Example sentences of "with an [noun sg] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then with an exchange of broken English and French , the Captain saw four large brandy barrels being handed over to Jake and his gang . |
| 2 | QUIET BOYS : ‘ Modal ’ ( Acid Jazz ) an elusive London mob based around DJ and producer Chris Bangs of Galliano , Courtney Pine and Paul Weller credits , with an EP of progressive jazz-House — out on Monday |
| 3 | Then she laughed at herself , with an edge of self-mocking irony . |
| 4 | She shot a quick look sideways , then visibly flinched when she found that Luke was watching her , with an expression of strained patience on his handsome face . |
| 5 | The little boys — pubescent , sexually precocious fifteen-year-olds — gazed back , some with reluctant expectation , some in tolerance , one with an expression of cultivated languor . |
| 6 | Stoically she continued to meet his gaze with an expression of polite interest carefully assumed to disguise the way her heart had increased its beating . |
| 7 | ‘ I tipped him the wink after I left her , ’ went on the Patriarch , with an expression of lubricious meditation . |
| 8 | Any one of us might be struck by lightning , but the probability is pretty low in any one minute ( although the Guinness Book of Records has a charming picture of a Virginian man , nicknamed the human lightning conductor , recovering in hospital from his seventh lightning strike , with an expression of apprehensive bewilderment on his face ) . |
| 9 | He stood and looked at her with an expression of total innocence . |
| 10 | The little man was ambling along in the middle of the street , looking around him with an expression of keen interest . |
| 11 | He lit a cigarette , clenched the holder and sat back with an expression of great satisfaction . |
| 12 | He stood looking at the floor , examining the toes of his shoes with an expression of deep concern on his face . |
| 13 | He jerked his head in the direction of the zimmer with an expression of deep distaste . |
| 14 | Ymor had on several occasions seen him look around the room with an expression of deep satisfaction . |
| 15 | The Doctor returned his menacing glare with an expression of vacuous innocence . |
| 16 | He appraised Cleo with an expression of suspicious enquiry . |
| 17 | ‘ So that 's why you keep your transcripts at home , is it ? ’ said Hilda , still looking at Kronweiser with an expression of absorbed interest . |
| 18 | Their departure caused a silence to fall between Lucy and Doreen , the latter sitting with an expression of sulky thoughtfulness on her face . |
| 19 | A glass of iced cognac and soda dangled from his right hand and he listened to the jazz with an expression of seraphic contentment on his face . |
| 20 | With an expression of furtive apprehension , Hyacinth allowed herself to be helped to her feet and settled , squatting , on the pot . |
| 21 | With an expression of pained distaste Polly closed her eyes briefly to silence him . |
| 22 | ‘ The child peered inside and with an expression of profound disdain stamped the scorpions to death with his bare feet . ’ |
| 23 | The predictable , and very satisfying , result attracted the attention of a nearby assistant , who strode towards the offending infant with an expression of undisguised anger on her face . |
| 24 | Rourke 's thumb was still pressed to the bell as she opened the door , and they stared at each other , he , frowning , she with an expression of wary mistrust . |
| 25 | When I had just erected the tent , Paddy laid aside his empty plate , strolled over , opened a locker and , with an expression of humorous disgust , peered inside and said , ‘ What d' you keep in there ? |
| 26 | A plump , foolish woman of thirty , with a turned-up nose , Mabel passed through life with an expression of permanent astonishment . |
| 27 | From 1929 to 1939 Ramsey — trained as a classicist at Cambridge and fired with an enthusiasm for ancient Greece — had taught Greek and Latin in London . |
| 28 | Furthermore , any movement basing itself on one man , with an ideology of systematic hostility to parliamentary politics and of vocal nationalism , was bound to be classified on the extreme right . |
| 29 | These were asked to complete a questionnaire for the assessment of personality together with an inventory of sexual practices and attitudes . |
| 30 | After an abortive attempt to force Shamil into the open in 1845 , Vorontsov combined a policy of gradually strangling the rebellious highlanders with an approach to civil administration which allowed natives a little room for manoeuvre . |