Example sentences of "[adv prt] with [art] " in BNC.

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1 The loss of the aerodynamic download normally provided by the horizontal tail surfaces in cruising flight caused the aircraft to pitch rapidly nose down with no possibility of recovery from the ensuing dive .
2 There are many lessons to be learnt from accounts of buildings knocked down with no care for wall paintings and historic artifacts , and certainly no interest in their architectural importance .
3 He reached over to his jacket , which had been thrown down with no particular care for its value , and pulled out the captured billfold .
4 A day or so later , I came down with a very nasty bout of influenza .
5 Unless the wing-tips are weighted down with a tyre , one wing lifting off the ground means that the other will come down on to another glider with expensive results .
6 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 .
7 Alternatively , you can rock back into a cat stance knocking the opponent 's punch down with a slapping block performed with the rear hand .
8 I put the phone down with a frown , grabbed my books , bag and coat , raced through the door and down the street and reached the bus stop breathless .
9 I then had to send Malcolm and Neil down with a rented truck to pick the machine up .
10 The Ronseal varnishes used here can also be applied to a painted or previously varnished surface that has been rubbed down with a fine abrasive paper .
11 A wipe down with a damp cloth is all that 's needed to keep them clean , and if they have a factory-finished polyester powder coating , they wo n't need to be redecorated for 15–20 years .
12 ‘ The Soviet Union and China are marching towards the open market and here we are , in southern California , the home of Ronald Reagan , talking about tying the economy down with a maze of petty regulations …
13 It was Alexander , formerly of Barnet , who demanded the only save Steve Ogrizovic was required to make — a low shot from the edge of the area forcing the man-mountain goalkeeper to go down with a motion usually greeted with cries of ‘ timber ’ .
14 By then both men were heavy-legged and Mason 's inexperience at this level of boxing looked like becoming a decisive factor until he closed in and sent the American down with a short right to the temple and then a following left hook .
15 James Shaw was given five years for his part in a later plot to kill Stephen Brown by knocking him down with a car .
16 That evening Sid and I dined off piping hot oxtail soup , steak and kidney pie , followed by a very rich plum duff , all washed down with a bottle of French cider , given to us by the old Frenchman who lived in the cottage near the entrance to the orchard .
17 I had no idea what it was , but it certainly tasted good , all being washed down with a very good red wine .
18 It was good to be sitting down with a family for dinner even though I did n't understand everything the Frenchman and his wife were talking about .
19 This was all washed down with a bottle of red wine .
20 Wash down with a damp cloth — avoid using soaps .
21 In ‘ B ’ Shop , the overhead crane is sweeping down with a new Bedford axle .
22 1 Settling down with a book can be a chilly experience if there 's no blanket to snuggle beneath .
23 John Simpson had also been appalled by the competition entries for Paternoster Square and , at a very late stage , had managed to get hold of a copy of the brief — — to provide office space and car parking — and had sat down with a number of colleagues to draw up a scheme of their own .
24 Too early to know , say officials , and anyway that question really has a different target : it was the press and Wall Street that got euphoric in the early days of war , and then came down with a bump , not the administration .
25 He came down with a First and started his civil service career in the humble surroundings of the National Assistance Board .
26 Then he sat down with a thump , his legs sticking straight out in front of him .
27 ‘ I 'm telling you , ’ she said , ‘ when I heard that big clock in the hall striking the five , you could 've knocked me down with a feather !
28 ‘ all the witches dance here at midnight : and those who go may see their own ghosts walking up and down with a little Billet on the back , giving the names of those who had wished them there .
29 Marie , sick and trembling , overwhelmed with fear and guilt at her own actions , was already kneeling down with a dustpan and brush , sweeping up the broken glass from the tomato-sauce bottle that had been on the table .
30 Hard down with a horror of height :
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