Example sentences of "of [noun] [conj] " 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 | He thought she might be on the point of offering him a nip of whisky but she did not go that far . |
| 5 | He was a little the worse for drink and there had been an argument over a bottle of whisky that Drew had in his pocket . |
| 6 | So the cost of a bottle of whisky that you buy on the plane home from holiday , is made up of both the manufacturer 's price and the airline 's profit . |
| 7 | They became great friends and when they did that film in Africa they had a 15-hundredweight truck behind them absolutely full of whisky that followed them everywhere they went . |
| 8 | And they give them a gill of whisky that was supposed to be for their lunch you see . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He rushed home with his hot food , mixed a lemon and honey with a large dash of whisky and proceeded to open his parcel . |
| 11 | The dark-haired girl , feeling a bit sick after several drinks of whisky and dry ginger , looked away from the plate and only smiled . |
| 12 | 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 ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ Aye , ’ Bull replied laconically , accepting a glass of whisky and a pint of pale beer that appeared in front of him . |
| 14 | John produced the remains of a bottle of whisky and they all had a dram to celebrate . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ I could live an ascetic life , lad , as long as it included plenty of whisky and tobacco . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | She levered herself away from the door , crossed to the heavy old sideboard and took out the bottle of whisky and a glass . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | She smiled , thinking of whisky and water . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In another cupboard they found half a bottle of whisky and a dribble of brandy in the bottom of a Courvoisier bottle . |
| 24 | Bottles of whisky and vodka stood on the mantelpiece of his room , often replaced . |
| 25 | Buy a bottle of whisky and order up a haggis . |
| 26 | A small bar was open in front of them bearing bottles of whisky and brandy . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | One night he drank a lot of whisky and told me I was gone off . |
| 29 | They were talking of Mr Monro , who had died , it seems , of whisky and soda many years before : before I was born . |
| 30 | 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 . |