Example sentences of "with a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Here the good sisters comforted us on our last journey with a manchet of bread and a cup of wine . |
2 | The French fabliau Boivin de Provins , for instance , treats the prostitutes just as one source of sexually desirable and available women , and laughs with the man who is able to con them into providing him with a whore for free . |
3 | Er then election day we were out all day with , with a driver of a car getting people out and for them or going through the motions . |
4 | The furious rush and release of a full-blooded hit with a driver to the Buddha-like calm required to hole a four-foot downhill putt , and everything else in between , would require a whole pharmacy . |
5 | He was very drowsy , and as I had no intention of letting him wake himself up with a conversation on my private life or anything else , I said I did not believe in mixing business and pleasure , and , as I hoped , the cliché put him to sleep . |
6 | They began at lunch with a conversation on cunning . |
7 | Since the strength of feeling by the Norfolk members Chairman only became really apparent in the last two dates and the wires of telephones were hot yesterday with a conversation between myself and others north of the border and since discussions we held yesterday with representatives of the Department of Transport in Bedford indicates a solution to suit all interests to make it achievable . |
8 | Joachim died , probably in Denmark , in 1535 ; some time before 1541 his relatives placed Daniel with a branch of his grandmother 's Wieland family , who trained him at their lead , copper , and silver mines and smelting works in the Rauris and Gastein valleys in the Tyrol , part of the archbishopric of Salzburg . |
9 | It was only 31 1/4 miles , with a branch of 6 1/4 to Kells , so they expected to finish within the day . |
10 | It would have made no difference to the example below had the aggrieved party been a German company with a branch in France tendering for factory space . |
11 | As his new Control explained , the faction of the Lebanese Forces involved in the aborted Contra arms-for-drugs deal in 1985 were known to have members who were DEA CIs , and they were probably tracking him through credit reports , listing his current address , employer and so forth , obtained through Bank Audi , a Beirut bank with a branch in New York . |
12 | Access to men 's institutions , with a transformation of the ways in which they operate , will not in itself assist women 's struggle for independence . |
13 | K W K Palmer from Norfolk with a portrait of a small tortoiseshell butterfly feeding on an orange marigold . |
14 | Mrs D Sharlotte from Grimbsy with a portrait of harvest time in the orchard . |
15 | 15 silver denarius of the Roman Republican moneyer C Antius Restio ( c. 47 BC ) , with a portrait of his father , tribune in 68 BC . |
16 | He was presented to the Governor , Lord Plunkett , who presented him with a portrait of himself . |
17 | It was only after a passionate entreaty by his relative Lady Frances Wingfield , who lived in St. Martin 's , that Cromwell relented and he later presented the widowed countess of Burghley with a portrait of himself . |
18 | Gillian Jason is showing portraits of real or imaginary sitters by Craigie Aitchison , Frank Auerbach , Leon Kossoff , with a portrait of Rosalind , Lucian Freud , represented by a new etching of Kai , the artist 's adopted son , Leonard McComb and ten other painters ( 10 March-3 April ) . |
19 | A Jacobite wine glass , enamelled with a portrait of Bonnie Prince Charlie and one of eight thought to have been made in Edinburgh around 1765 , is expected to make £15–20,000 ( $25–35,000 ) . |
20 | Among its treasures are the cradle used by Mary , Queen of Scots , for her son James ; a quilt woven by her and her ‘ Four Maries ’ ; a secret staircase used by recusant priests and Jacobite refugees ; and a collection of Jacobite glass including one with a portrait of Prince Charles Edward . |
21 | Earbery escaped to France , and published a second edition , complete with a portrait of himself , in 1720 . |
22 | Ceilings decorated by him are at Compton Place , Sussex , c .1728 , with reliefs of mythological subjects in high relief , as well as a plaster medallion with a portrait of an architect , who might be Colin Campbell [ q.v . ] . |
23 | Some of the words he used I had never heard of — and I am not unfamiliar with words — but he savoured them , rolled them over his tongue and finally ejected them into his speech with a delight at their novelty , their colour and their music . |
24 | The last time he called on us after his exhibition at Keighley he seemed a new man , with a delight in having found himself in his painting and amazement that it also gave pleasure to so many others . |
25 | In an instant the coldness of her fury evaporated and her heart was flooded with a tide of raw emotions — excitement , confusion and a desperate yearning that tore at her insides and left her breathless , as though she had been knocked to the ground and run over by a steam train . |
26 | His conclusion coincides with a tide of concern among mainstream researchers about possible failings in their predictions of a warmer world . |
27 | For example , a G-registered Metro costs £216.42 a month over 24 months with a deposit of £1,731.25 . |
28 | Fill in the details as required on the order form , and send it , with a deposit of £10 to the address shown . |
29 | Interest Free Finance at Alexanders allows you to purchase the Rolex watch of your choice with a deposit of only ten percent and twelve monthly payments for the remainder . |
30 | Please quote this on the booking form and return it to us at the address shown , together with a deposit of £25 per person and optional insurance of £6 . |