Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bottle of whisky and a snowball . |
| 2 | In another cupboard they found half a bottle of whisky and a dribble of brandy in the bottom of a Courvoisier bottle . |
| 3 | ‘ Aye , ’ Bull replied laconically , accepting a glass of whisky and a pint of pale beer that appeared in front of him . |
| 4 | Tin of Quality Street erm , tin of Quality Street , Dundee cake , bottle of Whisky and a bottle of Stones Ginger Wine , all we got last year was a Quality Street and that . |
| 5 | er a bottle of Whisky and a bottle of Stones Ginger Wine . |
| 6 | When Lili came back from Scotland with a bottle of whisky and a biscuit box emblazoned with the tartan of the clan Campbell I told her that I was frightened of growing old . |
| 7 | She levered herself away from the door , crossed to the heavy old sideboard and took out the bottle of whisky and a glass . |
| 8 | She jumped violently , spinning round to see Guy sprawled in an armchair by the window , a half-empty bottle of whisky and a glass on the black marble table beside him . |
| 9 | This is a mixture of tiredness and a kind of boredom and it produces a deterioration in mental performance . |
| 10 | Antonio Gramsci , who spent most of his adult life in one of Mussolini 's prisons , elaborated on Marx 's insight that the ruling ideas of an epoch are the ideas of its ruling class , to create a theory of hegemony and a theory of classes of intellectuals whose function it is in any literate society to propagate or to challenge these leading ideas . |
| 11 | The general form of the argument is always that ‘ real ’ elites find the political formulas and consecrated myths of decentralization or a fragmentation of powers a convenient cover for their monopoly control of the key decisions of state . |
| 12 | Self inspection- : Every step in cleaning should be automatically accompanied by a critical review of progress and a repeat of that step if necessary . |
| 13 | These pass on tips about jobs or lodgings , or can give a firm base of support once a migrant has crossed the border . |
| 14 | But it 's something that I think someone can only have a go at if they have a great deal of support and a chance to experiment in a way that still gives them the option erm not to change if they feel that they ca n't handle it any other way erm so I think there are a lot of difficulties associated with this kind of problem . |
| 15 | The canteen ran in this form , with a day and night shift throughout the war and after until around 1960 , when the night shift was withdrawn through lack of support and a skeleton staff supplied tea and snacks to order to the Works night shift . |
| 16 | And a bit of change and a bit of change , a bit of pocket money |
| 17 | This means old-fashioned armchairs , cotton blankets or a feather duvet , and a traditional type of mattress or a futon . |
| 18 | The ‘ not invented here ’ or ‘ not discovered by us ’ syndrome runs strongly in British official circles and official inquiries are more than capable of requiring standards of rigour and a quality of proof from external or ‘ independent ’ evidence which are never applied to the government 's own sources . |
| 19 | The time I was supposed to be going through this a lot of schools were getting a bit of stick because a lot of parents did n't like it . |
| 20 | After a couple of glasses of champagne and a hamburger , and under the influence of my friends ' euphoria , I cheered up . |
| 21 | The show was over , the audience had drifted away to a reception room where they would be further wooed with a glass of champagne and a selection of canapes and nibbles and Paula , dressed now in one of her own suits , smart black barathea , had emerged from the dressing rooms to meet the waiting Sally and Edward . |
| 22 | Two of the prizes , a Magnum of Champagne and a Bottle of Smirnoff Vodka were returned ( unused ) by the winners who requested that these be auctioned . |
| 23 | The Frenchman had produced a bottle of champagne and a couple of bottles of burgundy 1924 ; with the help of a my little black book of French/English , I understood that he had buried the champagne and the wine in his garden just before the Germans entered the village shortly after the collapse in 1940 . |
| 24 | These 300 suffered from a series of various iatrogenic complaints , including occasional disruption of the reproductive system , loss of hair or a change in its colour and texture , and a variety of eye disorders including the development of cataracts . |
| 25 | There is nothing like the sight of death and blood to make old Shallot want a cup of sack or a goblet of wine ! |
| 26 | All you have to add is a length of cable and a plug with a 5 Amp fuse — and your tank equipment of course . |
| 27 | TAKES 25 hectares of pasture that a farmer wants to drain and plough for winter wheat . |
| 28 | Those who liked to regard themselves as heroes ( ‘ milites delicati ’ ) must show a change of heart and a will to win before any victory might be theirs . |
| 29 | Last week the hospital advised patients to check on the day of admission that a bed was avilable , because the bad weather has brought an influx of urgent chest cases and they take priority . |
| 30 | Teclis spoke words of thunder and a sphere of coruscating energy leapt forth , its touch instantly casting the daemon back into the Realm of Chaos . |