Example sentences of "and a [noun sg] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Think it was sweetpapers and a comic dropped at the scene . |
| 2 | LATE IN THE AFTERNOON Frankie found himself standing awkwardly by the kitchen door wearing polished shoes that pinched his toes and a shirt fastened at the neck with a large safety-pin . |
| 3 | The day Vonetta came to my flat to talk to me , she was wearing jeans , a white camisole top , and a shirt tied at the waist . |
| 4 | The program begins with the target position ( in steps ) loaded into COUNT and a POINTER Set at the address of the first delay value , ACCST . |
| 5 | As he passed through a small piazza there was a shout and a boy appeared at a window holding a bulging plastic shopping bag which he let drop to a friend in the street who stood , arms raised to catch it . |
| 6 | Hilaire Belloc would not I think have liked his eponymous monastery ; it is modern and spruce , with sacred literature in showcases and a monk sitting at a reception desk . |
| 7 | The incident began after two tax inspectors and a bailiff called at the man 's house . |
| 8 | The post is fitted over the moulded side seat rail , roughly cut to profile ( from a template ) and a tenon formed at the top . |
| 9 | Notice was given within that time-limit by ‘ exploit ’ of a huissier acting for the appellant and a copy posted at the door of the courthouse . |
| 10 | Last Friday , a sheriff at Kilmarnock granted Cunninghame District Council an eviction notice on the nine men and a woman living at a house in Gladstone Road , Saltcoats , Ayrshire . |
| 11 | There 's a man and a woman sitting at a table by the window , and I watch them for a bit . |
| 12 | The remains of lunch were still on the stained crumb-scattered tablecloth and a woman sat at the table feeding a baby from a bottle . |
| 13 | The PKK claimed responsibility for two incidents in Istanbul on Aug. 28 in which a ferry was set on fire , damaging a bridge , and a bomb exploded at the British consulate-general . |
| 14 | There was a longer gash on her right elbow and a bruise forming at the top of her arm . |