Example sentences of "and a [noun] [vb pp] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the first Protestant Archbishop Thomas Cranmer under King Henry VIII , all the Protestant Archbishops were educated at Oxford or Cambridge and a majority taught at one of those universities . |
| 2 | She held a plump baby of about seven months on her hip , and a toddler clutched at her cotton skirt . |
| 3 | ‘ Think it was sweetpapers and a comic dropped at the scene . |
| 4 | Each had a heavy satchel , a pick , and a knife sheathed at his belt . |
| 5 | cos at the weekend I did really well cos I got a couple done at youth club and a couple done at work I thought , yeah , I was doing really well but Monday I forgot to bring the spare batteries which was a bit divvy of me and I was gon na record it all during sewing Tuesday I went to placement |
| 6 | LATE IN THE AFTERNOON Frankie found himself standing awkwardly by the kitchen door wearing polished shoes that pinched his toes and a shirt fastened at the neck with a large safety-pin . |
| 7 | The day Vonetta came to my flat to talk to me , she was wearing jeans , a white camisole top , and a shirt tied at the waist . |
| 8 | The program begins with the target position ( in steps ) loaded into COUNT and a POINTER Set at the address of the first delay value , ACCST . |
| 9 | A few yards of the old Whitehorse Road line were brought back into use and a crossover installed at Talbot Road , so that cars could stand clear of the busy road junction , as from 17 November . |
| 10 | The stamps show a gold coin , a bronze , a gemstone and a mosaic found at sites all over the UK . |
| 11 | The incident began after two tax inspectors and a bailiff called at the man 's house . |
| 12 | The post is fitted over the moulded side seat rail , roughly cut to profile ( from a template ) and a tenon formed at the top . |
| 13 | Notice was given within that time-limit by ‘ exploit ’ of a huissier acting for the appellant and a copy posted at the door of the courthouse . |
| 14 | In this case the details can be entered here whenever a file is amended and a printout obtained at will . |
| 15 | Her feet kept on blundering along through the darkness and a stitch stabbed at her side but she blinded herself to exhaustion and ran . |
| 16 | Three children 's bikes , worth £75 and a skateboard valued at £90 were taken from a garden on Proudfoot Drive , Bishop Auckland , on Saturday . |
| 17 | His face filled with sly mockery , he allowed his eyes to slide insultingly over her , and a sneer pulled at his mouth as he said softly , ‘ Maybe I was wrong to ditch you after all . |
| 18 | Anti-pollution vessels were last night tackling a mile-long oil slick after the 80,000-ton Texaco Westminster and a tug collided at Milford Haven . |
| 19 | In the main , the UKCC 's proposals had two principal elements : a package of education and training reforms , and a package aimed at improving manpower supply and retention . |
| 20 | Methods employed will include historical analysis , postal survey , interviews , international comparison and a workshop directed at assessing future needs . |