Example sentences of "and a [noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plus soup , tinned meat , crackers , chocolate and a billycan to boil up in . ’ |
| 2 | Give me a shellsuit , a pit-bull terrier and a wife to smack around after I 've had a few , and I 'm happy . |
| 3 | Net income on the group 's £52.3 million of net cash grew from £2.4 million to £4.1 million , with the help of currency gains and a decision to lock in at fixed rates last July . |
| 4 | I must admit that selected areas of the park are well looked after and a delight to wander through , but unfortunately by far the greater area of ‘ Old Deer Park ’ is spoiled by litter . |
| 5 | Austen Chamberlain had been trained to be a conventional statesman ; Rugby , Cambridge and a determination to live down his father 's reputation had all combined to make him the most conformist of politicians . |
| 6 | I would reckon I 'll be finished with Norman about ten o'clock it takes me an hour and a half to drive down half past eleven say I 'm in here about twelve o'clock right , cheers |
| 7 | The investigators knew that within an hour or so of their arrival at the accident site , but they had to work for another year and a half to find out why : |
| 8 | It had taken a year and a half to find out , but now — at last — I was sure . |
| 9 | Join us in just over a minute and a half to find out . |
| 10 | It was to take a year and a half to build up the momentum for the Hot Autumn . |
| 11 | You 'll be well cared for there ; given food and a bed to lie in . |
| 12 | This invitation is also open to former members of the Scholarship Scheme , several of whom have found the Summer School an excellent ‘ refresher course ’ , and a way to catch up with the progress of their colleagues . |
| 13 | Several months ago I received an invitation for myself and a friend to travel out and fish Carp Fishers Abroad 's new addition near Metz , France , near the border with Germany . |
| 14 | For — while Sir Felix had nothing much wrong with him except a wild look in his eye sometimes and a tendency to go off in fits of what Gemma had called " unstable " laughter — she had heard certain tales of moral laxity about his brothers and uncles and even one or two of his sisters , which had done nothing for her peace of mind . |
| 15 | For Lisa the experience was a revelation — and a chance to shake off her earlier strange feelings . |
| 16 | They sought peace , tranquillity , and a chance to bring up their children away from many of the pressures of life further south . |
| 17 | Those who feel that patience , trust and a capacity to put up with uncertainty are gifts rather than skills — and gifts which not all adults share — will doubt whether these personal dispositions can be amenable to training . |
| 18 | The DBTG also specified a language to set up the logical schema , called the data description language ( DDL ) and a DDL to set up particular user views ( sub-schemas ) of the data structures . |
| 19 | Once he went up to London with Trevor Proby and a crowbar to sort out that Des Lynam geezer . |
| 20 | In this case the seller will probably require some statement of the efforts that the acquirer will take to collect the debts , provision for unallocated payments received from debtors to be attributed first to pre-completion obligations , and a right to take over the enforcement of debts which are not collected within a period of , say , six months . |
| 21 | He had , after all , the business and a family to finance back in Broad Street , the cost of amassing and exporting his collections from Australia , and the travel and living expenses of seven people to cover . |
| 22 | He arranged bridging-loans and a mortgage to make up the price of the tall house with the basement into which she had decided he should move as a lodger , abandoning his awful little bed-sit in Chepstow Road . |
| 23 | The deal would involve supplying the company with standardised data processing technology , and a network to link up all of its 100,000 users . |
| 24 | The deal would involve supplying the company with standardised data processing technology , and a network to link up all of its 100,000 users . |
| 25 | Allegations of treason were made concerning the loss of lands in France , a matter which may have particularly concerned the Kentishmen , whose vulnerability to raids was obvious , and who may well have been alarmed by the issue of a commission of array , and a command to set up warning beacons , on 14 April . |
| 26 | You ca n't do it ; but if you give me food and drink and a handkerchief to tie up my wound , I 'll tell you how to sail her . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Leo ! ’ she exclaimed crossly as she gave a little hop and a skip to keep up with his long strides . |
| 28 | This gives you a purpose and a reason to get out of bed in the morning . |
| 29 | If he had really only been looking for shelter and a place to doss down for the night , why look further than this ? |
| 30 | To confront the anger of God , not to hurl it in others ' faces , but in humility to confront it ourselves , is to find a knife to cut through our pious cant , and a fire to burn up our sentimentality and our complacency . |