Example sentences of "a [noun] [verb] [adv prt] with the " in BNC.

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1 However I did get a bit cheesed off with the movie 's rather plodding pace .
2 I 'm just a bit pissed off with the way the wallpaper 's hanging !
3 I expected a struggle to keep up with the hearse ; instead , its response surprised me .
4 But the House of Love do offer something of their own — a willingness to play around with the pace of the music , cutting off the power to switch suddenly into a softer , more lyrical approach .
5 I think that normally there is a cheque sent through with the notification , which we put in against the COUP 's fees code , but there is n't one this time .
6 As part of a settlement worked out with the help of the US Environment Protection Agency , the two mills will pay $5.8 million in fines and spend more than $50 million on reducing the levels of dioxins and other toxic compounds they discharge into the Pacific Ocean .
7 Entry is normally open to all who can demonstrate a capacity to keep up with the courses and to benefit from such study , regardless of age or background .
8 When I was in the hospital after I 'd had Baby , a bloke came round with the different contraceptives , saying which one are you going to use .
9 The " Wildlife Enhancement Scheme " , which is to be trialled in the Culm Measures of Devon and the Pevensey Levels of Sussex , will offer annual management payments in return for agreement from landowners/occupiers to manage the land for conservation , on the basis of a plan drawn up with the local English Nature officer .
10 a pickpocket running off with the victim 's wallet and money .
11 Diversity can only be increased through a body set up with the specific task of creating and sustaining new media .
12 Quite a job to keep up with the crane .
13 This major rearrangement of the aircraft will enable the RAFM to reposition some of the existing aircraft , for example , the Fairey Battle will occupy the place vacated by the Hudson and there will be a general shuffle around with the Proctor and C.30A autogiro .
14 Now family reasons can be anything from baby 's colic to a wife running off with the milkman , and there is no arguing with them , because it is indelicate to inquire further , and potentially embarrassing to boot .
15 Then , as the light was going , a convoy rolled in with the pool — just too late for them to get any pictures . ’
16 The purpose of these breaks is to give learners a chance to catch up with the plot ; to get them to a point where they understand enough of what has happened to make a reasonable stab at following the gist of the next part .
17 There 's a chance to catch up with the latest Scottish news in our evening bulletin .
18 I 've spent nearly a week playing around with the Korg A2 and I feel I have n't done more than scratch the surface .
19 Revealing one 's body brings into conflict a wish to show off with the desire to cover up .
20 He notices , for example , that Dickens started writing Barnaby Rudge , a novel shot through with the theme of difficult father-son relationships , at a time when his own spendthrift father was forging his son 's signature as a means of acquiring credit .
21 However , there are always unmarked options in every language which provide ways of changing the position of elements in a clause to fit in with the surrounding context .
22 This is not to say that teachers do not have a lot to worry about with the implementation of LMS .
23 This invitation is also open to former members of the Scholarship Scheme , several of whom have found the Summer School an excellent ‘ refresher course ’ , and a way to catch up with the progress of their colleagues .
24 When a servant came up with the telephone , and apologised for breaking up the dancing couple , he could n't know how relieved they both were .
25 At the end of dinner , a servant came in with the farmer 's one-year-old son in her arms .
26 is I do n't see that the the excess er access problem has a problem holding up with the highways authority , as far as this enquiry 's concerned .
27 On this analysis , it follows that irrationality could mean either a reluctance to adopt the particular norms within a mode of thought ( i.e. a disinclination to fall in with the substantive rationality of the discipline in question ) or a determination , perverse or otherwise , to impose a constraint of some kind on the open discourse of the discipline ( in other words , to distort the procedural rationality of the academic community ) .
28 The minaret added to the present mosque is of brick and of a design to fit in with the rest of the church .
29 They were spotted by a five-year-old playing around with the freeze-frame on his parent 's video .
30 One sequence , filmed in Maidenhead , showed Crawford , dressed up in a fireman 's uniform , peddling furiously on a bike in an attempt to catch up with the engine .
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