Example sentences of "of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ah 've seen pictures of drinkin' vessels where the only way of gettin' at the liquor is through the penis , but Ah 've never seen fellatio depicted or pictures of miniatures like this … |
| 2 | For instance , a new breakfast food marketed under the brand name of SLUB would stand little chance of success ; on the other hand , a flashing beacon called a GLEEPER ( on the analogy of bleeper ) might have some chance of succeeding . |
| 3 | The town centre is a huge jumble sale : combs , mirrors , ballpens , lipsticks , exercise books , clothespegs , Chiclets , knickers , buttons , baseball caps , sweetcorn , dried fish , the Encyclopedia of Sex ( in eight Roneo-ed pages ) , belts , scissors , batteries , plates , machetes , crucifixes , razor blades , padlocks , strips of mango in plastic bags , everything well-fingered . |
| 4 | Choose from a colourful array of mango , star fruit , kiwi and raspberries , to name but a few and add a sprinkling of Sweetex to bring out the full flavour , or use it in recipes for a sweet taste without the calories . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It will be overseeing the installation of a small-scale hydro-electric generating scheme bringing heating and lighting to the village of Mango in the foothills of the Karakoram range . |
| 7 | He helped himself to a glass of mango juice before he replied . |
| 8 | He was pleased with the menu : liver pate , followed by scampi with avocado and a julienne of mango , Summer Pudding and petits fours . |
| 9 | a layer of mango lay above the guava . ) |
| 10 | ‘ Three poppadams , ’ he said , ‘ and a little piece of mango chutney ! ’ |
| 11 | Lunch was an avocado and prawn sandwich and a carton of mango juice , which I admit were a bit out of character but otherwise I looked for all the world like a real musher . |
| 12 | More like the diabolical Guy , Virginia thought sourly , going distractedly into the kitchen and pouring herself a glass of mango juice . |
| 13 | Combining a delicate blend of mango , pistachio and tutti-frutti flavoured ice cream sprinkled with cashew nuts . |
| 14 | And the ordeal of putting up the lists — he could still feel the brute weight of Allan Stewart 's shoulder jolting him aside , the smell of whisky on his breath , and then the twilit hours lying low beside the minister in the church , waiting for the hubbub outside to die away . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | At one end of the heavier door , now held up on trestles , Donald had hefted a stone jar of whisky into position and Donald McLaggan was drawing off cupsful and handing them out . |
| 17 | Still caught in a clench of emotion after the effort of the ceremony , he had accepted a spilling cup of whisky from Donald McLaggan and drained it as though it was milk to quench a thirst . |
| 18 | He shivered ; he put the central heating on ‘ constant ’ ; he went round the corner for a bottle of whisky . |
| 19 | Nick poured glasses of whisky . |
| 20 | Peter and Nick were sitting on the sofa sharing a bottle of whisky with Sara 's backgammon board between them . |
| 21 | The price of books of academic criticism indicates that they are not aimed at the educated general reader ( once they cost about the same as a bottle of whisky ; now they cost three to four times as much ) . |
| 22 | ' . Within seconds , the locals started buying the poets round after round of whisky , quoting enthusiastically from MacDiarmid 's work . |
| 23 | We say we are thirsty when we mean that we fancy a glass of wine , a pint of beer , a gin and tonic or a shot of whisky — the pleasure of naming our poison — at the end of a busy day or tiresome week . |
| 24 | That is the equivalent of weighing a fully-laden oil supertanker so accurately that a contraband bottle of whisky in the captain 's cabin would register on the scales . |
| 25 | They estimate an average annual consumption of 15 litres of whisky per head of the adult population . |
| 26 | The tax meant that a bottle of whisky attracted taxes of up to 220% , the equivalent of Y 2,000 , or about $ 15.70 . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'll get you a drop of whisky , son . ’ |
| 28 | Full of whisky , his thoughts fuddled and far away , Hatton had given warning of his approach . |
| 29 | ‘ Speaking of which , ’ Herr Nordern , while quite happy to lounge back with a good cigar and a glass of whisky , was also ready for his meal . |
| 30 | And as for Mr Willi Stoph , the former prime minister , a major mark against him is that 100 different brands of whisky were found in his cellar — in other countries that would be admired . |