Example sentences of "and [indef pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can payout 15 per cent in a good year and nothing the next . |
| 2 | The little woman , instead of having to explain the spending of twenty-five shillings of the housekeeping money on a half bottle of " cooking " brandy , would be at liberty to raid the Scotch for a few tablespoonsful at any time , and nobody the wiser . |
| 3 | Gutters and downpipes , once made of cast iron , are now nearly always of PVC , and none the worse for that except that they need more frequent supports . |
| 4 | Agnes watched her walk to the gate , as spry as a sparrow , and none the worse it seemed for her tumble . |
| 5 | In the case of the Leet-Judson-Kauffman Physical Geology the reason is clear ; the book is a crammer and none the worse for that . |
| 6 | He played that aspect of himself which could well have been in a war — after all he had trained long enough for it — and the result was the sort of performance he was to deliver several times in his film career and none the worse for that : professional , convincing . |
| 7 | And none the worse . ’ |
| 8 | He had been cocky himself once , and none the worse for it now . |
| 9 | Its mystical character was marvellously caught by the young players whose approach to the work as a whole was a shade more romantic than many and none the worse for that . |
| 10 | It refers to the fable of the sick lion and the wary fox , who is frightened at seeing all the footprints pointing towards the den and none the other way . |
| 11 | It refers to the fable of the sick lion and the wary fox , who is frightened at seeing all the footprints pointing towards the den and none the other way . |
| 12 | That 's another thing you see that that that today you had a a tin ladle and it ever the ladle sort of leaked or developed a hole in ti you did n't discard it and throw it away , you used to go and buy what was called a , which was two little tin washers with a little bit of , I ca n't remember if it was f a fabric or or rubber , two pieces and you put one on one side and one the other and then a little screw and bolt went through , nut and bolt went through it and tightened it up and that stopped your leak , and that ladle then lasted a lot more a lot longer time . |
| 13 | You said that erm sometimes the mums one would sit on one side of the street and one the other skipping w |
| 14 | one chap feeding the mill and one the other chap then giving him the and the other chap was working below taking away the straw and looking after the grain . |
| 15 | This is what he hoped for , and one the many things that tended to dispirit him was the fact that it was so little forthcoming . |
| 16 | Some limited bit significance is provided by splitting the operation code field into two portions , one specifying the instruction group and one the particular instruction within the group . |