Example sentences of "[adj] was [vb pp] with a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was said with a direct simplicity which normally would have had its appeal for Alice . |
| 2 | Normally this was met with a stony stare . |
| 3 | It was characterized by a determined display of party unity , although this was tempered with a greater degree of realism than had been apparent in 1988 . |
| 4 | A result consistent with this was obtained with a further unrelated somatic cell hybrid , JF1-23B13 , which contains a t ( 10 ; 21 ) translocation chromosome with 10pter-p11.2 as its only portion of chromosome 10 ( 25 ) : JF1-23B13 is also positive for ZNF33 sequences ( Figure 4d ) . |
| 5 | ‘ This was done with a complete focus on shareholders of the corporation , ’ he insists . |
| 6 | This was weighted with a large wooden tag charred at the end where Father Barnes had put it down too close to a gas flame . |
| 7 | This was achieved with a higher erm educational higher education perform the industry in the year say and that was a major contributor and our Natural Sciences Division had its best ever sales . |
| 8 | The forefinger of this was capped with a golden nib ! |
| 9 | This was rebuilt with a large single-indicator box at each end , and fitted with bench seats upstairs to increase the capacity to 94 . |
| 10 | This was spoken with a gleeful rubbing of the hands . |
| 11 | This was associated with a substantial reduction of injection endoscopies but , although not formally costed , the increased theatre and postoperative vosts possibly balanced the reduction in endoscopic procedures . |
| 12 | This was shown with a large round lace hat brim , on a cream satin band . |
| 13 | One victim was head butted and another was threatened with a crude imitation gun . |
| 14 | I hate to say it , but Clause 28 was greeted with a high degree of elation and excitement mixed with horror , a feeling of yes it was terrible news but at least we have an obvious enemy figure , as last an easy target to mobilise against . |
| 15 | At the conclusion of the meal the Lord Lieutenant took his leave and as the guests departed each was presented with a green umbrella bearing the JM and the Queens Awards logos . |
| 16 | All of these were fine guitars , but each was met with a disappointing thumbs-down from the Les Paul-totin' guitar heroes of the day . |
| 17 | Er now that was met with a great deal of er antipathy . |
| 18 | Jack took care to keep to the side of Monument Hill that was overgrown with a dense tangle of undergrowth and a little wood . |
| 19 | The third was connected with a new awareness of history , of the fact that human societies and institutions have developed through long centuries and have taken on many different shapes at different times and in different places — an awareness which was especially sharply focused by the work of Gotthold Lessing . |