Example sentences of "['s] [noun] with a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has invited you to review that hotel 's operations with a view to restoring its position prior to any such sale . |
| 2 | Not guilty , did n't do it that 's why what gorilla man did sickened me ; no blood well hardly any blood literally a drop , a drip , a fucking pixel on the screen and the only thing slicing into flesh was a needle , tiny and delicate not a chainsaw or an axe or a knife or anything , but it 's that image that idea that old devil meme , I keep dreaming about it , keep having nightmares about it , and I 'm the trapped one , I 'm the man in the leather-and-chrome chair and he 's there with his gorilla face and his squeaky baby voice , explaining to the camera that what he has in this bottle and in this syringe is sperm ; the crazy fucker 's loaded it up with jism man looks like half a fucking milk bottle of the stuff and he 's going to inject it into the little guy 's veins and he ties something round the naked upper arm of the little guy strapped to the chair and pulls it tight and waits for the vein to show while the little guy howls and screams like a child and tries to shake the chair to bits or rip it apart but he 's too well strapped in there no purchase no leverage and then the man in the gorilla mask just does it ; sinks the needle into the little guy 's skin with a bit of blood and empties the whole syringe into him . |
| 3 | His dad had told his grandad 's story with a sort of ironic pride . |
| 4 | It is common for children to sense this underlying quality in their mothers , particularly during night-time visits ; a child may respond to its mother 's presence with a cry of : ‘ Go away , you witch ! |
| 5 | Instead it retains its relentless , forceful spirit — an ideal background to the tenor aria which sings of the breaking of the Lord 's enemies with a rod of iron , dashing them to pieces like a potter 's vessel . |
| 6 | He had put away the Morning Star , and was contentedly butchering a copy of that morning 's Guardian with a pair of scissors . |
| 7 | Various features of these personality characteristics relate to crime , the most important being extroversion 's association with a resistance to being ‘ conditioned ’ out of various forms of behaviour . |
| 8 | Q. Can you give me any information on Britain 's common toad as I am interested in raising some tadpoles — presently spawn — from a friend 's pond with a view to setting up some kind of vivarium for housing a mature toad . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's funny how one associates places with irrelevant things , ’ said Penelope , who had been listening to Sophia 's probings with a kind of fascinated horror . |
| 10 | RETAIL goods are notoriously hard to shift in these dark days of recession but most high street chains manage to offload last season 's stock with a bit of discounting and persuasive salesmanship . |
| 11 | But he more than made up for that night by setting up both Arsenal 's goals with a performance of poise and maturity . |
| 12 | Sara listened to her aunt 's words with a mixture of emotions . |
| 13 | PC Blenkinsop was writing down Joe 's words with a flourish of his pencil . |
| 14 | While Chaovalit 's own position had remained unresolved , however , there had been speculation that Chatichai ( who then held the Defence portfolio himself ) would block Suchinda 's candidature with a nomination of his own . |
| 15 | This meeting notes with concern the potential for exploitation of junior members of the Bar with the introduction of standard fees in the magistrates ' courts and calls on the Legal Aid and Fees Committee to liaise with the Law Society , the Legal Aid Board and the Lord Chancellor 's Department with a view to agreeing a fair approach to fixing Counsel 's fees and making such practical arrangements as are necessary . ’ |
| 16 | calls on the Legal Aid and Fees Committee to liaise with the Law Society , the Legal Aid Board and the Lord Chancellor 's Department with a view to agreeing a fair approach to fixing Counsel 's fees and making such practical arrangements as are necessary |
| 17 | EVEN after nearly four years in prison ( where , characteristically , he turned the permitted weekly letter to his wife into philosophical essays ) Havel was able to dramatise the dissident 's dilemma with a mixture of recollected pain and resilient humour . |
| 18 | One led to the kitchen , the other to the President 's bedroom with a bathroom off it . |
| 19 | She drew a line down the centre of Stella 's nose with a stick of No.5 and gestured she should rub it in . |
| 20 | The tour now starts in Chris Lowe 's hometown with a gig at Blackpool Opera House . |
| 21 | Revelling in the perfect conditions , Neath replied immediately to Bradshaw 's score with a counter-attack from the half-way line . |
| 22 | The Gordon 's ‘ Green ’ campaign continues to be popular in the UK spirits market , using the famous green of the UK Gordon 's livery with a series of witty one liners ‘ Gordon Bennett ’ was a development of this theme in the important pre-Christmas period — the first multi-coloured version of the campaign This recent work gained the highest awareness of any UK spirits advertising in the past five years The ‘ Green ’ campaign continues to appeal to all age groups , but most significantly has continued to improve the brand 's attraction amongst young adults |
| 23 | The 36-year-old defender — who won European Cup medals with Nottingham Forest in 1979 and 1980 — restored Wednesday 's lead with a header from Waddle 's 22nd-minute cross . |
| 24 | Also at Pentire , Martin climbed Another Nervous Breakdown , E6± 6B , starting right of Darkinbad and climbing the wall eventually to join Last Leviathan , while Beneath Black Waters , E6 6B , is a direct line up the triangular wall right of Siren 's Cry with a roof as its crux : powerful stuff . |
| 25 | He added : ‘ Take Mr Ross 's evidence with a pinch of salt . |
| 26 | It was in buoyant mood that she was driven back to Merchiston Lodge , and she entered her employer 's bedchamber with a smile on her lips . |
| 27 | AS HE HAD DONE after his return from Italy , Wolfgang settled down once more to life in Salzburg , mitigating the tedium of his official duties — albeit on improved terms — at the archbishop 's court with a clutch of compositions . |
| 28 | He reintroduces the Angel of the Lord , who appears again in Joseph 's dreams with a message of danger . |
| 29 | So , we are talking about countries which in total cover more than one quarter of the earth 's surface with a population of 400 million people |
| 30 | So , we are talking about countries which in total cover more than one quarter of the earth 's surface with a population of 400 million people , stretching from well north of the arctic circle to the Mediterranean . |