Example sentences of "[noun] was [verb] with [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A similar deal was signed with Yugoslavia on June 24 , allowing for the bilateral transit of 180,000 vehicles . |
| 2 | No sooner was it known in France that he was in the Texel , than a courier was dispatched with orders for him to go overland to Paris , where he says he is to have the grant of a fresh commission and a larger squadron , sufficient to make a descent on any part of Great Britain or Ireland … |
| 3 | News of Venables ' defeat was greeted with fury by hundreds of Spurs fans outside court , amid pledges that they would picket matches to discourage other supporters , until he was reinstated . |
| 4 | These too had become smudged with dirt , and the velvet cuffs of her coat , and everything in the compartment was flecked with specks of greasy black which came off on to you the moment you touched them . |
| 5 | But Dustin was racked with doubts about himself and the part . |
| 6 | Her mind was filled with memories of his words and his kisses , and thoughts of their coming meeting . |
| 7 | Even Maureen , usually so alert to anything that happened to her mother , was lost in her dreams of Chris , and Pat 's mind was filled with worries about his business . |
| 8 | Even as he drifted into sleep , his eyes pricked with unshed tears and his mind was filled with images of the Irishman snorting like a foraging pig around his mam 's naked body . |
| 9 | Her mind was crowded with images of pointing fingers , elbows nudging ribs , her carefully nurtured reputation in ruins . |
| 10 | One of Einstein 's aims following his development of SR was to find a set of equations to describe gravitation that would be consistent with SR , and his search was crowned with success in 1915 , just ten years later . |
| 11 | By any standard the industry was not extensive : Berkshire was bracketed with Herefordshire at the bottom of a list of clothiers fined at Blackwell Hall in 1561 — 2 for marketing substandard cloth , with just one offender , a Reading man ; unless Berkshire workmanship in general was above average , production was clearly small in volume . |
| 12 | Every stroke was applied with precision by the bitch of an SS officer , and after each stroke she would smile and run the whip lovingly through her fingers . |
| 13 | The facade of the triangular wall supporting the roof was adorned with figures from classical mythology , so it was not long before people started referring to the loft space behind as the attic . |
| 14 | The firemen 's department was filled with men from inland towns or anywhere from whence they could be obtained . |
| 15 | That capital programme was agreed with government before privatization . |
| 16 | The rate of acid secretion was calculated with correction for pyloric losses and duodenogastric reflux by phenol red recovery and sodium measurement respectively . |
| 17 | At the foot of the stairs , David was listening with interest to what her father was saying , a smile on his lips . |
| 18 | His talk was peppered with quotations from The Satanic Verses , none of them put in context and almost all involving obscenities . |
| 19 | Colin Calderwood was closeted with officals from Spurs … preparing to make a move to London for 750 thousand pounds |
| 20 | The Alexandra Dry Dock was completed with measurements of 100.58 metres length , 14.48 metres breadth and 5.67 metres over the sill on Spring Tides . |
| 21 | Immediately beside him Kegan was fussing with sheets of paper , arranging and rearranging them into neat aligned squares . |
| 22 | His car was found with bloodstains on the steering-wheel . |
| 23 | In Jammu and Kashmir president 's rule was extended with effect from March 3 . |
| 24 | The size of the " yes " vote was greeted with delight by officials in both republics . |
| 25 | He began to speculate that the ley was marked with hawthorns on the lower ground , pines on the higher ground , and that the double planting around the tumulus was to mark the changeover . |
| 26 | The defeat of Labour was greeted with relief by health service managers , but critics said the NHS was now set on the road to privatisation and a two-tier service . |
| 27 | Suppression of labour was attempted with ritodrine in four cases in the regulated group and two cases in the random group ; only one mother in each group received steroids antenatally . |
| 28 | Playing sport as opposed to watching professional football was identified with acceptance of school authority . |
| 29 | However , the level of support activities to the oil industry was maintained with sales of gas oil reaching their highest level since the company was formed . |
| 30 | She was wearing a low , cream-coloured dress and her skirt was covered with snippets of bright , gleaming paper . |