Example sentences of "[v-ing] with a [noun] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Opening with a tirade of four letter abuse from Roman footsoldiers to their ( absent ) leaders , the translation by David Johnston ( for The Gate Theatre ) goes on to incorporate a great many deliberate anachronisms which give the play a decidedly modern flavour . |
| 2 | For example , the following extract comes from a discussion of rusting with a group of 5 and 6 year olds . |
| 3 | Competitors face a half-mile swim in the Valley pool , a 15-mile cycle , ending with a run of 4. miles . |
| 4 | Combines a tee fitting with an elbow in one of the branches . |
| 5 | Now it is operating with a team of four covering Administration , locomotives and Rolling Stock , Operating and Commercial sections . |
| 6 | He is starting with a teleconference with 100 IBM managers around the world . |
| 7 | He is starting with a teleconference with 100 IBM managers around the world . |
| 8 | Each of three teachers prepares four to five topics per term , starting with a minimum of two this programme to re be repeated three times per term to A B C groups , carousel . |
| 9 | Ombudsman William Reid made his criticism after dealing with a complaint from one of the 121 farmers who will now get extra compensation . |
| 10 | Traditional chemical analysis and the measurement of specific gravity are not much used nowadays , as the former is destructive of the object and the latter is useful only when dealing with an alloy of two metals of greatly differing specific gravities ; in effect this restricts its utility to alloys made of gold and one other metal . |
| 11 | In fifty different variations of British uniform , with cooking pots , cardboard boxes and bundles of clothing slung about us , we shuffled out of the camp to a railway siding with an escort of thirty-six guards and three dogs . |
| 12 | Ian soon learned how to dodge the flying hooves of Boy and remain in control of his bike , but what he had n't expected was the clinging weight and depth of wet Wadhurst clay — somersaulting with a squelch into one of the deepest bogs which appeared regularly between the level stretches of good galloping ground where both could make good speed . |
| 13 | A committee of seven bishops working with a team of 40 consultants began to draft this definite document in 1986 after Vatican criticisms of several local versions . |