Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] with [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The Labour government elected in 1974 decided to concentrate its housing resources on the needs of the inner city areas and coupled this with changes in the basis of the rate support grant which disadvantaged rural local authorities .
2 SET IN the dipping wooded hills of Lambton Park , through which the wide and tidal Wear cuts a deep valley , this grandest of early Georgian houses looks south down a long wide avenue , smothered solid with daffodils in the spring .
3 In Basingstoke League division one , Ants II had an easy 45–26 win over Martles , while in division two , Ants II drew 34-all with Brookvale in a very entertaining game .
4 The Dutch drew 1–1 with Genoa at Amsterdam , having won 3–2 in Italy a fortnight ago .
5 Tranmere lost 3-0 at Rochdale , where the goals came in the opening 34 minutes ; Chester ( Don Travis , Bill Deakin ) beat Halifax 2-1 at home ; and Southport ( Jim Nuttall , Frank Hindle own goal ) drew 2-2 with Bradford at Haig Avenue .
6 ENGLAND drew 3–3 with Germany in the opening game of the Six Nations Under-18 tournament at Cannock HC yesterday .
7 But when England drew 1-1 with Eire at Wembley , Taylor felt it had gone too far .
8 The eagerly-awaited showdown between Alan Shearer and Ian Wright was upstaged by two Kevins Gallacher and Campbell as Blackburn Rovers drew 1-1 with Arsenal at Ewood Park .
9 To make matters even worse for AC , city rivals Internazionale moved level with Torino on 11 points after a 4–1 win at struggling Pescara .
10 England drew level with Pakistan by winning the Headingley Test match in four days .
11 Far below him the river was a silver thread , curling and twining through meadows freshly green in sunlight ; and beyond it the folded hillocks rose plumed with clumps of trees , heaving and falling in a series of green bowls all along the flank of the dimpled ridge that soared to the dark green of woodland above .
12 His eyes seemed alive with joy to her , simple joy at her reaction .
13 They played rummy with Patsy in the kitchen for a long time because Mother and Father went across the road to Dr and Mrs Johnson 's house .
14 In the television shop , probably the one place at a pinch where there might have been a red light , Bryan Whitehead said there had been an occasion when Hawes became confused with females of dubious character .
15 They record on 9 January 1896 , ‘ Richmond with HN ’ and that 1896 ‘ opened mild with song of Robin and blithe-heart Blackbird ’ , that in April and early May he was ‘ at Surrey ’ and the next month he paid visits to Chipstead and Horsmonden .
16 At a time of militant unionism in the country generally , both the FA and the Football League feared disruption of the football programme if the players ' union got involved with disputes in other industries .
17 Minch had long ago taught Creggan to ignore this altogether as their food was never good and an eagle could only come to harm if he got involved with people in that way .
18 She first became involved with CND in 1983 and was elected to its chair last year .
19 Altogether , therefore , over a quarter of a million candidates from over 800 centres became involved with SCOTVEC at a variety of levels during the session .
20 I trailed behind them , looking at a fountain , a mule piled high with skeins of brilliant , dyed wool , at children monotonously working shuttles in a weaver 's shop .
21 I noted with envy the gold-embossed timber mansions of the merchants , the stalls in front of them piled high with goods of every kind : rich cloth of gold , rolls of murrey , silks and satins , leather bottles , Spanish riding boots , gold cord and testers , blankets of pure wool , and tapestries heavy with silver needlework and gold filigree .
22 The ‘ take-away ’ industry has grown suddenly and dramatically , as has the consumption of vast quantities of junk foods — you only have to look at all those supermarket trolleys piled high with packets of crisps and cans of fizzy drink .
23 One other linking factor then became important with respect to PMP , namely , how the young woman dealt with the situation .
24 Her face became hot with embarrassment beneath the cynical gleam in his heavy-lidded eyes .
25 When I became ill , I became obsessed with exercise at the same time .
26 She felt weak with emotion at the sight of him , and the sound of his deep cool voice repeating the vows seemed to resonate in her heart .
27 What went wrong with Germany as a nation ?
28 I felt queasy with fright for his teeth had been filed down as sharp as dagger points .
29 I certainly never felt comfortable with stuff like Emerson , Lake and Palmer , or any Gothic rock which was going about when we were kids .
30 He saw shame was her chief emotion and felt sick with pity for her .
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