Example sentences of "[adv prt] with [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Set beside the works of Marquez et al , those of Angus Wilson must have looked distinctly unexotic , weighed down with sociological observation and liberal-humanist philosophising . |
| 2 | Releasing Isabel 's face , he stepped away from her , his hard eyes raking her up and down with casual appraisal . |
| 3 | She was wearing a green school coat that was too big for her , so that her little pink hands stuck out all chubby from the sleeves , and she was weighed down with all sorts of rubbish — a shiny brown leather satchel , and a shoe-bag with a bunch of roses embroidered on it , and a hockey-stick . |
| 4 | She had gone down with all hands in the North Atlantic . |
| 5 | I could have lost my rudder , burnt my boats , turned turtle in a sea of heartbreak or gone down with all hands . |
| 6 | Loaded down with non-performing assets , the banks have balked at new lending , which grew by just 1.1% over the 12 months to April , its slowest ever . |
| 7 | Martin seems to be missing by a distance as we joust it round the table , so after half a dozen exchanges I go down with much confidence on a half-ball cut into the bottom left-hand pocket . |
| 8 | Or when I come down with psychosomatic diseases so that my wife babies me and Huxley and Hooker fight all my battles . |
| 9 | As Ann Butler led Sarah towards the stairs , to help her out of her wet clothes and rub her down with dry towels , Jonadab seized her hand in both his . |
| 10 | Down with Roast beef and two veg ! |
| 11 | Savour a ‘ Fiorentina ’ , a huge T-bone steak , washed down with ruby-red Chianti . |
| 12 | He set the phone down with exaggerated care . |
| 13 | When children came running to them for sweets , they scythed them down with automatic fire . |
| 14 | She began to wipe the tops down with unnecessary vigour , muttering crossly when water splashed on her dress . |
| 15 | Speaking to a Labour party rally in Darlington the shadow health secretary accused the Government of letting women down with inadequate child care , pay discrepancies between the sexes and an all-male Cabinet . |
| 16 | The interior , austere and functional , refined the colour scheme and the instrumentation of the racing Dinos without loading it down with unwanted bric-a-brac . ’ |
| 17 | They had endless meetings with the producer and the reporters who would be covering the day , and Kathleen laid the law down with such charm and skill they almost did n't notice . |
| 18 | As a result of nail sickness , the heavy Westmorland slates were regularly coming loose and crashing down with such force that they sliced through the lead gutters below . |
| 19 | I have known people to hold a rabbit down with one foot and then , after picking the ferret up in the normal way with their other hand , squeeze the ferret 's foot . |
| 20 | He came through the door and he backed Cati against the rough wall of the hideout and rammed his pelvis against her stomach and pinned her down with one hand flat against her chest and with the other drew his belt through the loops of his soldier 's jacket and slashed her across the face with the buckle doubled against the leather . |
| 21 | It 's a good , well-made , sturdy one ( a Mothercare Taxi ) , so it should last for a second child and it 's easy to fold down with one hand . |
| 22 | Can you pop down with one box tomorrow or Saturday ? |
| 23 | With four minutes of the first half left , disaster struck for City within the space of two minutes as they suddenly found themselves four one down with two penalties in quick succession . |
| 24 | Within about ten days she was happy enough with my mother and sisters around , but it took her a lot longer to settle down with other people , and with animals . |
| 25 | When he had broached the subject — tentatively — he had been turned down with surprising sharpness . |
| 26 | The British Defence White Paper of 1958 laid down with surprising confidence the circumstances in which it would unleash nuclear weapons : ‘ It must be well understood that if Russia were to launch a major attack , even with conventional weapons only , the West would have to hit back with strategic nuclear weapons . ’ |
| 27 | See just , she you said something about going in and ask her , and you said they put it down with that money that went missing and so they did n't put it down until paid it , but we did n't pay it . |
| 28 | The cherry and whites were just two points short of victory at Leicester last saturday … they fought back from ten points down with 13 men … |
| 29 | Her greatest luxury in life was to sit down with baked beans on toast and watch television . |
| 30 | With much clicking of locks and a final scrabbling of a chain , the door was opened , and Lewis looked down with ill-disguised surprise . |