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 .
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