Example sentences of "and [adj] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the people he 's conning is Sir Epicure Manhom who wants a life of ease and luxury and has been giving the alchemist loads of money in order to tu to , to perfect this and funny enough the alchemist has n't managed , has n't managed to do this , to get the person 's money . |
| 2 | Not guilty , did n't do it that 's why what gorilla man did sickened me ; no blood well hardly any blood literally a drop , a drip , a fucking pixel on the screen and the only thing slicing into flesh was a needle , tiny and delicate not a chainsaw or an axe or a knife or anything , but it 's that image that idea that old devil meme , I keep dreaming about it , keep having nightmares about it , and I 'm the trapped one , I 'm the man in the leather-and-chrome chair and he 's there with his gorilla face and his squeaky baby voice , explaining to the camera that what he has in this bottle and in this syringe is sperm ; the crazy fucker 's loaded it up with jism man looks like half a fucking milk bottle of the stuff and he 's going to inject it into the little guy 's veins and he ties something round the naked upper arm of the little guy strapped to the chair and pulls it tight and waits for the vein to show while the little guy howls and screams like a child and tries to shake the chair to bits or rip it apart but he 's too well strapped in there no purchase no leverage and then the man in the gorilla mask just does it ; sinks the needle into the little guy 's skin with a bit of blood and empties the whole syringe into him . |
| 3 | Suddenly he could imagine George on the Sunday after that Saturday evening at the cottage exhausted by nightmares pacing the rooms and jumping whenever the phone rang . |
| 4 | An enormous variety of reasons , and by and large not the sort of reasons that advertisers would hope that they did give . |
| 5 | But since agriculture forms the basis of our industry , it was by and large also an intensification of the crisis in the national economy in general . |
| 6 | A clear handball , as the replay shows and sure enough a penalty , but then Oxford 's Mike Ford was mysteriously sent off for the offence . |
| 7 | And sure enough the time came for his release … the pen was opened and he was free to go , after an uncertain start Freddy the Fox took his first step in the world as a wild Fox . |
| 8 | I felt along the ledge at the top of the door and sure enough the key was there . |
| 9 | Botham 's dismissal was the result of fine captaincy by Lloyd , for when it seemed he was going to bat sensibly Lloyd put on Richards , knowing full well Botham would not be able to resist trying to hit his friend out of the ground , and sure enough the sucker punch worked . |
| 10 | If military expenditure can be both functional and dysfunctional then no amount of empirical evidence to disprove its utility for capitalism will ever invalidate the structuralist account . |
| 11 | McGregor calls this Theory X. In contrast to this is Theory Y , where he argues that if the leaders see subordinates as willing and able then the leader will be less inclined to pursue an autocratic style but instead prefer a participative style of leadership and encourage subordinates to accept responsibility and authority . |
| 12 | In order to clarify the procedure we work the " general case " first and only then a couple of concrete examples . |
| 13 | If the remainder of Rentokil staff are as helpful , pleasant and co-operative then the contract should run very smoothly indeed . ’ |
| 14 | If the delegation is absolute and unconditional then the electorate can not be sovereign ; if it delegates its power on trust then Parliament can not be sovereign . |
| 15 | She urges the excellence and dignity of courage , a glittering idea which has dazzled mankind from age to age and animated sometimes the housebreaker and sometimes the conqueror . ’ |
| 16 | If the degree of moral outrage is widespread and simmering then the individual who ignites the fire has a high chance of success ; the enormous , potential power of the base of the hierarchy is ignited . |
| 17 | Situated in the Heart of Coventry adjacent to the famous Cathedral , and close by the Museum of British Road Transport . |