Example sentences of "and [noun] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Kenny played with drama and panache a whole range of effects from his first entry , in which his breath metamorphosed into sound , to talking and singing while playing and producing chords . |
| 2 | Finally , for both Wimsatt and Brooks a defining characteristic of poetry was irony . |
| 3 | The main innovators of this transformation were not scientists but artists , especially Alberti , Brunelleschi and Leonardo , who created on their canvases and in their architecture and treatises a new conception of space . |
| 4 | In She and Allan a substantial subplot concerning the kidnapping of half-Portuguese Inez Robertson by the Amahaggar and her rescue by Allan and Umslopagaas , and the tremendous duel between the Zulu warrior and Ayesha 's gigantic adversary Reza , lightens the inflated , intense musings of the goddess woman . |
| 5 | Even a picture measuring 30 × 25cm ( 12 × 10in ) , which is large enough to display quite a few flowers and takes a fair amount of skill , would only need a backing 30cm ( 12in ) square , so ½m ( ½yd ) of material could be enough for about eight pictures , depending on the width of the material . |
| 6 | And Jay was pacing her attic , bars tightening and cracking around a heart that would not stop hurting ; she could not lay her body down though it screamed for rest and knots of fury made her neck and shoulders a steely hunch like a vulture . |
| 7 | For stomach curls you lie on your back on the floor , bend your knees upwards slightly ( while keeping your feet on the floor ) , then lift your head and shoulders a few inches off the floor ( do not use your hands or arms to support your weight ) . |
| 8 | Of particular interest to this group will be Supplements C , a 60-bed sub-unit for elderly patients , D a 60-bed sub-unit for geriatric psychiatry patients , E a 60-bed subunit for psychiatric patients in district general hospital and F a 48–60-bed sub-unit for mentally handicapped patients ( it is this last supplement which has formed the basis for the so-called " Merchiston Units " ) . |
| 9 | Nearly all the Embiricos vases — which range from black- to red- figure , include white-ground Lekythoi , and presente a representative sample of Greek vase types — are by known painters , making this an exceptionally interesting group . |
| 10 | He puts on his best bib and tucker and books a top restaurant for a romantic dinner . |
| 11 | You would n't like to make me and Jean a nice cup of tea would you please , darling . |
| 12 | On March 26 , 1952 , they signed the agreement now sued upon which has three clauses : ‘ ( 1 ) the husband will pay to the wife for her support and maintenance a weekly sum of One Pound Ten Shillings to be paid every four weeks during the joint lives of the parties so long as the wife shall lead a chaste life the first payment hereunder to be made on the Fifteenth day of April 1952. ( 2 ) The wife will out of the said weekly sum or otherwise support and maintain herself and will indemnify the husband against all debts to be incurred by her and will not in any way at any time hereafter pledge the husband 's credit . |
| 13 | The cup triumph will go a long way to easing the memory of their loss to Waringstown in the final of the Touche Ross Senior Cup last month and caps a solid season for the Comber side . |
| 14 | The co-producer is Russell 's wife , Annie , who has long considered Stags And Hens a suitable vehicle for a film : ‘ I badgered Willy into it ’ . |
| 15 | Wigg 's two passions in life were first a constant and continuing admiration for the British army and second a lifelong interest in racing , about which he had a massive and detailed knowledge . |
| 16 | It is first an attractive , informative overview of the seventh continent and second a full account of Greenpeace 's strategy for its conservation . |
| 17 | Keep a note of the whereabouts of each item and institute a regular system for calling back and collecting items which have been loaned out . |
| 18 | If you are selling as well as buying , then the whole business is doubled up — you have to answer pre-contract enquiries from your purchaser , as well as obtaining them from your vendor , your purchaser will have a survey done and institute a local search on your property . |
| 19 | Times were troubled , and England a rich source of plunder . |
| 20 | A a tape , and B a short piece of transcription . |
| 21 | Relief work and voluntary aid continues , which is what brought truck drivers Dick and Ray a long way from their Oxford homes to deliver important equipment to the struggling hospitals and orphanages . |
| 22 | He stops in the path of one of the dancing dhāmis and drapes the garland round his neck and plants a yellow ikā between his eyes , greeting the god . |
| 23 | In the view of private and public critics of the Wilberforce sons there was more than filiopietism at issue in their charge that Clarkson claimed leadership in the cause when their father was entitled to it ; they suggested Clarkson had been to all intents and purposes a paid agent of the Abolition Committee . |
| 24 | At last , pulling herself together , she went to give Joanna and Helen a watered-down version of the scene that had just taken place — watered-down because , for some subconscious reason , she felt that Dawn 's story was not quite believable . |
| 25 | Chapter 6 , on Scripture in the life of the Church ( DV 21–6 ) , develops the main intention expressed in the Prologue and outlines a pastoral policy for liturgy ( 21 ; cf. |
| 26 | Richard Marpole highlights what you can see country-wide and outlines a fascinating walk in the Norfolk Broads |
| 27 | Music , for both of us , is a part of life we treasure , and Michael has found his records and tapes a constant source of happiness during the long hours of inactivity forced upon him . |
| 28 | These visits are generally about one week long which gives the employee and spouse a reasonable length of time to find accommodation and get a feel for the country . |
| 29 | This constant and natural consolidation of knowledge can only promote confidence , and give both student and teacher a solid sense of progress . |
| 30 | The hopes and fears engendered by the extension of the franchise to the male working class made the consideration of the relationship between representative democracy and capitalism a central concern of most varieties of political thought . |