Example sentences of "and a [noun] [prep] [v-ing] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Research shows that people form 90 per cent of their opinion of you within a minute and a half of meeting you . |
| 2 | Because successive political elites import political commitments into office with them , they do create a distinctive ‘ atmosphere ’ for policy-making inside the state apparatus — a set of values and a terminology for expressing them which has to be widely adopted by other personnel , such as bureaucratic agencies . |
| 3 | He set it down on one of the small tables , then handed her a paper napkin , a spoon and a fork before giving her one of the bowls . |
| 4 | Money , and a pleasure in using it ostentatiously , was one of the bonds that held the marriage together . |
| 5 | ‘ We had just played two games in three days , so I had the players in for a hot bath and a massage before taking them for a couple of pints of Guinness . |
| 6 | We had just played two games in three days , so I had the players in for a hot bath and a massage before taking them for a couple of pints of Guinness . |
| 7 | All you need is the PC itself , a network to connect it to , access to the network cable , some info about logging on , a network adaptor card plus a screwdriver ( or an external connector gizmo that plugs into the parallel port ) , the right software drivers , a chequebook and a reason for doing it . |
| 8 | As such , is it an attempt to involve local people in assessing the extent and nature of their problems and a means of involving them in developing new types of solutions ? |
| 9 | What we are essentially looking for in secondary education , then , whether practical or theoretical , is a curriculum and a method of pursuing it that will equip the student with transferable skills and transferable expertise . |
| 10 | He had a taste for power , and a gift for exercising it . |
| 11 | The singer , starring in the West End production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat , sued the magazine for insinuating that he was homosexual , and a hypocrite for denying it . |
| 12 | Since he successfully sued The Face for alleging he was gay and a hypocrite for denying it , he has attracted a lot of abuse . |