Example sentences of "and [art] [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the late 1950s , BEA , BOAC , Swiss Air , KLM and Air France safety officials formed a group to exchange accident/incident details and the preventive action they had implemented . |
| 2 | ‘ The doctor will be here soon , and I 'm sure — ’ She turned as the door behind her opened , and the curly-haired doctor she 'd seen briefly in the dining-room came softly towards the bed . |
| 3 | But that is simplifying it too much ; for it is like learning how to ride a bike : you can read about the technique , but only lots of practice will give you a feel for it and the essential balance you need . |
| 4 | In spite of her unwillingness to join the outing , and the remote mood she had been in for most of the day , in the last few minutes she had begun to feel herself a real person . |
| 5 | Something in Dr Jaffery 's big bare feet and the awkward way he held himself gave the impression of a slightly shambolic , absent-minded individual : ‘ Asalam alekum , ’ he said . |
| 6 | The West should take time off from being Gorbacharmed to think about recent events in Russia 's outer empire and the awkward question they raise : how to undo Europe 's post-1945 division without undoing its post-1945 stability . |
| 7 | ‘ We 've got to get you warm somehow , and the best way I know is transferred body heat . |
| 8 | And he laughed himself as he ended , ‘ But he did n't add , ‘ and the best way you 'll learn it is to travel from one parish to another , and that 's what you 're going to do as soon as I can arrange it . ’ |
| 9 | John Lukic is a top professional and the best goalkeeper I 've ever played with . ’ |
| 10 | And the best advice she has ever had from a conductor ? |
| 11 | We in Lothian have had problems with barrier design , and the best solution I know of is the design enclosed . |
| 12 | Yours will most probably be the arms she needs at this point , and the best thing you can do for her is to show that you share her grief , and that as far as possible you are going to be the rock on which she can lean while the sands of her life are shifting so frighteningly beneath her feet . |
| 13 | If there are four to do , so you 'll all again at least twice and the best thing you have is you have more practice er so are you all clear on what you have to do , what you 're allotted to have to sell ? |
| 14 | Not only do children live in separate houses , they often move many miles from their parents in order to follow work or careers , and the mutual support they could formerly give each other has been accordingly diminished . |
| 15 | Loudon himself proposes a picture library , and the simple furniture he designs for cottages ( Fig. 41 ) , like Mrs Barton 's Pembroke ( Fig. 41a ) and her round table with a branching leg ( Fig. 41b ) , are direct descendants of Emma 's two tables at Hartfield . |
| 16 | I prefer a paternoster for several reasons , some of which are fairly obvious , such as long and accurate casting and the simple way it copes with soft mud and weed . |
| 17 | Erm and the simple reason he says the the historical length of time taken by females we need more public facilities . |
| 18 | I must say , something about this small encounter had put me in very good spirits ; the simple kindness I had been thanked for , and the simple kindness I had been offered in return , caused me somehow to feel exceedingly uplifted about the whole enterprise facing me over these coming days . |
| 19 | By November 1948 , it was agreed that they could take over the responsibility for progressing work on the manufacture of plant and on-site construction from the Ministries of Supply and Works , and the following year they did so . |
| 20 | STEVE DAVIS won the world title for the first time in 1981 and the following year we went back to Sheffield to show the world what a class act we were . |
| 21 | He showed in the first official Surrealist exhibition in Paris in 1925 and the following year he had his first solo show . |
| 22 | In 1979 and 1980 , Zeng spent his summers on cycling holidays to Hangzhou and Shanghai , and the following year he took the unprecedented step of applying to his work unit for extended leave to travel , even threatening to resign if his wishes were not granted . |
| 23 | In 1818 he was employed to carry out repairs on the parish church in Halifax , West Yorkshire , and the following year he settled in Leeds , from where he developed a substantial practice in the Yorkshire area , particularly as a designer of churches . |
| 24 | In 1895 he became secretary to the British Association seismological committee for study of earth tremors and the following year he and the seismologist John Milne [ q.v. ] , newly returned from his pioneering work in Japan , became joint secretaries of its newly established subcommittee for seismological investigation , until Davison retired from this position in 1899 . |
| 25 | He was probably the ‘ Stephen ’ referred to in letters from Kent to Richard Boyle , third Earl of Burlington [ q.v. ] , in 1738–9 ; he received a legacy of £50 under Kent 's will , dated 1748 ; and the following year he was in possession of some of Kent 's drawings . |
| 26 | Assad seized power in 1970 at the head of the Ba'ath Party 's " nationalist " wing and the following year he was elected President . |
| 27 | The CPR free-pass travel privilege was becoming an annual habit and the following year I took my holidays to New York finding a small but comfortable room at the Hotel Bristol on W. 47th Street , not far from Broadway , Times Square and Radio City . |
| 28 | At one stage it was thought that the old lady would be written off , but luckily it was not to be and the following year I was able to take her from Buckie with a new lease of life . |
| 29 | At dawn they were well hidden in a cave and the following night they were able to march to within a few miles of the beach where they were to be picked up . |
| 30 | By the next dawn Isambard had the news for which he had been waiting ; and the following night he put two parties across the Severn , one upstream from them and one down , and converged upon their hiding-place from either end of the ridge . |