Example sentences of "a drink [coord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lots of time spent reading light novels , listening to music , watching the television or talking are helpful , as is the ability ( perhaps aided by a drink or a pill ) to fall asleep when these more active anodyne activities come to a halt . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , I live in Putney , so do you fancy a drink or a meal , or something ? |
| 3 | Each evening when we tidied away our papers I expected Edward to invite me over to the Lodge for a drink or a meal , and the invitation was not extended . |
| 4 | Come early , relax with a drink or a snack . |
| 5 | Huge panoramic windows and large observation decks let you take in the passing scenery , whilst the attentive crew are always ready to sort out a drink or a snack . |
| 6 | It is customary to offer a drink or a snack to guests and , in some circumstances , it is impolite for them to refuse . |
| 7 | The men idled their time away on street corners or outside the pub , cadging a drink or a smoke . |
| 8 | There 's a conflict there and people get , well people like a drink or a smoke or whatever they do , they get off on whatever they do , but it 's just damn not as expensive as the habit I 've got , y'know … . |
| 9 | And that time might just be a drink or a coffee — as always . |
| 10 | They had shared a drink and a chat , and started a casual friendship , mostly revolving around drinking at Chris 's flat . |
| 11 | I look in occasionally for a drink and a chat though he 's getting more and more difficult to talk to . |
| 12 | There was the Masters ' Room on the ground floor — they took it out to put in a new directors ' lift — and whenever one of our ships docked in London her master would come for a drink and a chat with Mr.Andrew — like a sort of club , it was . |
| 13 | In the second play , Audience , Ferdinand is called in by the head maltster , played by Freddie Jones , who insists that he joins him for a drink and a chat . |
| 14 | ‘ The Vetch ’ is a really good restaurant ; so good , I ca n't afford to eat there , but I have played there on occasions and most of the staff know me well enough to stop for a drink and a chat . |
| 15 | I was in the US over the summer ( yes , I just happened to see a couple of the England games ) and it was the same there — ordinary match-going footie fans who like a drink and a bit of crack ( fun , that is ) , and who all supported loads of different teams mixing together happily enough . |
| 16 | The show is a compilation of such nights , from getting stamped in , waiting around , having a drink and a dance , being chatted up , to vomiting in the loos , and leaving with or without a bird . |
| 17 | In a small pub by a bridge he had a drink and a salad . |
| 18 | Finch disapproved of Flynn coming to work in such a state , but when drunken Flynn caused chaos on the set , Finch knew that the fading swashbuckler was incapable of filming for that day , so he would join Flynn for a drink and a sing-song . |
| 19 | Therefore if during this first shopping trip of your preparation phase you want to pop in somewhere for a drink and a snack ( assuming that this is fairly usual for you ) , go ahead and do it . |
| 20 | Friends came in for a drink and a snack and kept on coming and going for the rest of the day , which was useful as well as friendly because they brought their appetites with them , and most of the refreshments were disposed of . |
| 21 | And it was new seeing her mother leaning back with a drink and a cigarette , looking years younger than her age ; and she herself felt different , older , suddenly , if older was the word she wanted . |
| 22 | Things like road digging might be harder [ than housework ] but there again , when they 've finished , they go and have a drink and a cigarette and that 's it . |
| 23 | Those who were compelled to use oil for heating and enjoyed a drink and a smoke received an income support entitlement that was just over half of what experts identified as necessary to meet their requirements . |
| 24 | First we go to my villa for a drink and a siesta . ’ |
| 25 | Social interviews can vary from a candidate being taken over to the pub for a drink and a sandwich , so that future colleagues can see whether or not the newcomer will fit in , to full-scale formal affairs . |
| 26 | Once , after a long negotiation , Swire invited Bevin for a drink and a sandwich at the City of London Club , and was reprimanded by the chairman for having brought ‘ a working man into the club ’ . |
| 27 | With a short break in the early evening for a stroll to the pub for a drink and a sandwich , they had spent nearly seventeen hours continuously in bed . |
| 28 | I 'm just sitting down with a drink and the news before dinner . |
| 29 | He was sitting in the bar with a drink and the evening paper when she came down , and though he appeared not to notice her quiet descent until she was at the foot of the stairs , she had seen him shift his weight some seconds before he looked up , ready to spring to his feet and intercept her . |