Example sentences of "and [prep] a [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | N well I , I , I had , why I was so positive about it , I had an uncle who had it very badly and as a child I was very aware of his hands , they were quite inhuman looking , they were that shape , and you know everything he did he , he had to that and that 's remained in my mind that when I got it I though I wo n't have the hands like that so I r I w I go , I went to sleep , I still do it , every night , spread my hands , the last thing I think about , spread the hands . |
| 2 | He was educated in Falmouth , and as a child he was interested in natural history . |
| 3 | And as a child his own household included not only his father 's father but his mother 's grandmother , who spent most of her days hidden away ‘ in her own cabin ’ , but who would emerge on Sundays , always knitting a long stocking . |
| 4 | But as a party and as a government we have a duty to encourage families to better themselves and discourage dependency . ’ |
| 5 | People paid their debts and when they needed help , they asked and it was never refused ; it was the way that the small and widespread community had always lived , and as a system it was dignified and efficient . |
| 6 | ‘ But , Ayesha , I am no god ; I am a man , and as a man I seek the woman whom I love . |
| 7 | In the General Prologue portrait of the Reeve — a portrayal which leans heavily on conventional attitudes of hostility towards the lords ' men , the peasant officials amongst the peasants , in medieval English satire — the Reeve is presented as a man who provokes suspicion and fear : and as a man who , by being identifiable as one of a type rather than an individual , attracts the prejudices associated with that type . |
| 8 | Can I say that need holy communion as a group thing in a way of our communion and as a church we are going to be Roman Catholic . |
| 9 | And as a whole it is clear that the inter-war period saw Britain 's population increase , rather than decrease , as a result of migration . |
| 10 | Viewers latched on to , and sympathized with , a vulnerable character who was unable to keep a job — as a security guard he lost his dog and as a fireman he kept missing the fire engine — and roared with laughter as his world collapsed around him . |
| 11 | A pupil of Gustav Holst at St Paul 's Girls School , Ramsey was devoted to music and as a flautist she played in the Cumberland Symphony Orchestra when she went to live in Cumbria . |
| 12 | If it 's chicken , I like it to be cooked in a clay pot , and as a treat I think a rib of beef is lovely . |
| 13 | Also as both a rugby player and as a cricketer he played the game with distinction at first-class level . |
| 14 | Now as someone who 's taught at other institutions — I 've taught at the University of Kent and at Middlesex Polytechnic — I think I was aware of the level of harassment which erm was there in those institutions , there certainly was sexual harassment , it certainly was a problem , but I have to say it did n't seem to me to be the problem that the students have identified it as being in Oxford and I think that 's striking and it 's something that erm as tutors and as a university we really do have to think about . |
| 15 | After the banning of The Well of Loneliness Radclyffe Hall was denied the recognition she deserved for her mastery of the narrative technique of interior monologue and as a writer who dealt with a great variety of themes , such as World War I , materialism , Catholicism , and the suppression of women by patriarchal society . |
| 16 | Unit general manager Moira Britton said : ‘ Patients are central to our health care services and as a trust we will be able to manage and organise our services in a more flexible way to meet the individual health needs of our patients . ’ |
| 17 | Mrs Moira Britton , unit general manager , said : ‘ Patients are central to our health care services and as a trust we will be able to manage and organise our services in a more flexible way to meet the individual health needs of our patients . ’ |
| 18 | James intended one day to be equally celebrated , and as a dresser he was privileged to be at the bedside while the physician examined a patient . |
| 19 | No I think this is board meeting and as a board I think were interested to get your points of view what is n't taken place that you 'd liked to take place and what you 'd like to see in the future well and that 's why the meetings been convened . |
| 20 | It is this degree of concentration I want you to work towards , using the haiku both as a point of departure and as a discipline you frequently return to . |
| 21 | Nietzsche already made the point , and as a philosopher who was willing to call himself an egoist his witness is especially interesting : |
| 22 | I 've had weeks with no work at all , and as a sans-papiers there is no such thing as social security for me or my children . ’ |
| 23 | And , in a sense , we 've , just to complete what we 've been talking about so far , there 's always the question of press and magazines and house style , just to remind you that you really need to study formats if you 're going to try and as a freelance we talked about that yesterday . |
| 24 | Here too is an attractive swimming pool , and as a bonus it is possible , on arrival , to make direct arrangements with the caretaker to have someone cook for you each day ( subject to availability ) . |
| 25 | She wore a soft , hyacinth-coloured jersey , for she had summed up Miss Cress as a rival and as a woman who took everything in , clothes , manners , appearances , weighed and judged them . |
| 26 | And as a woman she 's not allowed to absolve or bless people or bless communion wafers . |
| 27 | And as a background she could still see those policemen going in and out of the house in Mouncy Street the day she had seen John Coffin sitting outside . |
| 28 | And as a doctor it was against your ethics to tell me . ’ |
| 29 | Many coaches encourage this , most people here are aware of it , and as a doctor I know that many of my orthopaedic colleagues owe a good proportion of their incomes to repairing football-related catastrophic knee injuries . |
| 30 | And as a DJ it means you can pace the night better , play a lot of different sorts of music and try and create a rave atmosphere in the club . ’ |