Example sentences of "of [noun] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She poured herself one last mouthful of whisky and tossed it back . |
| 2 | He drove his Volvo to a beauty spot last month , drank most of a bottle of whisky and gassed himself with fumes from the car 's exhaust . |
| 3 | One night he drank a lot of whisky and told me I was gone off . |
| 4 | I snatched my miniature of whisky and lifted it towards the raised glasses at home , before stepping outside to watch those stars to the left of Polaris which would be blinking over Manchester . |
| 5 | He rushed home with his hot food , mixed a lemon and honey with a large dash of whisky and proceeded to open his parcel . |
| 6 | He took another sip of whisky and gazed thoughtfully at the ceiling . |
| 7 | Charles poured himself a large slug of whisky and downed it . |
| 8 | Cinzia brought them both large measures of whisky and sat down astride the wicker chair in front of the writing desk , facing him over the ridged wooden back . |
| 9 | Only the Sikh men seemed to have other things on their mind as , twirling their moustaches , they downed great tumblers of whisky and tried to lure the prettiest girls on to the dance floor . |
| 10 | He grabbed the nearest bottle of whisky and poured a measure into a glass , watching her over the rim . |
| 11 | Durrell took a slug of whisky and broke into an immediate ‘ I 'm not able to begin ‘ ta / praise the wondrous Araminta /I would like to say with flourish /what kind thoughts of her I nourish /A tangle though my thoughts get inta / describing love as Araminta ’ . |
| 12 | He was responsible for the exploitation of the mineral rights of the Crown — for example , for finding , mining and smelting iron in the forest of Chippenham and in the Forest of Dean and lead in the Forest of the Peak . |
| 13 | Liberal Democrat Peter Allen has accused his fellow candidates of mud-slinging and claims neither Labour nor the Conservatives have offered a vision of the future . |
| 14 | The greatest value of all such bulk matter , however , is not in the nutrient content , but in its effect on the soil structure , its retention of moisture and harbouring of the bacteria . |
| 15 | ‘ Big , Bold and Beautiful , ’ Alex said , ignoring this piece of egomania and looking at Helena . |
| 16 | The Forest Of Shadows encompasses most of the principality of Ostland and lies to the north of the Middle Mountains . |
| 17 | Their opponents have been through the mangle recently , going out of two cup competitions courtesy of Bangor and seeing their lead at the top of the table cut to a slender one point . |
| 18 | The need to finance the cost of unity and damp down its inflationary effect has pushed up German — and therefore European — interest rates and exacerbated recession . |
| 19 | What is the solution to these problems of unity and sustaining interest ? I think it can best be found by looking at the visual arts , and having myself once been an architect I would like to use an architectural illustration . |
| 20 | A lively tour of continental culture , seeking for signs of unity and predicting a grim future . |
| 21 | A lively tour of continental culture , seeking for signs of unity and predicting a grim future . |
| 22 | The candidature of two Whigs in tandem lost both the election , and in 1813 Creevey was found guilty of a libel on a Liverpool inspector of taxes and fined £100 . |
| 23 | ‘ We certainly wo n't be changing our style of play and getting involved in a forward battle . ’ |
| 24 | He enjoyed Forest 's style of play and respected Clough 's brand of management . |
| 25 | We are able to become objective observers of the patterns of play and to take pleasure in their endless variations on central themes . |
| 26 | Hirst is on the mend after cracking his ankle at Highbury a fortnight ago , and Bright said : ‘ I like his style of play and feel we can work well together . |
| 27 | Philip left Darlington Hockey Club a few seasons ago to improve his standard of play and joined Norton . |
| 28 | He rammed in the pitch , keeping his balance in the tossing pirogue , as only he could , he with his funambulist 's antennae , who might have scaled the ship on a free-floating ladder if it had been a parade , a feast , a time of play and rejoicing . |
| 29 | After the initial period of assessment and support it should be possible to formulate a treatment plan . |
| 30 | Know-how is all important — and it is quite typical for a deputy head following an advanced part-time degree in education management to sigh with relief at the start of a module about , for instance , the management of assessment and to say that this was precisely what his head — with an eye mainly on the short term — hoped he would get out of the course . |