Example sentences of "[adv] with [det] a [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 The wound was clean and dressed ; there was no point in keeping him inside with such a shortage of hospital beds .
2 Margaret , a 58-year-old housewife , was admitted deeply unconscious to a general hospital after having taken a very large overdose of a mixture of tranquillizers , antidepressants , and paracetamol , together with half a bottle of vodka .
3 In many ways it was an advantage to work broadly with such a mass of detail — cranes , windows , cars and a myraid of tower blocks .
4 He went downstairs to the rumpus room and rummaged behind the tiny bar , and , after digging through a seemingly endless collection of empty pop bottles , came up with half a bottle of rye and some ginger ale .
5 Well she comes out with such a load of claptrap , she do n't know what she 's talking about most of the time ah , are you and dad gon na buy a box each ?
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