Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [noun] with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Skipper John MacPhail could return after a three-match absence with a knee injury . |
| 2 | Injury-hit Rangers could have debutant England right-back David Bardsley back after a three-match absence with an ankle injury . |
| 3 | With four minutes remaining until half time McCoy , so often a match-winner and making his second appearance after a prolonged lay-off with a groin injury , darted down the left flank , crossed and Ferris with a hurtling header of power beat the hapless Eachus . |
| 4 | After a successful infancy with the junior side Johnstone Burgh , McAvennie was spotted by manager Jim Clunie and signed to St Mirren , the perpetually enterprising Paisley side whose ability to discover great footballing talent is matched only by their pressure to sell them to bigger clubs . |
| 5 | Dick began his career in 1966 as a trainee probation officer in Edinburgh after a five-year spell with the police force . |
| 6 | Teague , who joins England 's 28-man squad for the trip to Lanzarote next Wednesday , is eager to gain as much competitive action as possible after a three-month lay-off with a shoulder injury . |
| 7 | After a long battle with the local council , she was finally taken to court and fined £800 . |
| 8 | He did so after a long consultation with the Prime Minister . |
| 9 | PACEMAN Ian Bishop , returning after a two-year absence with a back injury , took 3–21 yesterday to lead the West Indies to a 28-run one-day victory over Western Australia in Perth . |
| 10 | But , after a chilling encounter with a member of the Stasi just before the fall of the Wall ( we see it in a flashback ) , she has come running back to England , her marriage and her Christian belief in tatters . |
| 11 | Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating agreed to restore Australian military assistance to Fiji , suspended since 1987 , after a private meeting with the new Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka , the leader of the two coups . |
| 12 | For it was just weeks after a similar cruise with the Romseys and their children last year that the couple 's daughter Leonora , five , died of cancer . |
| 13 | Looking after a young woman with a sprained ankle , no job and no family was one thing . |
| 14 | Franlow maintains Mrs Taylor was dismissed after a long-running dispute with the manageress . |
| 15 | After a bad start with the dreaded new tank syndrome , the tank has settled down and the fish are thriving in their surroundings . |
| 16 | After a lengthy discussion with the Foreign Minister , Mr Qian Qichen , they met the Prime Minister , Mr Li Peng , and the Communist Party leader , Mr Jiang Zemin . |
| 17 | After a lengthy conversation with the experienced caterer at the other end of the line you arrange to show him your establishment . |
| 18 | A further meeting had been pencilled in for today , but ministers emerged after a two-hour meeting with the plans agreed . |
| 19 | One of Virgin 's lawyers returned to his office after a preliminary meeting with the news that ‘ there are two American piranha fish in that hotel , waiting to eat Virgin up … ’ |
| 20 | A SENSATIONAL new book has revealed that John Major nearly ruined his career after a huge row with the then PM Margaret Thatcher on the privatisation of Shorts . |
| 21 | She was referred back to the medical clinic after a few months with the same clinical findings . |
| 22 | Joe replaces Chris Greentree , who leaves to pursue other interests after a 20-year career with the company . |
| 23 | After a short interview with the BBC , Cliff went to meet ACET client Tony Chapman at his home , together with HIV Community Nurse , Sue Lore . |
| 24 | After a brief flirtation with a policy of ‘ War on Two Fronts ’ — supporting the war while opposing the Chamberlain Government — the Party settled for the Moscow line , calling for an immediate ‘ People 's Peace ’ to end the ‘ Imperialist War , . |
| 25 | Both Clements ' Community as an Organism and Tansley 's Ecosystem can be represented as a retreat to community holism after a brief flirtation with an organismal , Darwinian ecology . |
| 26 | After a brief conversation with the headmaster , he zipped up his brown leather jacket and pulled his head-wrap across his face . |
| 27 | retired at the end of October after a 26-year career with the Company which started in the accounts department at Key Street in the days when staff sat on stools at high , sloping desks . |
| 28 | If it had steeled itself to cross this threshold ( as Yemen bravely did a month ago ) , Egypt might today be afflicted by nothing worse than a bad case of anti-incumbency — hardly surprising after a dozen years with the same tired face at the top . |
| 29 | Watch for the woman with her hair up , dressed in a raincoat , who leaves a shopping-bag near the bar after a quick word with the barman . |
| 30 | So after a quick pint with the assembled group members ( Gav , Charles , Stuart , Paul ) we had to go and queue up . |