Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] with a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The living , crackling lightning stabbed at the overhead strip lights and the office was suddenly filled with a hail of exploding , flying glass . |
| 2 | Charles , eating his toast , opening his mail , had suddenly exclaimed with a parody of fury , ‘ Christ , it 's the Venables again ! ’ |
| 3 | Inside three laps Mansell blasted from seventh to second and his radio suddenly crackled with a message from the pits : ‘ Stay where you are … the title is yours . |
| 4 | In order that the system can meet the required standard of availability , and to simplify control of the archive , lexicographers are only presented with a sub-set of dictionary entries at any one time . |
| 5 | A large jug and basin , charmingly ornamented with a design of blue ribbon , was its centre-piece . |
| 6 | During the follow up a mean of 2.48 ( 1.39 ) tubes were required to maintain adequate hearing ability in those treated with tubes alone compared with a mean of 1.52 ( 0.85 ) in the children also receiving adenoidectomy . |
| 7 | Once filled , the sides and riser were gently tapped with a hammer for a couple of minutes to expel trapped air , which can cause surface voids . |
| 8 | And Folly was suddenly swept with a wave of gratitude that it had been her assistant who had uncovered her secret , and not the pompous Miss Philimore . |
| 9 | Against critics who had accused him of choosing to write of the sea and lonely islands in order to have greater freedom for his imagination , he protested that his own youth had worn ‘ the sober hue of hard work and exacting calls of duty , things which in themselves are not much charged with a feeling of romance ’ and that if he had any ‘ romantic feeling of reality ’ it was disciplined by ‘ a recognition of the hard facts of existence shared with the rest of mankind ’ , a recognition which , he believed , tried to make the best of the hard truth and to discover in it ‘ a certain aspect of beauty ’ . |
| 10 | These two CDs are charmingly illustrated with a picture of a kind of ‘ secret garden ’ , the gate ajar , seen from both sides of the garden wall . |
| 11 | Nor was it that reforms already undertaken by Russia 's post-communist government , if only supported with a pile of hard currency , will deliver a lasting rise in living standards — because Russia has not yet done anything like enough . |
| 12 | These differing responses , the fundamental cause of most of the wars of history , were not necessarily taken with a knowledge of the effect that they would ultimately have , for at the relevant time the choice would not have been as clear to those making them , as it would be to minds educated to standards prevailing centuries later . |
| 13 | A weekend break in London provides a good opportunity to take full advantage of the sales , perhaps combined with a visit to the theatre . |
| 14 | The making and implementing of CNAA policy for the introduction of new subject areas and the extension of established ones were therefore constantly faced with a range of problems which had to be faced at officer and board levels , and in debate in committee and Council . |
| 15 | They invited me to punk parties as noisy as tractor factories , where I swigged flat cans of beer , already shaken with a twist of cigarette butt . |
| 16 | And with that thought , she wrung out her dress , and flopped it into the basket that Sabina had already filled with a heap of the family 's washing . |
| 17 | Thus , 102 patients were finally included with a diagnosis of parenchymal cirrhosis confirmed by pertinent clinical , biochemical or histological data . |
| 18 | I was just overwhelmed with a sense of uncleanness . |
| 19 | Each of the 37 bedrooms have been individually decorated with a mixture of antiques and opulent fabrics . |
| 20 | This exercise is best done with a partner For safety and assistance if necessary . |
| 21 | The thought that MPs are so easily bribed with a couple of gin and tonics and a lamb cutlet is ridiculous . ’ |
| 22 | If you do purchase bare root plants , it is important when planting to secure the rhizome of the plant to the planting container , easily done with a piece of string . |
| 23 | As he came to the door he found his horse ready ‘ most richly adorned with a covering of imbrodered pearle and precious stones , saddle and all furniture agreeable to it ’ . |
| 24 | A single full description and a full set of potential risks for each section was thus produced with a note of which subjects gave which information . |
| 25 | Viewing windows are best cleaned with a pinch of non-abrasive laboratory glass detergent and a damp wad of soft tissue or cloth , taking care to avoid the sealing gasket around the window . |
| 26 | She could hardly follow up the exchange they had just had with a question about his relationship with Puddephat . |
| 27 | The immediacy of the D-18 transfers wonderfully to strumming ; it 's big and it 's grand , but the brightness and the zinginess mean it 's best played with a modicum of right-arm restraint . |
| 28 | Now , however , these risk management features can be separately engineered with a toolkit of financial instruments , so that a borrower can usually raise finance with liability features that closely match what the business needs . |
| 29 | Accordingly , with the collector 's salary no longer burdened with a kind of pension to a colleague , Elphinstone of Quarrel was challenged by Buchanan of Aucheneen , apparently with the support of friends of the second Duke of Montrose . |
| 30 | This approach is best illustrated with a quotation from Berkshire , Buckinghamshire and Oxford Law Society : |