Example sentences of "and [prep] an [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The girl flashed one brief look in Hotspur 's direction , and for an instant the glitter of her eyes seemed to him hunted and wild . |
| 2 | That afternoon the convener communicated his version of the story to the shop steward 's committee and within an hour every department was buzzing with the news . |
| 3 | The trash cans were big and had just been emptied , and in an instant the boys were off chasing the girls and yelling at the tops of their voices . |
| 4 | He essayed a tentative movement , and in an instant the beast jumped at him , tearing at his jacket . |
| 5 | The razor-sharp edge went deep and in an instant the entire neighbourhood seemed flooded with my blood . |
| 6 | It is rare , today , for the House of Commons to bring a government down , but there is no escape from the quinquennial test of a general election , and in an election the constant exposure of the weakness of a government in the course of debates and questions in Parliament can be a powerful influence as , indeed , can the converse — government spokesmen consistently and persistently surviving the attacks of a hostile House . |
| 7 | The first of these , Sea Change , was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1948 and in an interview the author explained the way in which he was using the adventure-story genre : |
| 8 | They talked about Robert 's exhibition , and to an outsider the scene would have appeared normal : a group of friends in an English house on an English evening . |