Example sentences of "[pron] [adv prt] with [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The next day , place the black fondant tiles all over the roof , in neat overlapping rows , securing them on with a little water or royal icing . |
2 | Out of his sack he fished a pair of sticky-rubber knee-pads and proceeded to strap them on with a complicated system of webbing . |
3 | She forced herself to eat some more dry biscuits and chocolate , washing them down with a small amount of water . |
4 | Make the patchwork on the shells by spreading the glue over a small area , laying on scraps of cloth and pressing them down with the damp cloth . |
5 | Well knock me down with a naked Klingon ! |
6 | The paper bag slipped , she grabbed it and it tore open at the bottom , spilling its contents onto the empty teacups near Miss Angus and turning some of them over with an attention-drawing rattle . |
7 | And those loonies expect him to — ’ He cut himself off with a hard slap to the bald head . |
8 | That was with a Russian rifle ; then he blew himself up with a Russian grenade . |
9 | ‘ The language of Newton ! ’ he cried , scribbling figures on the blackboard and immediately wiping them off with a damp rag as though he were doing vanishing tricks . |
10 | These can be removed simply by wiping them off with a damp cloth . |
11 | If the right hon. and learned Gentleman supports the TECs so much , why has he started them off with a significant cut in funding ? |
12 | If you 're a bit large on the hips , top them off with a loose T-shirt . |
13 | Dexter believed Jane Pargeter was more interested in David Parkin 's affair than she pretended : you ca n't be someone 's lover for three years and then cast them off with the same indifference as an old pair of socks . |
14 | ‘ When I was at drama school , they paired me off with a lovely actor who was only five foot eight and we had to play husband and wife ! |
15 | He should then carry you on with the next question . |
16 | ‘ Even if I never said it clearly , it was always written that Barphone would one day or another throw itself in with a powerful group ’ he declared . |
17 | ‘ We 'll have to feed you up with a good meal before you go , ’ said Sister Margaret . |
18 | A voice from the front of the column shouted , ‘ Piper , at Achnacarry and in England you wake us up with your bagpipes ; here in France we wake you up with a hot dinner at the last minute . ’ |
19 | They were to remember where they came from : ‘ Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the Lord your God brought you out with a strong hand and an outstretched arm . ’ |
20 | Most sailing courses can provide buoyancy aids and waterproof clothing , while a pair of trainers and shorts will get you by with a borrowed lifejacket while crewing in the summer . |
21 | At the end of the ceremony she tottered off to the bus , looking as if she had every intention of popping in to the local when she got home and livening everyone up with a steady dropping of ‘ To think our ‘ Ilda should go before me ’ remarks . |
22 | But their defence could do nothing as winger Sharpe burst down the left and opened them up with a devastating cross . |
23 | Generally what we do for the engineers that come in [ is ] , we put them up with a senior guy , to go on the system , and bring them up that way … . |
24 | In the second half , Swindon were again on top whilst Maclaren fired them up with a free kick . |
25 | Finally , my old friend Alistair Sampson set me up with a cheerful office over his shop in the Brompton Road , where I am gathering stock and beginning life again . |
26 | and cleaned me up with a large whitewash brush . |
27 | I lit a cigarette , whose first jab doubled me up with an unmufflable bark of outrage from my lungs . |
28 | Such a feature should always have somewhere positive to go and here the path leads one on with a genuine air of anticipation . |
29 | Waqar , relieved after only one over with the new ball , came on for the 17th over and soon caused umpire Shepherd to scowl as he bounced the ball into Atherton 's left arm and Smith 's helmet . |
30 | He padded them out with a torn sheet from sick bay to stop them making any noise . |