Example sentences of "[adv] and with a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The child peered inside and with an expression of profound disdain stamped the scorpions to death with his bare feet . ’ |
| 2 | If Johnson did speak as he wrote — economically , pithily and with a gift of great accuracy — Boswell 's Aberdeen observation means that he also sounded beautifully . |
| 3 | Done in the Jamesian manner , Jim would doubtless find himself credited with psychological subtleties and complexities of which he is quite unaware ; but still one might hope that the writer would succeed in suggesting the highly distinctive flavour of his talk , his inimitable way of retailing a diverting anecdote leisurely and with a modicum of circumlocution , from which in due time the point of the story is sure to emerge . |
| 4 | The sky had now stripped back to blue as he entered slowly and with a surge of pleasure into the cut of Buttermere . |
| 5 | That 's where established firms make their mistake , ’ Morgan had told him , speaking rapidly and with an air of total authority . |
| 6 | These new mines were large , each with 2000 men or more and with an output of about 1 000 000 tonnes of coal per year . |
| 7 | John describes the agony of the ensuing Dark Night of the soul but Hilton writes more calmly and with an acceptance of this dereliction which is required by all mystical traditions . |
| 8 | Although he seemed to be oblivious of what had happened , because he was concentrating on some letter or other , Eliot looked up resignedly and with a smile of one all too accustomed to the lack of business acumen in other people ; but I could see that he was also relieved to find me not too cast down . |
| 9 | This minor invention , which enables traffic to move smoothly and with a minimum of accidents , exploited a process need . |
| 10 | Sara had a key now and with a sense of the importance of the occasion she put it in the door and they entered the house . |
| 11 | ‘ Particulars of Offence : [ The respondent ] on 17 September 1990 dishonestly and with a view to gain for himself or another , or with intent to cause loss to another , falsified a document required for an accounting purpose , namely , a computer generated sales invoice , by making an entry therein which was or may have been misleading , false or deceptive in a material particular in that it purported to show that a discount of 70 per cent . |
| 12 | They have viewed the option of neutralisation cautiously , selectively and with an eye to the political and strategic implications of each particular scheme . |
| 13 | Steve Farrell , chief engineer at Prodrive in Banbury moved to England from Australia eleven years ago and with a history of skin cancer in his family was always on the watch for it . |
| 14 | At Riverside Studios during the interval of a play in Russian , I was chatting about anything other than the play to the Guardian 's critic , Michael Billington , when Mark Dignam approached Billington and , most courteously and with a touch of a bow , said : ‘ Mr Billington , I look forward to reading you tomorrow and seeing what I think of the play . ’ |
| 15 | He said this very seriously and with a hint of the single-mindedness and dedication he was eventually to show in realising this ambition . |
| 16 | The Canadian still spoke quietly and with a sort of urgency . |