Example sentences of "[adj] with [pos pn] [noun] [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How he was thrown clear with his clothes blown off and still survived is a miracle . ’ |
| 2 | Not strikingly original as anthropological titles go , but it looked well with his name set out underneath it in italic capitals . |
| 3 | A few days later , immediately alongside the busy M40 , a pause at traffic-lights enabled me to glance at a dense assembly of birds , as closely-packed as starlings , extending for almost a quarter of a mile along the edge of the arable field , and I was able to identify them as a mixture of Lapwing and ‘ goldies , ’ all immobile , and many of the latter with their heads tucked in as if fast asleep . |
| 4 | He stood erect with his head thrown back , his chin jutting upwards , his mouth twitching slightly in fear , but his jaw set in defiance and bravado , as John had seen men look when clumsy hands , working without anaesthetics , had probed to extract shell-splinters from their limbs , The boy 's eyes were fixed on the master . |
| 5 | The Warbutt had not come down from his tower to wish his son farewell , and Bicker was grim and silent with his cloak held up around his mouth and ice crystals forming on it where his breath froze . |