Example sentences of "and [det] a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that a bit of meat there . |
| 2 | Some are witty , some serious , and some a mixture of each . |
| 3 | Almond oil ( 90p for 50ml from Boots ) is ideal , or you can make an even richer concoction by adding a teaspoon of warmed clear honey to a tablespoon each of almond , sesame and olive oils and half a tablespoon of glycerine . |
| 4 | The opera was to be half a triumphant progress of a great queen through history ( and how appropriate that it should contain , in Act Two , a Royal Progress ) , and half a story of an old woman disappointed by a selfish man . |
| 5 | On February 10th , five men , three sledges , eighteen dogs , and half a tonne of food left Framheim and went south . |
| 6 | Yeah and half a portion of chips . |
| 7 | But it was about i there were three things on the day , so it should be an hour and half a couple of hours . |
| 8 | Insulted by Commander Moelchert 's offer of a side of bacon and half a sack of hardtack , the warriors looted the station for flour , sugar , coffee , pots and pans . |
| 9 | Dafalla woke to find the railway station yard covered with water , and half a mile of track submerged . |
| 10 | She had tomatoes and half a head of expensive out-of-season lettuce . |
| 11 | After a shamingly large second supper of chicken , sweetcorn and cake , a vast vodka and tonic and half a bottle of red wine , at one o'clock in the morning the chatter suddenly turned into the Frogsmore Stream running under Snow Cottage and she fell asleep until six to find the chatter going on as loud as ever . |
| 12 | They waited ten minutes , Paul timing it exactly on his wristwatch , then crept back to find Gittings comfortably installed on a newly delivered double bed , beginning his lunch of two fresh fish cutters and half a bottle of five-star rum . |
| 13 | Medical experts told the court that they found cocaine and half a bottle of whisky in Kim Brockwell 's body . |
| 14 | Stranded in the Kalahari desert we had no water and half a packet of Marie biscuits . |
| 15 | The roofing felt was eventually fixed with a gallon of disgusting adhesive and half a pound of nails , which just about completed the major work , everything else could be classified as ‘ off jobs ’ to finish off . |
| 16 | On December 17th 1803 the house committee ordered that each patient and servant belonging to the House should have ‘ one pound of Plumb Pudding and half a pound of Beef ’ for dinner on Christmas Day . |
| 17 | Pound of flour and half a pound of marg , and an onion . |
| 18 | Otherwise , rationing restricts Romanians to one kilo of meat a month and half a loaf of bread a day . |
| 19 | After lessons we had a small cup of coffee and half a piece of brown bread , then half an hour 's play , then homework . |
| 20 | ‘ I swear I had had one bucks fizz and half a glass of port . |
| 21 | A packet of aspirin and half a glass of water stood on the tray on his desk . |
| 22 | Three grates and half a ton of jackdaw muck later , they were back to the colossal 17th-century hearth . |
| 23 | After some coaxing she struggled with a minuscule portion of chicken salad and half a slice of bread , all the while gazing at Melissa with the eyes of a frightened child . |
| 24 | McFarlane was then no longer in government ; he travelled to Iran on Reagan 's orders , accompanied by North , Amiram Nir of Israel and half a pallet of missile parts that he hoped to exchange for hostages . |
| 25 | On charter flights skis and half a set of golf clubs can be carried free of charge in addition to your baggage allowance , unless otherwise stated . |
| 26 | Stuff each poussin with half a lemon and half a bunch of tarragon . |
| 27 | For example , if one bank has excess cash and another a shortage of cash , the first bank could make a short-term loan to the second . |
| 28 | Within the first minute he scored a goal , and another a quarter of an hour later . |
| 29 | Their two-hour show glows with an extraordinary , gentle cultivated charm , a mixture of wit , instant visual gags , ‘ magic ’ and some longer extended routines , one involving bicycles and another a pile of garden chairs with a backing of a sophisticated choice of Satie-type music . |
| 30 | I found one carrying an old umbrella and another a length of old rope ! |