Example sentences of "[adv prt] with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Set beside the works of Marquez et al , those of Angus Wilson must have looked distinctly unexotic , weighed down with sociological observation and liberal-humanist philosophising . |
| 2 | Releasing Isabel 's face , he stepped away from her , his hard eyes raking her up and down with casual appraisal . |
| 3 | He moved down with sure , erotic touch to stroke the softness of her inner thighs and she stirred under him , her breath beginning to quicken . |
| 4 | Loaded down with non-performing assets , the banks have balked at new lending , which grew by just 1.1% over the 12 months to April , its slowest ever . |
| 5 | Or when I come down with psychosomatic diseases so that my wife babies me and Huxley and Hooker fight all my battles . |
| 6 | As Ann Butler led Sarah towards the stairs , to help her out of her wet clothes and rub her down with dry towels , Jonadab seized her hand in both his . |
| 7 | Down with Roast beef and two veg ! |
| 8 | Savour a ‘ Fiorentina ’ , a huge T-bone steak , washed down with ruby-red Chianti . |
| 9 | He set the phone down with exaggerated care . |
| 10 | When children came running to them for sweets , they scythed them down with automatic fire . |
| 11 | She began to wipe the tops down with unnecessary vigour , muttering crossly when water splashed on her dress . |
| 12 | Speaking to a Labour party rally in Darlington the shadow health secretary accused the Government of letting women down with inadequate child care , pay discrepancies between the sexes and an all-male Cabinet . |
| 13 | The interior , austere and functional , refined the colour scheme and the instrumentation of the racing Dinos without loading it down with unwanted bric-a-brac . ’ |
| 14 | Within about ten days she was happy enough with my mother and sisters around , but it took her a lot longer to settle down with other people , and with animals . |
| 15 | The British Defence White Paper of 1958 laid down with surprising confidence the circumstances in which it would unleash nuclear weapons : ‘ It must be well understood that if Russia were to launch a major attack , even with conventional weapons only , the West would have to hit back with strategic nuclear weapons . ’ |
| 16 | When he had broached the subject — tentatively — he had been turned down with surprising sharpness . |
| 17 | An hour later , loaded down with awkward orange life-jackets , she trailed her cousin down to the beach . |
| 18 | So , at half-past five on Monday evening , George and Leon , edging their way round the matchboard door , found baps filled with fish paste and a nice square mottled chunk of bought cherry cake , washed down with deep orange-coloured Indian.tea , to nourish them . |
| 19 | Her greatest luxury in life was to sit down with baked beans on toast and watch television . |
| 20 | With much clicking of locks and a final scrabbling of a chain , the door was opened , and Lewis looked down with ill-disguised surprise . |
| 21 | The Arts : Down with lofty art |
| 22 | Tie the aircraft down with fixed pickets — concrete blocks and flimsy corkscrew pickets do not make it in the tiedown stakes . |
| 23 | Rub down with abrasive paper then degrease the surface with white spirit . |
| 24 | When hardened , smooth down with abrasive paper , then seal with plaster primer . |
| 25 | Besides , the next day I went down with glandular fever . |
| 26 | Then he hosed him down with warm water until all traces of the beck had been removed . |
| 27 | What better way to spend an evening or Sunday lunch than sitting down with congenial company and enjoying good food . |
| 28 | Many of these people were able to escape before the town was overwhelmed , but about 2,000 died ; some because they elected to remain in what they thought was the safety of their houses , some because they left their escape until it was too late , some because they were too burdened down with prized possessions to move quickly enough , and some because they were just plain unlucky . |
| 29 | Walterkin moved away and sat down with raised knees . |
| 30 | The raging young lad raised the chopper above his head and brought it down with tremendous force . |