Example sentences of "and [vb -s] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You must appreciate Stephen is jealous and kicks up a fuss every time I even suggest seeing you , but I do n't intend to let that stop me in future . |
| 2 | Each kiln takes a ton and a half of wood … and produces about a quarter of that weight as charcoal . |
| 3 | Second , the greater profitability of restaurants and garages along an upgraded road should not be included , as this is simply a reflection of more journeys undertaken along this route and represents only a transfer of business from other establishments on less popular routes . |
| 4 | In this dialogue Masefield offers a brief recapitulation to steady his headlong narrative and offers also a facet of the lad 's character , linking the ebullience of youth to the enforced maturity of the adventure . |
| 5 | The restaurant is open to guests and non-guests for lunch and dinner and offers both a table d'hôte and à la carte menu . |
| 6 | We 're walking past this telly shop when Marie suddenly stops and goes back a couple of steps . |
| 7 | ‘ Joy riding ’ is in fact nothing more than common theft and anyone who takes and drives away a car without the owner 's permission is simply a criminal . |
| 8 | The White Dwarf pulls material away from its companion , and builds up a shell around itself ; when enough hydrogen has accumulated there is a violent though short-lived outburst . |
| 9 | She gets very down and depressed and rings here a lot . |
| 10 | Mr Collor 's National Reconstruction Party was created as an election vehicle and has only a handful of members . |
| 11 | He stayed at the hospital until 1949 , when a Bloomsbury House visitor reported : ‘ He looks extremely well , but unshaven … he is in an open ward and has quite a lot of freedom … |
| 12 | He seems to be settling in well , and has quite a lot of contact with Richard . |
| 13 | It has been produced by CICO , the chimney linings service , and describes how a chimney works , the typical problems it will suffer from and then offers various solutions . |
| 14 | It is administered entirely by the Bar Council and meets once a month ( except August ) . |
| 15 | He is current chairman of Cleveland Art Society , which has around 100 members and meets once a week at Middlesbrough Art Gallery . |
| 16 | The 40-member National People 's Assembly , " the supreme organ of the state " , is elected for a five-year term and meets twice a year . |
| 17 | Movement in these circumstances is over short distances and occurs down a pressure gradient . |
| 18 | It burrows into the soil and hollows out a sound chamber at the base of the burrow . |
| 19 | It is usually a facultative characteristic and affects only a proportion of the worm population . |
| 20 | Vanessa settles in New York and ends up a hooker . |
| 21 | ( c ) ‘ firm ’ means an unincorporated partnership consisting of solicitors or recognised bodies or both , or a multi-national partnership and includes also a solicitor who is a sole practitioner ; |
| 22 | At one stage a dancer cracks out the rhythm to a delicious reel , and in another place Liam ‘ Hothouse ’ O'Maonlai plays some batty didgeridoo lines and sings along a bit . |
| 23 | Remote from universal nature , and living by complicated artifice , man in civilization surveys the creature through the glass of his knowledge and sees thereby a feather magnified and the whole image in distortion . |
| 24 | Vertical loyalties within groups are taken to be the common base for the preservation of conformity as each individual knows their place and takes on a role consistent with that place . |
| 25 | The pigeon is released and takes up a stance nearby . |
| 26 | It is Ego that thinks we should constantly fret about our family and the future , in case God decides we are taking life for granted , and hurls down a bolt of lightning . |
| 27 | The leader takes a watch with a second hand , points to a player and calls out a letter of the alphabet . |
| 28 | A person is chosen , who spins a plate and calls out a number . |
| 29 | Player one goes to the middle , spins the plate and calls out a number . |
| 30 | A knowledge of Gaelic increases the options open to Scottish Ethnology students and opens up a range of additional sources for Highland and , to some extent , Scottish History . |