Example sentences of "of [noun] and " in BNC.

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1 When An Teallach passes from sight behind foothills , the road turns down to scenery of a very different character , to the beautiful trees and parklands of Dundonnell and vistas of sylvan charm .
2 If it was n't such a poor country , in necessary debt to America — remember the invasion of Grenada ? — and the vagaries of the bauxite and tourist industries , this would be an Eden of mango and banana trees .
3 The structures of majors and independents are determined by the size of the repertoire each company handles .
4 Anderson seemed to be the only person at home ; he sold them jugs of ale , small beer for the children ; James 's credit was good for a stone jar of whisky and one of the Duke 's men was detailed to carry it on his back in a wicker frame .
5 He rushed home with his hot food , mixed a lemon and honey with a large dash of whisky and proceeded to open his parcel .
6 The dark-haired girl , feeling a bit sick after several drinks of whisky and dry ginger , looked away from the plate and only smiled .
7 Durrell took a slug of whisky and broke into an immediate ‘ I 'm not able to begin ‘ ta / praise the wondrous Araminta /I would like to say with flourish /what kind thoughts of her I nourish /A tangle though my thoughts get inta / describing love as Araminta ’ .
8 ‘ Aye , ’ Bull replied laconically , accepting a glass of whisky and a pint of pale beer that appeared in front of him .
9 John produced the remains of a bottle of whisky and they all had a dram to celebrate .
10 Birches Green Infant School in Birmingham approached the undertaker and betting office for support and received a bottle of whisky and some new ties for their efforts .
11 ‘ I could live an ascetic life , lad , as long as it included plenty of whisky and tobacco . ’
12 The first leg of the first occasion I had flown horses from Heathrow was made bearable by a bottle of whisky and a regular itinerant groom .
13 I snatched my miniature of whisky and lifted it towards the raised glasses at home , before stepping outside to watch those stars to the left of Polaris which would be blinking over Manchester .
14 She levered herself away from the door , crossed to the heavy old sideboard and took out the bottle of whisky and a glass .
15 Eugene Forster was in his bath , drawing contentedly on a cigar , tumbler of whisky and water held in his hand , arm laid languidly along the tiled border .
16 She smiled , thinking of whisky and water .
17 He drove his Volvo to a beauty spot last month , drank most of a bottle of whisky and gassed himself with fumes from the car 's exhaust .
18 In another cupboard they found half a bottle of whisky and a dribble of brandy in the bottom of a Courvoisier bottle .
19 Bottles of whisky and vodka stood on the mantelpiece of his room , often replaced .
20 Buy a bottle of whisky and order up a haggis .
21 A small bar was open in front of them bearing bottles of whisky and brandy .
22 At the riverside we can see Mr Gould on his stomach out on the ice , pushing himself back from the hole in the river ; people are shouting and running around ; we head down the river towards the narrows and the gorge and my father slips and almost drops me and his breath smells of whisky and food .
23 One night he drank a lot of whisky and told me I was gone off .
24 They were talking of Mr Monro , who had died , it seems , of whisky and soda many years before : before I was born .
25 When Lili came back from Scotland with a bottle of whisky and a biscuit box emblazoned with the tartan of the clan Campbell I told her that I was frightened of growing old .
26 She poured herself one last mouthful of whisky and tossed it back .
27 This means heading off into the night to visit friends , relatives and neighbours bearing gifts of whisky and ‘ black bun and shorty [ shortcake ] ’ .
28 Only the Sikh men seemed to have other things on their mind as , twirling their moustaches , they downed great tumblers of whisky and tried to lure the prettiest girls on to the dance floor .
29 ‘ I 've bought a bottle of whisky and I 'm planning to drink my way right through it . ’
30 Charles poured himself a large slug of whisky and downed it .
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