Example sentences of "with a [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was a shy , quiet woman in her mid-twenties with a tinkling nervous laugh . |
| 2 | ARGYLL group , which runs the Safeway supermarkets , yesterday headed off market fears of another big cash call by launching a £150 million fixed-rate Eurobond issue , replacing expensive short-term debt with a cheaper long term loan . |
| 3 | Settlements in south-west Scotland were reworking Anglo-Saxon bronze scrap and perhaps glass ; the fragmentary whetstone with a facing human head from Collin , Dumfriesshire , is stylistically related to the examples from Loveden Hill and Sutton Hoo and may point to the exchange of goods between the areas . |
| 4 | Colour the remaining fondant in different shades of blue , and , with a tiny round cutter or bottle cap , cut out lots of circles . |
| 5 | With a tiny numbered ring on her leg , she flew off . |
| 6 | So the second half settled into sophisticated rioting , with a tiny medieval version of Old McDonald 's Farm , sung with incredible vivacity by Milne , and Liu Qi-Chao 's so-na solo , Harvesting Plums — a noisy family row for instruments uncannily like klaxons . |
| 7 | At the same time they show a series of separate gill openings wedged between these shields and each associated with a tiny branchial plate . |
| 8 | My favourite was a Wendy house which he 'd furnished with a tiny drop-leaf mahogany table , two matching chairs and a T.V. with clicking knobs and a picture of the Queen behind the perspex screen . |
| 9 | It is reasonable , to start ideas in train in children , to compare an electron with a ping-pong ball , or the whole atom with a tiny solar system ; but the longer you stay with homely parallels , the harder it ultimately becomes for the child to move out of the imagery of pong-pong balls and into an appreciation that atoms are n't really like that at all . |
| 10 | These are attached with a tiny matching bead . |
| 11 | I lock the door ; as I move away from it , a small , faint red light comes on with a tiny clinking noise , high up in one far corner of the room . |
| 12 | It then passes near Gate Manor , a fine Victorian mock-Jacobean hall , before crossing the Dee by way of Rash Bridge , a quiet spot with a tiny Methodist chapel and an old mill ( one of three corn mills that at one time ground in Dentdale ) that still has a working waterwheel . |
| 13 | A circuit with a tiny hidden crack may seem to function adequately , but that crack can become a pathway for corrosion which can cause failure of the device later on . |
| 14 | If so , it would have been splendid to have seen a small blue Ford Anglia spluttering along the road as I descended , with a tiny white face peering from a condensation-covered back window . |
| 15 | Liam Murphy stood at one side of the grave with a tiny white casket in his arms , and on the other side , Kevin O'Neil carried the same sad load . |
| 16 | She hurried off and returned a few minutes later with a tiny white gown . |
| 17 | Lizzie is married with four children and a small business ; Frances , her twin sister , is an independent spirit who , one Christmas , goes off to Spain and falls in love with a married Spanish man . |
| 18 | Extra Dry Sparkling Wine £6.90 Very pale in colour with a dry delicate flavour that disappeared quite quickly in the mouth . |
| 19 | There may be loss of or altered taste with a dry brown tongue and even , rarely , thirstlessness . |
| 20 | And the issue was still very much alive , for here beside him , listening alertly and with a dry little smile , was the earl of Leicester , who , whether in earnest or in mischief , was urging a plea of his own for the same prize . |
| 21 | For example , at the next table at the Exmoor Forest Hotel , he had overheard two people talking to each other , a ‘ very well bred looking old man with a dry peevish voice whom I took to be mentally deranged and a woman who was either his daughter or his nurse ’ . |
| 22 | with a dry luxurious rustle |
| 23 | Greigii tulips also tend to be short , in particular varieties like ‘ Sweet Lady ’ , peach pink , and the impressive ‘ Queen Ingrid ’ , producing rich red petals with a striking yellow edge . |
| 24 | Howea forsteriana ( kentia palm ) is large and bold , with a striking spreading habit , the Palm Court palm is happy almost anywhere , including partial shade . |
| 25 | Either treat it as a feature in its own right , with a striking blind or shutters ; give it as much impact as possible and let the view and the light pour in . |
| 26 | During the summer of 1987 , Coleman helped identify 25 Lebanese laboratories with a combined annual output of six or seven metric tons of refined heroin , representing about half the country 's gross national product . |
| 27 | Masters champion Couples coasted to a 66 while Love , the US No 2 , chipped in with a 68 for the Americans to set the first round pace with a combined 10 under par total of 134 . |
| 28 | The degrees offered by the department provide a good basis for entering a number of professions , such as teaching in universities , art schools ( especially for those with a combined practical and academic degree ) , colleges and schools , working in museums and galleries , in publishing and in the book trade in general , in auction houses , in arts administration at local or national level , and in the conservation and display of ancient monuments . |
| 29 | Kitsons experimented with a combined steam-diesel loco — the Kitson-Still 2-6-2 . |
| 30 | With a combined weekly circulation for the various editions of just under 24,000 , the company 's managing director Robert Read said yesterday that the decision to seek printers elsewhere was taken because the company just could not justify spending around 2m ( pounds ) on new printing machines in Aberystwyth . |