Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 At Art of Africa Deborah Norman offers vibrant African arts and crafts to warm you up this Christmas .
2 His many talents in the arts and sciences brought him a wide circle of acquaintances in Derbyshire , especially the painter Joseph Wright [ q.v. ] , in several of whose paintings he appears , notably in ‘ A Philosopher giving a lecture on the Orrery ’ ( 1776 ) where Burdett is seen sketching .
3 Songs and sketches find her playing anything from a charity ball organiser to a TV agony aunt ( Irish , like Dillie herself ) .
4 Nonetheless , even today , many frogs and toads find it advantageous to follow this strategy .
5 On these pages we show you two very different settings and ways to adapt them for your festivities at home .
6 But the studio paid out for fringe benefits including personal trainers and chauffeurs to keep them happy .
7 It 's not been for us to tell people what they should or should n't eat or do anything with , because the , in , in one respect that 's a nann nannying attitude from er , whether it 's the legislators saying we 're not going to approve the right legislation so that you have that information , but on the other hand by manufacturers and others saying you trust us .
8 Disclaimers may also be used by referees and others to rob you of a claim for damages .
9 on radio , television , sponsorship , sessions and producer work I take 20 per cent because those things are often rather fiddly , involving quite a lot of work and not producing very much of a financial return .
10 Claire says she started climbing with her brothers and Allan says he saw some people climbing when he was youth hostelling and thought that 's the sport for me …
11 3 " Brothers and sisters have I none , Yet this man 's father is my father 's son .
12 Erm how many brothers and sisters did you have ?
13 The brothers and sisters supported her .
14 Entries are flooding into the Reading , Lincoln and Liverpool race organisers ' offices and word reaches us that the races with the most prestige these days are , of course , those in this Race Series !
15 In that year , also , L'Estrange 's ineptitude cost him control of the official news-books and Muddiman regained it because of the regard he had won from both secretaries of state .
16 Merging into that vast , sweeping seascape of sky , waves and sand gave her no sense of calm .
17 We have as many lovely things here as on the Mountain of Butterflies but we lack only a prophet and the eyes and emotions to see them .
18 Close your eyes and practice thinking it over and over again in your mind until you become proficient at blocking out all other thoughts and ideas , and can achieve a level of deep calm and relaxation .
19 The guards and police took me completely outside the town and put me into some weird hotel that looked like a Holiday Inn , but it was in the middle of the woods .
20 Competence in teaching means having sufficient insight into the teacher 's own weaknesses , strengths and preferences to enable her to adapt her methods so that she is comfortable in using them .
21 'Twill be well because he is not the real thing , never could be , and is not even now presuming to be ; but conversely , 'twill be well because the imitation , the travesty , of the real thing can also usurp it and to all intents and purposes become it .
22 Tens of thousands of Jordanians and Algerians say they are eager to join the fight on Iraq 's side .
23 Disputes and enmity endanger it .
24 ‘ I am asking for a mandate from the supporters and shareholders to put me on the board . ’
25 One of her greatest supporters and confidants tells me : ‘ She did get half her power from her husband and without him she is going to have to work twice as hard .
26 He was not systematic ; formulae and calculations confused him .
27 The following year , at a CNAA awards ceremony , he emphasized that it was planning , for academic reasons , a ‘ major shift in the work of validating courses from the Council to the Polytechnics and Colleges running them ’ .
28 Franics had not hired cars and Cathy joined him and Beryl in his ten-year-old saloon .
29 He likes all that , the cars and people calling him Minister , but he wanted her to be the good politician 's wife , doing his entertaining .
30 Roman ladies liked to sleep with their pearls and Caligula thought them worthy to decorate his favourite horse .
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