Example sentences of "[noun pl] with [noun] [verb] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | For a while it seemed that the whole black music scene had a fixation about penning songs with titles formed entirely around the same noun , Sam Cooke adding to his bank balance via ‘ Baby , Baby , Baby ’ ( 1963 ) while James Brown band singer Anna King and Bobby Byrd provides a classic of the same title during '64 . |
2 | He moved closer , until just a few inches separated them , staring down into her eyes with intent written all over his face . |
3 | Another academic suggested that Clinton 's ties with Britain lie only in his Oxford education , that he lacks the sentimental camaraderie of the last generation of US presidents who remembered , first hand , Britain as a redoubtable ally first against fascism and then communism . |
4 | Those few short months with Tony seemed sometimes like a dream to her . |
5 | We arrived after dark in a major city driving on roads that were tarmacked in places with workers going home from work milling all over the roads with not a street light to be seen ! |
6 | Almost all the evidence of Modigliani 's behaviour in the years with Beatrice comes either from her or from outsiders . |
7 | And it is just as horrifying an idea to contemplate being walled into such a Paradise Garden as being condemned to spend eternity playing games with balloons which never burst , receiving presents from Santa without wondering how they were paid for , being organised into teams with leaders chosen arbitrarily from among us , or eating a permanent celestial buffet of ice cream and salmon sandwiches . |
8 | Again , this will particularly hit partners in firms with year ends early in the tax year . |
9 | In practice , those firms with accounting dates early in the tax year will no doubt change their accounting date to one later in the tax year , say 31 March , during the transitional period , to overcome this difficulty . |
10 | The style mixes patterns and textures with inspiration taken right across America , from New England in the north to Santa Fe way down south . |
11 | Relations with China improved markedly during 1990 . |
12 | Relations with China improved greatly during 1990-91 ; in February 1991 the Indian External Affairs Minister V. C. Shukla visited Beijing . |
13 | Relations with Iran improved noticeably by the end of 1989 , the Iranian government in December expressing satisfaction at the lifting of the ban on headscarves at Turkish universities [ see above ] . |
14 | Nepal 's relations with India improved greatly during 1990 . |
15 | Evidence from the results of parallel tests with questions differing only in the numbers used showed that test results for individuals can be variable and so produce misclassifications of mastery . |
16 | The proportion of pupils with statements varies widely across the country , partly because of the LEAs ' differing policies on ‘ statementing ’ , but overall stands at some 1.7 per cent of the total population of statutory school age , with just over a fifth of these in ordinary rather than special schools . |
17 | Personal development programmes and consultations with experts ranked highly in only one quarter of schools . |
18 | Empty chairs with harnesses swung violently through the air , high above people 's heads . |
19 | Two women with shawls wrapped tightly about their ears and heads were deep in conversation , their low voices barely audible to themselves , let alone the other 30 or so damp travellers awaiting the arrival of the ghostly ferry . |
20 | Last year talks with IBM fell apart as the computer behemoth 's own fortunes collapsed . |
21 | Among these 17 patients , five also had endoscopic biopsies ; two at first had false negative biopsy specimens with malignancy found only on subsequent biopsies one month and one year later . |
22 | ‘ After what seemed an eternity of nights with Grant turning away from me in bed , I dared to ask , ’ recalls Charlotte . |