Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] with [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of them were spattered with blood from the carcasses that hung on a row of meat-hooks nearby . |
| 2 | At home the television reports were prefaced with warnings about the shocking content to give viewers the option of switching off . |
| 3 | Perhaps Gladys would join the group of Leicester ladies who were fluttering with anticipation in the back corner . |
| 4 | CA European marketing manager , Mike Maunder , says ‘ we were inundated with demands on a worldwide basis to respond to the downsizing issue , and now we 're doing just that . ’ |
| 5 | The new shares were placed with institutions at a discount of 14p to the market price of 174p . |
| 6 | The remaining 18.3% were placed with institutions by the company 's brokers , Barclays de Zoete Wedd and UBS . |
| 7 | Eadmer has provided a striking picture of him at the meeting between the pope and William of Warelwast in 1103 , sitting silent while the royal messenger held forth and the pope replied with words which were received with enthusiasm by the bystanders as a declaration that no layman could ever be a doorway into the Lord 's sheepfold . |
| 8 | The Council of Castile , in spite of its repeated claims to be the only legally constituted authority , was discredited by its supposed subservience to Murat ; its orders were treated with contempt by the Provincial Juntas . |
| 9 | Eighty five of the children were treated with prednisone during the first year ( 1 mg/kg/day for six weeks then tapering to discontinue over one to two months ) . |
| 10 | The low lands were patched with hayfields at every stage of readiness , from bleached yellow to ferny green , and across the coloured surfaces people moved as though they were stitching and knitting at its texture , arms pulling on rakes , backs stooped under burdens on their way to the steadings . |
| 11 | Troops from Benghazi lined the perimeter of the playground , and were posted with machine-guns on the roofs of buildings overlooking the election . |
| 12 | The floor was crowded with cardboard boxes that were filled with leaflets for the Literacy Project that Ellen helped in her spare time . |
| 13 | The Dark Elves were filled with glee at the news of the loss of Alarielle , but the Witch King refused to believe the rumour of her death . |
| 14 | The memories of my childhood were suffused with images of the beauty of the landscape and the peaceful atmosphere of the island . |
| 15 | My labouring minutes were occupied with fantasies of the most horrific kind . |
| 16 | The allegations and the outcome of the action were reported with glee in The British Seafarer but substantially unreported in The Seaman . |
| 17 | CIESPAL 's new studios and training centre were installed with support from the government of Ecuador and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation of Germany . |
| 18 | Consequently in 1510 these were bracketed with squires of the body and other court officers , while the 1533 act specifies in addition esquires or gentlemen eligible for knighthood or to serve as knights of the shire . |
| 19 | For example , when words which should have stress on the first syllable were said with stress on the second syllable , they were misinterpreted . |
| 20 | UN officials had estimated that 7,000,000 Sudanese were threatened with starvation before the end of February . |
| 21 | They reported that all parts of the country were threatened with epidemics as a result of severe shortages of medicines and drinking water and lack of sanitation . |
| 22 | Pandas in the area were threatened with extinction in the early 1980s as a result of the failure of the local arrow bamboo . |
| 23 | The Wokingham Blacks grew in number and audacity , local sheriffs were met with silence from the locals , many of whom were related to the gang , while others were fed and clothed by them . |
| 24 | These stolen cars were being driven at high speed by drivers in their teens and police cars were pelted with stones by a crowd of onlookers . |
| 25 | These stolen cars were being driven at high speed by drivers in their teens and police cars were pelted with stones by a crowd of onlookers . |
| 26 | The Treasurer 's room was all dark teak furniture and the walls were hung with portraits of the top men in the Corporation , unlike the walls of Mark 's office which were covered with coloured aerial photographs of the many European component plants which had come within his planning responsibility . |
| 27 | Our pyjamas and underwear were soaking with sweat after the journey in the boot and now , in the night cold , I was freezing . |
| 28 | To mark the occasion of twenty years ' loyal service to the Company , ten individuals were presented with watches at the annual Long Service Awards presentation held in December . |
| 29 | University undergraduates were presented with words in a two-field tachistoscope and asked ten questions of each type : 1 ) is there a word present ; 2 ) is it printed in capital letters ; 3 ) does it rhyme with … ; and 4 ) is it a member of the category … with five leading to a ‘ Yes ’ and five leading to a ‘ No ’ response . |
| 30 | Sara 's legs were trembling with exhaustion by the time she reached the stables . |