Example sentences of "[art] cup [prep] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Corbett moved the cup of ale back across the table .
2 She did as instructed but left the cup of soup out and as she glanced round she saw a hand grab it and disappear into the dark .
3 " He ought to be given a cup of coffee immediately . "
4 ‘ We destroyed him because he betrayed The Law ! ’ said Hasan , in the kind of voice that suggested Hasan the Second , the Twenty-third Imam of the Nizari Ismailis , had only just popped out of the room for a cup of coffee instead of being stabbed nearly a thousand years ago .
5 Well he , he said if they , if , if , some , get a visitor in and I give them a cup of coffee well that 's all right , but I do n't know if it 's money or , or like maybe , maybe .
6 She could go down into the town centre and look at the shops , have a cup of coffee somewhere , get back to her mother-in-law by four .
7 Ah , well , it 's only a matter of giving them a cup of coffee afterwards .
8 ‘ I think I 'll have a cup of coffee too . ’
9 You could n't get a cup of tea or a cup of coffee anywhere .
10 ‘ I see you 're taking this job extremely seriously , ’ Leo offered sympathetically as he brought her a cup of coffee halfway through the afternoon .
11 Later , over a cup of coffee backstage , Kylie talks frankly about homesickness and how it had taken her two years to adjust to life in England .
12 Would love a cup of coffee though .
13 Anyway he come up he says there 's a cup of coffee there for you mum , and walked out .
14 Do a cup of coffee now Jean for God 's
15 She had said , on her first morning with him , ‘ Mrs Kendrick and me always had a cup of coffee together before I got started , nice and friendly like . ’
16 I said to him we made her a cup of coffee out of a teapot that was bought and she says she was talking about it .
17 Come and have a cup of coffee then ?
18 But a cold wash and a cup of malmsey soon put me right .
19 I 'll do a cup of tea anyway .
20 And of course it th it 's more often done that with the kettle of course , so that it 's it by the time you get to the end of the job you do n't want a cup of tea anyway .
21 Research has shown — as might be expected — that ‘ natural breaks ’ in programmes allow people to go to the lavatory or brew up a cup of tea rather than watch the commercials .
22 Bill says , and John cuts him off in mid-sentence by saying , ‘ I 'd really love a cup of tea right now . ’
23 a cup of tea right as right away , ooh ooh !
24 Bit early for a cup of tea yet .
25 Have a cup of tea yet ?
26 Bloody d I ai n't had a cup of tea yet .
27 And er , and we do n't have a cup of tea yet .
28 Do you want a cup of tea yet ?
29 A cup of tea also has an effect , though not as powerful as coffee , which makes psychologists think it is the caffeine in both which counts .
30 The older nurse came up to her as she put salad , chicken with vegetables and a cup of tea on to her tray in the cafeteria-style serving area .
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