Example sentences of "[vb pp] with a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Onto one line I tie a size 2 , straight-eyed , forged hook , which has been carefully honed with a fine carborundum stone to razor sharpness , and the barb reduced to a bare minimum so as not to impeded penetration but still retain a degree of holding power . |
| 2 | I would n't describe Rattle 's treatment as in any way unfeeling , merely that the various strands are shaped and honed with an unusual sensitivity to detail but at a relatively low emotional temperature . |
| 3 | In this silkiest of works there needs to be an elegant bonhomie , mixed with a hint of gentle sadness , which quite eludes the Israel PO and the soloist , who seem intent on squeezing out each last drip of sentiment — surely a misunderstanding of the composer 's style and aspirations . |
| 4 | The Oryctes virus is mixed with a bait to which adult beetles are attracted . |
| 5 | To return to the offending nettle ( Urtica dioica ) or , it too had its uses : Martin Martin noted that in Skye ‘ the tops of nettles , chopped small , and mixed with a few whites or raw eggs , applied to the forehead and temples by way of a frontel , is used to procure sleep ’ . |
| 6 | All of these had to be mixed with a suitable quota of pretty and elegant women to form some sort of homogeneous gathering , so that the guests would , after a fashion , entertain themselves as well as be entertained . |
| 7 | In order to measure the effects of water transport more precisely , Korth ( 1979 ) simulated stream action by artificial attrition in a rotary tumbler , mixed with a fine quartz matrix ( grain size 2–4 mm in diameter ) and water , for a total of 80 hours . |
| 8 | In modern commercial synthesis graphite is mixed with a metal solvent — cobalt or nickel is used today . |
| 9 | The paste contains collagen suspended in a salt solution mixed with a local anaesthetic , lignocaine . |
| 10 | In the process , a slurry of ore and water is mixed with a chemical that forms a layer around tin oxide particles , preventing them from getting wet . |
| 11 | A plate of spaghetti mixed with a fried courgette and some fried mushrooms , covered with a packet cheese sauce takes only fifteen minutes to prepare . |
| 12 | Today , gold is mixed with a variety of alloys to enhance these qualities , and it is this mixture which determines its value and purity . |
| 13 | 15 g ( ½ oz ) cornflour , mixed with a little water |
| 14 | Thicken towards the end of cooking if necessary with plain flour mixed with a little water and a few drops of bottled gravy browning . |
| 15 | 1 oz ( 25g ) Branflakes mixed with a diet yogurt and a chopped fresh pear ( including the skin ) OR 2 bananas sliced and topped with a little milk from allowance and 1 teaspoon strawberry preserve |
| 16 | The overall atmosphere is one of unrelenting power , mixed with a critical commentary . |
| 17 | The most noticeable aspect of Therapy ? now — as opposed to a year ago — is that the anger and tension of their sound is mixed with a fresh waft of cool and poise onstage . |
| 18 | A one-handed clock moves backwards , an hourglass contains white sand ( mixed with a little Warpstone ) which flows upwards , a pipe-rack made of fused vertebrae holds meerschaums with bowls crafted in the forms of Daemon heads . |
| 19 | Best bought in by the load , it becomes expensive when stacked , composted , mixed with a little poultry , bagged up and given a fancy proprietary name . |
| 20 | Saint Laurent 's clashing ric-rac , dazzling mixed with a print . |
| 21 | This does , however , reduce the thickness of the finished runner by the thickness of the saw cut ( or cuts ) , a possible disadvantage overcome by using the gap-filling potential or epoxy resin mixed with a filler . |
| 22 | which is scraped off and used as so called paint for the pottery , mixed with a little light |
| 23 | 4 µl of a mixture of 32 P radiolabelled DNA ( concentration ≥0.2 nM ) and cAMP ( 400 µM ) in glutamate buffer ( 40 mM Hepes pH 8 , 10 mM MgCl 2 , 100 mM K glutamate , 500 µg/ml BSA ) with or without CRP protein ( 30 nM ) were gently mixed with a RNA polymerase solution ( 5–80 nM ) in glutamate buffer . |
| 24 | This time he certainly saw blank incomprehension mixed with a liberal dollop of incredulity . |
| 25 | The attendants remembered him well : un bon enfant , they said , drank only barley water mixed with a very little wine ) . |
| 26 | The exhaust gas is mixed with a little air from a small pump at a point just before it enters the canister . |
| 27 | While both painters , and Picasso in particular , led active social lives and mixed with a wide circle of literary and artistic figures , their friendship seems to have rendered them self-sufficient . |
| 28 | The sensual appraisal was mixed with a hint of amusement which could have been in response to her apparent coyness , or perhaps her short-skirted dress with its modest round neckline was the cause , its clash of riotous colours outrageous , orange running into scarlet into crimson with small touches of hot pink . |
| 29 | Both powders and coarser materials are usually finely ground , and then intimately mixed with a liquid whose refractive index is close to that of the solid . |
| 30 | mixed with a death story . |