Example sentences of "the [noun pl] be [vb pp] with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes conditions could be even worse : Godwin , for example , describes a London court where ‘ the basement story of nearly all the houses was filled with foetid refuse , of which it had been the receptacle for years ’ , and one water barrel of 50 to 60 gallons is intended to serve two houses , containing between them at least a hundred people . |
| 2 | The scales are armed with low granules and simple spines . |
| 3 | If the surfaces were cleaned by sand blasting , that concrete dust would be mixed up with the sand used in the cleaning ; but when the surfaces are cleaned with dry ice , the pellets sublime away into easily filtered gas . |
| 4 | Every issue of the comics is flavoured with grisly details of human sacrifices , devil worship and serial murders . |
| 5 | The weather improved and , although the roads were clogged with icy mud , we soon reached the Channel port where Benjamin used his warrants and his status to secure our passage home on a man-o'-war . |
| 6 | I set off to Khan Market to buy something for my headache , only to find the roads were clogged with white Ambassadors dressed up as Christmas trees . |
| 7 | The flows are covered with large , high wrinkles and ridges , concentric with the edges of the flow , where the stiff surface layer was crinkled up by the pressure of more material arriving from behind — rather like a pahoehoe surface on a basalt lava , but on a much bigger scale . |
| 8 | The " lum hats " of the chimney-pots are padded with white felt on the one side . |
| 9 | The undersides are covered with fine brown hairs or down . |
| 10 | In the centre of the table was a bower of holly entwined with Christmas roses , and the candlesticks were garlanded with festive trinkets which sparkled in the firelight . |
| 11 | Wealthy families would while away their days at the baths being massaged with aromatic oils by the unfortunate eunuch slave whose sole function in life was to knead and pummel his master . |
| 12 | The animals are packed with sufficient food and a source of moisture for the complete journey allowing for possible delays . |
| 13 | The animals are fed with organic oats and beans grown on the farm — completing the cycle . |
| 14 | Present-opening sessions are generally unpredictable affairs , the pictures being shot with mobile camera on a catch-as-catch-can basis with the sound mostly consisting of the rustling of wrapping paper being undone and the excited squeaks of the recipients . |
| 15 | All the bedrooms are equipped with mini-bar and direct-dial telephone . |
| 16 | A mousse-pink suite occupied the bathroom , while the bedrooms were lined with cheap DIY cupboards . |
| 17 | The campaign against the Scots was operated with ruthless efficiency , and was violent and vengeful in the extreme . |
| 18 | The words were uttered with devastating sincerity . |
| 19 | The words were spoken with extreme bitterness . |
| 20 | Hack weaves objects and memorabilia from her past , the images are loaded with autobiographical references as the artist retraces the steps of her ancestors and comes to terms with her own past . |
| 21 | It is clear too , that the arts are associated with sexual pleasure , the sciences with sexual restraint … . |
| 22 | The cupboards were stacked with discarded baby clothing , receipts for adverts in London and suburban newspapers , anxious letters and telegrams from worried mothers , in fact virtually everything to give the thankful Detective Inspector a watertight case . |
| 23 | The fact that it was extensively broadcast on television meant that news of the acquittal of the defendants was greeted with widespread disbelief and anger [ see p. 38856 ] . |
| 24 | The plates were developed with high performance thin layer chromatography and read with a scanner densitometer ( Shimadzu CS 920 ) . |
| 25 | The movements were watched with keen interest by the guests of the Watch Committee . |
| 26 | The gardens were garlanded with coloured lights , and the silver band , having refreshed its members while the marriage took place , played with gusto as the guests were all received . |
| 27 | The doctor said the body could be taken away , and when the mortuary men were lifting it , something very odd came to light — the pockets were stuffed with live rifle bullets . |
| 28 | The mountains are riven with magic because Ulthuan itself acts as focal point for the winds of magical energy which blow across the known world from the Northern Wastes . |
| 29 | Females responded to male models with significantly more frequent arch , hunch and touch sexual displays when the models were presented with accentuated crests ; males responded to female models with significantly more frequent ruff-sniff and touch displays ( Table 1 ) . |
| 30 | In one group , the stomachs were immediately excised , while in the other group the stomachs were perfused with saline for 180 minutes after the perfusion of ethanol , and unless stated , before they were processed for assessment of injury . |