Example sentences of "and a pair of [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 10 September , which was Louise 's birthday , Fleury bartered his gold cufflinks , a silver snuff-box , and a pair of shoes with Rayne in exchange for two lumps of sugar . |
| 2 | I 'll take me boots and a pair of shoes with heels , she did n't want to take them yesterday , I want to take them |
| 3 | Enter Rita , a young , timid , nervous , woman in clinging red dress , lipstick to match and a pair of shoes in which you would not want to run for a bus . |
| 4 | With a sword in one hand and a pair of scales in the other , it symbolizes British justice and law — and the law has quite a lot to say about self-defence . |
| 5 | Like a good many others , I had one pair of lace-up shoes for winter and a pair of sandals for summer , and that was it . |
| 6 | There was a certain rapprochement though , as Mary came down with her things in the back-pack Rufus had lent her and wearing jeans and a pair of sandals for the first time for days . |
| 7 | His pockets contained all he had been able to abstract from the apartment without attracting attention : his American passport and driving licence , though these would soon be useless when the alert went out , a wad of British money from Sam 's purse , his multi-bladed penknife and a pair of pliers from the fuse-cupboard . |
| 8 | Last year I used a pair of Colorados for a week 's climbing in the Verdon and a pair of Solos for a week 's backpacking in the Pyrenees . |
| 9 | He was wearing a Levi sweatshirt and a pair of jeans without showing a belly bulge between them , something few men over forty-five can do . |
| 10 | That holiday morning I found Miss Louise waiting for me just inside the door with a pair of old shoes and a pair of slippers in her hands . |
| 11 | From the eighteenth century are worth noting an oil and vinegar cruet by Francois-Thomas Germain and Louis Regnard and a pair of sauce-boats by Leopold Antoines ( both lots : est . |