Example sentences of "pair [prep] [pron] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a series of flashbacks , we follow the pair through their teenage years , their weekly visits to the dreamscape of the pictures , the real-life dramas of school , family , dances and boys , rehearsals with the Staneyburn Amateur Dramatic and Light Operatic Society ( another fantasy-world ) and the gradual intrusion of realities black-and-white in the technicolor of their aspirations . |
| 2 | A 23-year-old woman poured paraffin over her 38-year-old lover and set it alight as he lay bound hand and foot , and blindfolded , ‘ wearing a pair of her open-crotch panties and nylon stockings ’ on a mattress in their living-room . |
| 3 | pair of them chunky earrings in . |
| 4 | And totes is offering a free pair of its Nassau-style sunglasses to the first 50 readers to write to : . |
| 5 | Corporal Stephen Paterson was found guilty of helping Bailey try to destroy evidence by a washing a pair of his bloodstained jeans . |
| 6 | The brothers Bogadjimbri grew like giant trees until they reached the sky ; there , one day , their youthful laughter annoyed the wild cat , Ngariman , who slashed at the pair with its powerful claws and killed them . |
| 7 | Microscopic examination in haematoxylin and eosin stained sections revealed only minor alterations except in one concordant and clinical slightly affected Crohn 's disease twin pair in whom overt signs of inflammation were present in both twins . |