Example sentences of "[adv prt] a cup [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I 'm out a lot , I tend to just slurp down a cup of Slimma-soup , stick a wee dollop of quiche in the microwave or something while I 'm waiting for my Carmens to heat up . |
| 2 | The grinning waiter set down a cup of coffee by my hand . |
| 3 | Annette put down a cup of tea and a glass of orange juice . |
| 4 | After a meal , when relaxing over a cup of coffee , it is easier to discuss important matters — even a crisis can usually wait for an hour or so before being thought about and tackled . |
| 5 | Our own interest in dunnocks was aroused several years ago by a chance comment , made over a cup of coffee . |
| 6 | Shall we discuss them over a cup of coffee ? ’ |
| 7 | Nurse Jones was a busy woman and he valued the minutes he had with her over a cup of tea when she came down from the bedroom . |
| 8 | He 'd fetch us all up a cup of tea in bed with a bit of toast . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ See if you can rustle up a cup of tea for Paula and me , please . ’ |
| 10 | Norman Dale , 50 , was struck down as he tried to pick up a cup of tea . |
| 11 | Research has shown — as might be expected — that ‘ natural breaks ’ in programmes allow people to go to the lavatory or brew up a cup of tea rather than watch the commercials . |
| 12 | Here , take him up a cup of tea . " |
| 13 | Can I bring you up a cup of tea or something ? |
| 14 | Well , it 's , it 's simple that if I got up at half past six , and took him up a cup of tea at quarter too seven , and when he was around at seven o'clock , I was grilling bacon and I was frying eggs , and I hope , I do n't know whether perhaps it 's my cold , but , I , I just used to feel terribly unwell after he 'd gone , for about two hours and my legs were so wobbly , I was sitting down on the sofa , I may go back yet to cooking him breakfast if I feel like it , but , the , I mean if I can say to these chaps that , there are times when I do n't feel like doing things , well , I reckon Dave that they are so glad to be in that house with the central heating , with the twenty four hour er , er a day water , and the comfort , there not going to argue . |
| 15 | Pat poured the doctor out a cup of tea and placed it on the bedside table . |
| 16 | He tugged at the knees of his well-pressed trousers and watched Angelo pour out a cup of tea for a florid man with a limp . |
| 17 | as if he could arrest their development at that stage , and set them working like articulated models in a shop window , mechanically repeating the same gestures — Mrs Mallory always pouring out a cup of tea with a warm , motherly smile ; Mr Mallory always easing himself blissfully into his chair ; Patricia always reaching for the aspirins with womanly resignation , Clare always shyly yielding to the one good-night embrace … |
| 18 | Back in bed , breakfast tray on her knees , slowly and attentively she poured out a cup of tea , the cuffs of her nightdress drooping over her hands . |
| 19 | The faint silvery-white outline of his robe and his face were clearly discernible to her at all times , and so overpowering was the experience at first that in the early morning , as she poured out a cup of tea , she would pour a second cup and absent-mindedly walk towards the chair and say : ‘ Here 's a cup of tea for you , ’ and then jolt back to reality , shaking her head : ‘ Agh , I must be mad ! |
| 20 | She poured out a cup of tea , buttered a piece of toast . |
| 21 | Pouring out a cup of tea , she realised that she could n't very well leave anyway . |
| 22 | ‘ Pour me out a cup of tea , please . ’ |