Example sentences of "and [adj] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four pre-teen girls were abducted , molested and mutilated in a serial killing spree the New York Times described as very ‘ un-Japanese ’ . |
| 2 | An investigation has started into an attack on a pony which was left dead and mutilated in a field . |
| 3 | Amuni was subjected to the burlap sack torture : handcuffed and hooded in a sack , she was bound in a standing position to an iron bar for hours . |
| 4 | It is easier when you are feeling fresh and alert after a good night 's sleep than at the end of a busy day , easier for short periods than for long periods . |
| 5 | He saw not Alina , but something with eyes of blazing green ; her hair a long mane strewn with weeds , her dress a dripping shroud , her teeth sharp , her skin pale and scaly as a snake 's . |
| 6 | It was white and frilly with a long , long skirt . |
| 7 | One bright young man who some years before had been a ‘ star ’ pupil , and assured of a successful career in technology said he had ruined his chances by joining the demonstrations . |
| 8 | This kind of erm usage of nuclear physics is often of a lot of interest and understandable to a child in the third form . |
| 9 | He admitted taking the car without consent , driving while unfit through drink , without insurance and unaccompanied by a qualified motorist , and failing to report an accident . |
| 10 | Private care can be flexible and innovative in a way that statutory services often find difficult . |
| 11 | This student had at one time worked in catering until her love for learning foreign languages prompted her to tackle French and Spanish as a mature student . |
| 12 | The southern islands became known mostly during the 17th to 19th centuries ; Antarctica itself remained unvisited until the late 18th century , and unrecognized as a continent before the start of the 20th century . |
| 13 | That was when Kleiber had given up the struggle and collapsed , limp and helpless as a rag doll . |
| 14 | He woke at three with a recurrence of the old nightmare-drowning and helpless in a deluge of glutinous liquid in which paradoxically there was also a ball of fire . |
| 15 | I wondered whether I had said something that I could n't remember , perhaps had shrieked or whispered that I would n't go back , but Lili said she had heard it was unusually hot for the time of year and unsuitable for a run-down person . |
| 16 | Despenser , made chamberlain of the king 's household in the autumn of 1318 , was son of an old servant of the king who was also called Hugh , but the young man was greedy and tactless on a scale which surpassed Gaveston and alarmed and alienated particularly the lords of the Welsh Marches ( where he laid claim to extensive lands ) and drove them into uneasy alliance with Lancaster . |
| 17 | The wait would be well worth it for such a blind release ; and in this motley crowd , drawn from a dozen hamlets outside in addition to the town , her companion was nameless and faceless as a hunted man could wish to be . |
| 18 | Anthony Tennant , the Guinness chairman , said : ‘ The synergistic benfits of our deal with LVMH are already coming through strongly , without all the costs and upset of a contested bid . |
| 19 | Kurds in Turkey say they have been tortured and repressed in a bloody campaign by the government to crack down on separatist guerrillas fighting for an independent Kurdistan . |
| 20 | Below Growth and budding of a graptolite colony , enlarged about 20 times |
| 21 | It was rock-hard and dry as a biscuit . |
| 22 | Intermediate rinse-Rinse with fresh hot water and a clean cloth , wring and dry to a damp finish |
| 23 | Final rinse : Rinse off with fresh cold water and dry to a damp finish with a disposable paper towel . |
| 24 | It was a couple of weeks before and I was left high and dry without a partner . |
| 25 | ‘ Many of us felt he should have had the courage to admit that the job was n't working out instead of using his reputation as England manager to negotiate a lucrative overseas contract and then leaving everyone high and dry without a second thought . |
| 26 | Of the wines produced in Alsace , 95 per cent are white and dry with a smattering of rosés , a few ( delicious ) reds , a handful of sweet whites ( identified on the label as being vendange tardive or late picked ) and a little sparkling , known as Cremant d'Alsace ) . |
| 27 | Some of the locks were ready long before the canal which serves them , and were literally high and dry for a time . |
| 28 | Cambridge were left high and dry for a time this afternoon as Oxford followed in the footsteps of many a champion boxer and left the opposition waiting at the official weigh-in . |
| 29 | The blue sea and bright sun belied the occasional grim reminder of the other side of the picture ; the broken , rusting hull of a merchantman or trawler , perched high and dry in a rocky grave . |
| 30 | Drain the sample and dry in a stream of warm air . |