Example sentences of "and [adv] [verb] with [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beyond that period , he had to be issued with a holding order and eventually served with allegations of his suspected terrorist activities which he could contest before a commissioner in a special ‘ Diplock ’ Detained Persons ' Tribunal . |
| 2 | Isaac Walton , Donne 's biographer , relates the tale : ‘ Several charcoal fires being first madde in his large study , he brought with him into that place a winding sheet in his hand , and having put off all his clothes , had this sheet put on him , and so tied with knots at his head and feet , and his hands so placed as dead bodies are usually fitted , to be shrouded and put into their coffin , or grave … with his eyes shut and with so much of the sheet turned aside as might show his lean , pale and death-like face . ’ |
| 3 | The student bravely and patiently spoke with John throughout the contact . |
| 4 | In this perspective , it was industrialization and urbanization which triggered those processes and which led ultimately to a weakening of family ties , and especially ties with kin outside the so-called ‘ conjugal family ’ composed of a couple and their immature children ( Morgan , 1975 , ch. 2 ; Harris , 1983 , chs. 6–8 ) . |
| 5 | So , you can rotate , stretch and generally fiddle with text as if it was a square or what have you . |
| 6 | In the middle of the century there was no agreement on the formulae of even the simpler chemical compounds , and many chemists felt that an atomic theory was merely a distraction : that chemists ought to stick at the ‘ equivalent weights ’ which gave accurate recipes , and not bother with attempts at explanation . |
| 7 | When it was revealed that the 14 candidates polling the least votes and thus threatened with exclusion from the central committee included such notables as Abalkin , Shevardnadze , Ryzhkov , Defence Minister Dmitry Yazov and CPSU international department head Valentin Falin , Gorbachev intervened with a proposal that they too should be deemed elected by virtue of having won a legitimate majority , this being accepted by the congress . |
| 8 | It included a flat-rate increase of 65 lire an hour ( nearly 10 per cent of average hourly earnings ) , a progressive reduction in weekly working hours to 40 by 1972 , equal treatment of blue- and white-collar workers when sick , and overtime limits with compensation for lost earnings . |
| 9 | It was more of an annual rite than a business meeting , and always concluded with expressions of mutual goodwill and handshakes all round — provided the pub continued to show a profit . |
| 10 | Probably the most spectacular example of this is the large gaming or divination board found in the East Wing of the Knossos Labyrinth : it was covered with plaques of ivory , plated with gold and further decorated with plaques of crystal backed with silver or blue paste . |
| 11 | He was fifty-five and still filled with plans for a united Spain . |
| 12 | Mothers tend to be less indulgent and more demanding with daughters at this age than with sons , and fathers to be similarly favourably inclined towards their daughters . |
| 13 | As such , they were the precursors of the Saxons , who came to be more and more associated with attacks on the coasts of northern Gaul and Britain . |
| 14 | Balcha recovered , grew up as a page in Menelik 's household and later fought with distinction at Adua , where in 1896 the Abyssinians destroyed an Italian army . |
| 15 | The nervous tension of dodging and ducking about a sky crowded with equally dodging and ducking planes , some firing , some looking as if they might fire at any instant , some sheering wildly away to avoid a collision ; and all the time trying to grab a quick shot at a mere point of light : all this brought back the strain of combat , when you were pressed on by the excitement of chasing the enemy , pulled back by the horror of shooting a friend , and periodically shaken with fright by the thought that at any second you might be cut in two . |
| 16 | Marshka had arrived late and now sat with Vashinov in his office waiting for the latest report . |
| 17 | Hence Behaviouralism , the version of a more general behaviourism specific to International Relations , which we shall meet in the next chapter , is commonly spoken of as a Positive approach and often contrasted with Realism on this score . |
| 18 | Approaches that have tended to over-emphasise the cost aspects of RMI and to make it appear as a finance-driven system tend to alienate the service provider groups and often meet with resistance at clinician level . |
| 19 | This has remained for five generations in the same family , and roughly speaking with headquarters on the same site , whereas Smith 's ownership has passed through several families and occupied many addresses before settling in 1921 on 57–61 St Vincent Street . |
| 20 | George elected himself to go and see what could be done in the way of sample jars and presently returned with gifts from the Chinese cook in the dome car , in the shape of four rinsed-out plastic tomato-sauce bottles rescued from the rubbish bin . |
| 21 | In order that these children did n't get suspicious of his works , they were brain-washed and then placed with families on campus . |
| 22 | When I checked up on his progress I was startled to find that he had not only planted up the four pots but his red wellington boots as well , liberally watering both them and himself and then garnishing with sprigs of a semi-dormant fuchsia as a finishing touch . |
| 23 | Dismembered bits of poor Montrose were collected and then buried with honour in St Giles , the High Kirk of Edinburgh . |
| 24 | For a grand and frightening starter , this theme can be extended , and a large platter created , covered with a base of lettuce , and then heaped with delicacies like lambs ' brains , scallops , squid stew and crab meat . |
| 25 | The pharmacist will advise which medicines are safe to take and how to cope with problems like heartburn . |
| 26 | As a result of working on these matters , the Legal Services Committee has prepared a series of papers and has been preparing advice on the steps the profession needs to consider taking in the future in relation to such issues as direct access , partnerships , split fees , cab rank rule and how to compete with solicitors in a brave new world . |
| 27 | The latter are well worn and crudely balanced with chunks of lead . |
| 28 | Corbett looked into the green darkness , straining his eyes to see any movement and almost screamed with terror as a hand touched his leg . |
| 29 | The thrones they sat on were fluted and heavily decorated with clusters of mother-of-pearl along the back and arms . |
| 30 | Summer savory planted in patches is highly ornamental in flower , being covered with small , light purple flowers for many weeks , and accordingly festooned with bees with which it is very popular . |