Example sentences of "a [noun prp] and [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Odd as this may sound , the idea that an association might be formed between a CS and the absence of some event is not without precedent in associative theorizing . |
2 | It houses a Yellow-Tailed Chromis , a Clownfish and a Sailfin Tang . |
3 | Inside most of the Cabinet had made it , even though it was a Friday and the day most members made for their constituencies . |
4 | The 24 January was a Friday and the hearing was due to begin on the following Monday . |
5 | Commander Whitehead , a jovial , dashing , red-bearded figure with a Homburg and a briefcase , cheerfully splashing tonic water about on convivial occasions , looked too good to be true . |
6 | Julia , 25 , splashed out on two £1,500 pedal cars — a Mercedes and a Jaguar — at a toy store in Beverly Hills , Hollywood . |
7 | That was the only time when the two sports clashed , although I did once play in the final of the Twickenham Sevens on a Saturday and a Freshman 's cricket trial two days later . |
8 | Back in society five decades on , Lilian joined ( or perhaps led ) Harriet in another such break-out , involving the trashing of a Jag and a hotel . |
9 | When we were at the flat er I 'm not quite sure , I think the one was a Tuesday and the other was a Sunday , when there was a bus used to go down to Tenby |
10 | AN amorous bull stopped traffic yesterday when he seduced three cows , a Volvo and an Allegro on a busy road . |
11 | Pelham Warner said Woods had the strength of a Samson and the courage of a lion . |
12 | Antwerp offers both the Renaissance architecture of a Bruges or a Ghent and the café culture of a Paris or a Barcelona . |
13 | But erm happily erm we managed to deal with the matters primarily because management agreed that we would have a meeting on a Monday and a meeting on a Thursday , both held in the afternoon , in the last hour of the working day . |
14 | The number is nine two seven , thank you , Lot seventeen is a Stroviol and a couple of bows to go with it , Lot seventeen and I have sixty offered for these , five , seventy five seventy five pounds , any more ? |
15 | The collision between a BMW and a lorry was the third serious crash in three weeks on the road . |
16 | I could have stayed an interesting union , but the Healey stayed a Healey and the Cobra was an AC . |
17 | A Major and a Captain hurriedly came on the scene , Lieutenant Keith bringing up the rear . |
18 | People turn up here on a pushbike ; people turn up here on a Rolls-Royce and the spectrum is so wide . |
19 | Mine were always the breed of Norfolk lurcher , a cross between a Smithfield and a greyhound . |
20 | The Hezb-e Watan , hitherto led by Najibullah , was placed under the control of Farid Ahmad Mazdak , a Tajik and a member of the party 's executive council . |
21 | The appointment of Fareed , 40 , a Tajik and the nominee of the Hezb-i-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar , marked an apparent end to a two-month boycott of the government by mujaheddin forces loyal to Hekmatyar . |
22 | Ray saw his first one ( a Showa ) in Japan , back in 1983 — the result of a cross between a Koi and a fantail goldfish by breeder Mr Yoshida . |
23 | ‘ When they 're right for each other a Gemini and a Sagittarian can have a wonderful , magical , lasting relationship . |
24 | Dissimilar horses , like a Shetland and a Thoroughbred , may have a lot of trouble relating to each other , and maybe never will . |
25 | ‘ Two bottles of Bud , a Pernod and a lemonade , ’ said I. |
26 | Agassi , who already has a rich choice of cars , including a Ferrari and a Lamborghini , acquired his new machine in Hawaii , while waiting to play the first round David Cup match in January . |