Example sentences of "[adv prt] with a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 One phone call to other parents will bind you together — and give you the parent power to put all your combined feet down with a loud stamp .
2 Great Aunt S was simply pouring her tea into the saucer , whereupon she drank it down with a loud slurp .
3 He jumps up and down with a vague look of aggression on his face , puts his hand on his hips and shows us his pot belly .
4 It is said that a Dark Elf assassin emerged from his hiding place beneath the piles of bones and struck Tethlis down with a poisoned blade .
5 well no , because what you can do know is you can go to somebody who will sit down with a mini computer and that 's what you need , a mini computer and will sit down and will look at a job and will say right , if you take this job , it can also claim Family Credit of so much , and , and they actually do a , a sort of alternative benefit calculation , and what they do is they look at , if you take this job and take all the other things into account , will you be better off ?
6 My job was to rub his back down with a rough towel when he came in .
7 Having said that , if you weigh only 60 kg ( 132 lb ) and yet still manage to sit your 90 kg ( 198 lb ) opponent down with a solid thump to his mid-section , then the refereeing panel may well applaud your fervour with a full point .
8 She forced herself to eat some more dry biscuits and chocolate , washing them down with a small amount of water .
9 Fending him off with his left arm Chief Fyvie knocked the man down with a tremendous blow of his right fist .
10 Then he swabbed the body down with a sticky powder , which removed a dozen infinitely small particles stuck to the skin .
11 Eliot could not it first hear it either and bending down with a friendly expression , asked her to repeat the name .
12 Sniff , run down with a little milk for them . ’
13 Cover the salmon with kitchen foil and press the salmon down with a weighted board or a couple of heavy cans .
14 Settle down with a good book , and let them blow themselves to bits .
15 Stung by his cool sarcasm , suddenly acutely embarrassed by her spurned show of emotion , she put her coffee-cup down with a sharp click and started gathering her bags , preparing to leave .
16 A moment later he saw the second of the men go down with a sharp groan , clutching his balls .
17 She was weighed down with a confusing mixture of feelings that sometimes felt so mellow and piquant , it was almost pleasant .
18 We settled down with a new bottle of champagne on the table before us , and I summarised what I had discovered about Brian Harley 's contract with Supersight and what I had not discovered about his putter .
19 Give yourself time to settle down with a new program before you draw the conclusion that it is so buggy as to be unusable .
20 However , I settled down with a new teacher for both piano and violin .
21 A set of raw recruits was marching up and down with a new drill instructor , who sounded every bit as determined as the late Sergeant-Major Philpott had been to see that the snow was never allowed to settle .
22 Alternatively , you can rock back into a cat stance knocking the opponent 's punch down with a slapping block performed with the rear hand .
23 And all of this to be washed down with a late bar .
24 Other ‘ Cambrian ’ news is that the new 158 set broke down with a flat battery on the morning of the 7th July and had to be substituted by a Class 150 Sprinter .
25 Is there a certain time when you always love to sit down with a relaxing drink and something to eat ?
26 When father and son were alone David stood warming his hands at the brazier , and looking down with a clouded face into the red glow .
27 In the winter he had gone down with a slight burst of influenza and anyone would have thought it was the plague .
28 Anders held Daeve down with a clever grip on the back of his neck .
29 ‘ Sure you are ! ’ he drawled , and she heard him put his glass down with a definite clink .
30 And if I come down with a sore throat now , I 'll know who to blame .
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