Основы теории английского языка. Листунова Е.И. - 97 стр.

       b) A pronoun:
       This is the valley of the Biythe (Gissing). She remained silent
for a time (Conrad).
       c) A numeral:
       Two were indeed young, about eleven and ten (Galsworthy). The
first was a tall lady with dark hair... (Bronte).
       d) A substantivized adjective or partici ple:
       The grey of earth and sky had become deeper, more profound
(London). The wicked always think other people are as bad as them-
selves (Scott). The besieged passed an anxious night (Macaulay).
       e) An infinitive:
       To dress in the cold shanty and to wash in icy water was
agony... (L. Sinclair). To prolong doubt was to prolong hope (Bronte).
       f) A gerund:
       Walking is a healthy exercise. Watching and ministering Kit was
her best care (Galsworthy).
       g) any other word when it is substantivized:
       And is a conjunction. A is the first letter of the English alphabet.
       h) A syntactical word-combination (íåðàçëîæèìîå ñèíòàê-
ñè÷åñêîå ñëîâîñî÷åòàíèå):
       Twice two is four. How to do this is a difficult question.
       Here also belong such cases when, a noun is connected with
another noun by means of the preposition with which indicates that
‘the predicate refers to both nouns jointly:
       A young woman with two children is coming up the street. The
house with its gardens occupies a whole block.
       We may also consider that the subject is expressed by a whole
group of words when a noun (usually of number, quantity or weight)
is joined to another noun by means of the preposition of:
       A number of books have been published this year. A lot of people
were present. A quarter of an hour has passed. A score of eggs were put
in the basket.
       There was a great deal of shouting and laughing (Maugham). The
middle of the room was occupied by two square tables... (Joyce).
       Also with pronouns and numerals:
       ...None of you ever heard of him (Joyce). The four of them had just
finished their midday meal... (Maugham). Neither of my friends was there...
(Murray). Most of the morning was spent in the open air (Bronte). One of
her pupils had given a pass (ïðîïóñê) for Mignon (an opera) (Joyce).

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