Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [verb] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | He therefore concentrated his attention not on the Kent coast but on the Isle of Wight , where the French had actually landed in the past and which , once occupied , could serve as a base to paralyse and capture Portsmouth . |
| 2 | The company promptly sent a replacement and Mrs Bothwell said : ‘ I had a trial pouring and the teapot passed with flying colours . ’ |
| 3 | Yesterday a fuse blew and all the screens went down in the middle of the show . |
| 4 | One day a cable shorted and they were electrocuted . |
| 5 | Learning that your loved one is having an affair is a body-blow to trust and poison to self-esteem . |
| 6 | In the case of a building society mortgage , it may be useful to ask for a " daily interest rate " in case there 's some slight delay in completion ; this will save writing another letter , and will enable you in such a case to disburse and account for the completion monies as soon as you receive them . |
| 7 | I think it , this is whole scheme is just a case experimenting and trying things with different work |
| 8 | Ex hypothesi there is at this stage a case to answer and it would , in our view , be an abuse of process for the prosecution to discontinue without leave . |
| 9 | But the court accepted the prosecution 's argument that there was a case to answer and committed Coun Garvey to stand trial at Teesside Crown Court . |
| 10 | His helmet was a bit dented and it had lost its feathers but otherwise he was all right — just a bit dizzy that 's all . |
| 11 | And there she was , a bit dented and definitely in need of a coat of paint , a Peterhead prawn fishing boat , nudging her way into the topmost lock . |
| 12 | The colours were a bit faded and it looked like no one had rearranged or replaced the pictures in the case for some time . |
| 13 | There were a few tears even the obstetrician seemed a bit overcome and kept shaking my hand . |
| 14 | If the valves are a bit pitted and have poor seats then they will quickly burn out . |
| 15 | ‘ She is a bit shaken and quite cold but we do n't believe she is too serious , ’ added the spokesman . |
| 16 | Joe was in good form , though the time for his retirement was drawing near , and he was already beginning to feel a bit lost and abandoned by people who once fawned on him . |
| 17 | When Sombro comes home after a long excursion , he 's usually very thin , in poor shape and a bit battered and bruised . |
| 18 | Maybe we are like a photocopy of God that got a bit crumpled and smudged as it came out of the machine so that his image in us has got a bit spoilt , but that does not alter the fact that every person has something of God about them . |
| 19 | By the end , of course , they were thoroughly enjoying themselves because they 'd had a bit to drink and it was a jolly convivial evening . ’ |
| 20 | She loosened up after she 'd had a bit to drink and told me about it . |
| 21 | ‘ I admit I had a bit to drink and was being verbally aggressive but that was all . ’ |
| 22 | But I was feeling a bit tense and restless , and did n't feel like being alone or sitting still . |
| 23 | Oh yes quite so and if they 're doing well they really , local people really get behind them , but they , they 've prom in previous seasons they they 've promised so much and then fell away at the end that people have got a bit disillusioned and discontented so that , but like last year when they were doing well in the cup they erm at Watford I mean loads of people went to see them . |
| 24 | People think they 're a bit pampered and even a bit posey . |
| 25 | I had to admit that the young men leaving that room all looked a bit shattered and one almost reeled out , holding his mouth with both hands . |
| 26 | ‘ A bit muddied and splattered , ’ he said . |
| 27 | Yet , whenever she contemplated a resumption of the life she had enjoyed before her initial meeting with Johnny , she felt a rising panic and a disinclination amounting almost to hostility at the very idea . |
| 28 | I 've made a decision to go and say , hey , this might be worth having . |
| 29 | The swan-white robes were not the possessions of single families but of the community , and every mother whose infant wore a robe made and sewed a tiny bow to the back of the garment , so that it might be recorded how many infants had been christened in it . |
| 30 | and then you become to understand that , that half of you just disappeared , the way I feel I felt like it 's just a shell left and all the inside just gone out and I 've |