and Humphrey . |
| 19 | Most of the words and phrases are obviously toasts and are part of the conviviality of a drinking party , but some of the Trier vessels also bear painted portraits of deities , demonstrating a link with the gods . |
| 20 | It epitomises many of the characteristics of good soldiering : attention to detail , speed of response to orders , and a sense of pride , and it forges a link with the traditions of the past . |
| 21 | And in the absence of a village bobby , it 's hoped the voluntary wardens will be able to help the community fight crime and act as a link with the police . |
| 22 | His mop of red hair and boyish good looks made him a favourite with the ladies . |
| 23 | Yet once she had been a favourite with the below-stairs staff . |
| 24 | Hermes ’ musical talent ensured he remained a favourite with the gods , and he was credited with inventing the lyre from a tortoise shell . |
| 25 | He was a favourite with the fans at Scarborough and is looking forward to the eight matches over the month . ’ |
| 26 | The Teddy Bear 's weekend on July 18 and 19 will be a favourite with the children while on September 5 and 6 the railway will host the popular Modellers ' meet . |
| 27 | Often these sorties would result in a skirmish with the pigeons , who presumably saw the ducks as invaders on their patch . |
| 28 | I am hungry having been too upset for my morning egg because of a difficulty with the soldiers which Pa refused to do anything about , then heartlessly reproduced the very same egg for my lunch . |
| 29 | That was the boss ; all the other crews are already on task and D Squadron needs a new gearbox in one of its Chieftains — it 's about six miles from here so they 're sending out a truck with the spares and we 're to meet it there . ’ |
| 30 | As far as I remembered from our arrival , the boatyard lay down a lane with no houses nearby : I 'd have a fair run in my socks to find help . |