Example sentences of "the river and a [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The boathouse looked completely disused from the river and a courting couple , discovering the unlocked grille , had simply slipped inside for a bit of extra privacy . |
| 2 | A simple route up one bank of the river and a return by the other takes the walker through delightful Strid Wood , alongside The Strid — where the Wharfe is constricted through a deep , narrow channel — and the attractive High Strid . |
| 3 | In Western minds the period is associated with the saga of Antony and Cleopatra , but for ordinary Egyptians at the time , one of the greatest legacies was the introduction of Christianity which came to replace the worship of the river and a panoply of associated gods that had characterised the religious life of the pharaonic age . |
| 4 | Well we had to keep somebody on watch in case there was any damage , say the ship was up the river and a chain broke or they hit you , so you had to put your navigation lights up and to put navigation lights up we had hurricane lamps , we had a red and a white one , they should have been six foot apart , they never were they was about three foot . |
| 5 | The state of the river and a temperature barely above freezing means it is going to be hard today but I will still feed about a dozen maggots when I cast in , and them the same again when the float is halfway down the swim . |
| 6 | On 18 May B company and some of A reached the area of Ath , took a rest and feet were washed in the river and a meal started . |
| 7 | There was a clearing among some trees close to the river and a number of two-wheeled carts had been parked there . |