Example sentences of "and a [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Branson and Joan arrived in the Virgin Islands , they were sped effortlessly through Customs , conveyed by limousine to a private villa , and a helicopter was put at their disposal . |
| 2 | Azerbaijani villages came under attack from Armenian forces , and a helicopter was shot down on April 11 . |
| 3 | At specific points on the journey , the taxi pauses , and a window is lowered , to allow for the spitting out of a hoarsely whispered phrase , in a guttural ghetto tongue : ‘ May tall buildings fall on them , when they walk down the street . ’ |
| 4 | I buy a chest from you and a price is agreed . |
| 5 | I must have dropped off to sleep ; next thing , someone was prodding me in the ribs with a rifle butt , and a voice was saying , ‘ Come on , Piper . |
| 6 | Tennant and Andrews ( 1978 ) used their Australian sample to calculate that if social support and a person 's coping skills were poor , and their stress scores high , then their risk of neurosis was over 40 per cent . |
| 7 | If it is discharged and a person is injured or killed , the appropriate offence against the person can be charged . |
| 8 | The difficulty is that the violence referred to by the subsection must be immediate ‘ unlawful ’ violence , and a person is entitled to employ a certain amount of force in the protection of his property . |
| 9 | The important point about this category of moves , is that the ‘ home ’ remains in existence and a person is required to establish a new life elsewhere . |
| 10 | Where the person under disability wishes to be a plaintiff or applicant , before commencing proceedings , if he is a mental patient and a person is authorised by order of the Court of Protection to conduct the proceedings , then that person must file in the court office a sealed office copy of the Court of Protection 's order ( Ord 10 , r 2(a) ) . |
| 11 | ‘ The marriage took place , and a child was born , ’ said Raynor . |
| 12 | On the top floor she stood looking out of the dormer windows across the London skyline , and then downwards through the burgeoning green tracery of sycamore trees to where daffodils were blooming and a woman and a child were feeding some pigeons . |
| 13 | Books and a radio-set are a better choice . |
| 14 | The ship came round Beenbeg Point under tow and anchored in the harbour when the sun was already down behind Mount Eagle and a seabreeze was sending a grey wraith of smoke from Dingle up to the slopes of Ballysitteragh . |
| 15 | That scorecard and a poster were brought back to England by team member John Symes , who kept a diary of the match . |
| 16 | The criteria refer to learning objectives for this topic and a separation is made where the task requirements differ . |
| 17 | In this latter context , it should be noted that RSC Order 53 rule 3(8) provides that where certiorari is sought to quash any decision which is subject to appeal , and a time-limit is fixed for that appeal , the court may adjourn the application for leave to seek certiorari until the appeal is heard or the time limit for appealing has expired . |
| 18 | The vet was called again and a cataract was diagnosed on his near side , which explained everything . |
| 19 | The Renault lorry 's trailer became wedged under the bridge 's archway and a crane was brought to the scene to pull the vehicle free . |
| 20 | A tutor and a year 's hard studying had just helped him catch up . |
| 21 | It all , just all depends and a year 's a long time is n't it ? |
| 22 | And a killjoy is one that do n't enjoy himself and let other people |
| 23 | The breach of the special trust that exists between a child and a parent is no less violated where sexual acts other than vaginal penetration are induced or performed . |
| 24 | I think that to be a loner and a writer is hell enough , but many would instantly tell me how horrendous it is to work in a factory — 1 did it for three months and loathed it — or to go to their office and stop from biting their nails when their boss has to score petty points off them . |
| 25 | Remember that those below you should be doing likewise , and a fall is often stopped by a joint effort . |
| 26 | THE trial of Speke man Gary Grugel was halted yesterday , and a retrial is to take place next month before a new jury . |
| 27 | Although the jury acquitted him on one murder charge , it was deadlocked over a second and a riot charge , and a retrial was arranged for Sept. 17 . |
| 28 | The trial of Harold E. Ford , ( Dem. , Tennessee since 1974 ) , on charges of conspiracy , bank and mail fraud , was declared a mistrial on April 27 , and a retrial was ordered . |
| 29 | And a split is what is needed if democratic politics is to develop in the Soviet Union . |
| 30 | His face was discoloured and swollen about the eyes and a plaster was spread across his forehead . |