Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] with a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I wanted to write a thoughtful song about recent events , and it was important that I just did n't leap right in with an immediate gut reaction . ’ |
| 2 | My sister , younger than me , with children of her own and perhaps thereby with a clearer measure of what we lacked , reminds me of a mother who never played with us , whose eruptions from irritation into violence were the most terrifying of experiences , and she is there , the figure of nightmares , though I do find it difficult to think about in this way . |
| 3 | She would periodically become possessed with rage , strip off much of her ceremonial clothing , and tear about the Rante beating anyone who would stand still long enough with a knobbly bamboo cane . |
| 4 | any way I got to the last one and it was two combinations combined together , so you 've got two separate combinations to do and then you 're to put those two together in with a different rule |
| 5 | The jump instructions ( b ) and ( c ) in Figure 3.11 contain an operation code field ( perhaps together with a subsidiary information field specifying the jump condition ) , and an operand field ( perhaps together with an addressing mode field ) to specify the location to which control is to be transferred if the condition is true ( that is , if the jump is successful ) . |
| 6 | Often found to be needed in vigorous , robust , healthy , rugged people and in children : they come down suddenly with a violent illness , a raging fever etc . |
| 7 | The Gyggle forearms were covered all over with a regular pattern of tight ginger curlicues of hair . |
| 8 | Prick the log all over with a fine skewer and drizzle over the remaining Cointreau . |
| 9 | Hal had sent a messenger only yesterday with a dutiful report on his fruitless sally into North Wales , and his orderly return . |
| 10 | If red meat is really what you want , you would be even better off with a well-trimmed steak . |
| 11 | YOUR children may be pestering you to give them a games system for Christmas but you may be better off with a real computer instead . |
| 12 | If your material consists of pure text ; a book or report , for example , then it is quite likely that you 'll be better off with a high-powered word processor such as Word 3 , MacAuthor or even a typesetting system like JustText , TeXtures or Page One . |
| 13 | Equally , from the tenant 's point of view the interest granted him under a tenancy at will is so precarious that he would almost always be better off with a fixed term to which the 1954 Act did not apply . |
| 14 | If , literally , all the time you can spare , is five minutes in the morning before you go to work , and a couple of hours in the evening when you come home , then you would probably be better off with a caged animal , such as a hamster or bird . |
| 15 | If the latter , we 're a lot better off with a restrained government than with a rampant one . |
| 16 | It is made worse still by those Tories who feel they would be better off with a different leader , though none say that publicly . |
| 17 | The snag is , scientists do not yet know whether patients taking the drug for a long time are better off with a little testosterone , or none . |
| 18 | Do n't you think you 'd be better off with a soft drink ? |
| 19 | He had the audacity to suggest , during the 1983 general election , that the government might be better off with a modest majority , than with the landslide that Labour 's internal troubles seemed likely to produce . |
| 20 | But she assures me that you are far better off with a lensless eye than with no eye at all . |
| 21 | Mrs Zamzam spoke slowly , a village woman speaking to a stranger , and without warning she stood up and went to her other room , returning a minute or so later with a rusting tin . |
| 22 | Boro provided seven of the 15 heat winners , with Daz Sumner having his best night so far with a 12-point return from his six rides . |
| 23 | If there are any holes or dips in the cake , these can be filled in now with a little marzipan and glaze . |
| 24 | Within perception you quite often get erm a local processing going on simult apparently simultaneously with a global processing and the two sort of mutually influence each other . |
| 25 | However , the guaranteed harmony of economic activity resulting either from a mechanistic or biological analogy fits in awkwardly with a Christian view of man and work . |
| 26 | In a real fight you should move in fast with a fearsome yell and overwhelm him with blows before he can hit you . |
| 27 | Ecclesiastical fashion is slower in its cycles of change , but after the short sleeves and jeans of Vatican II have worn thin , I would not be surprised to see a few fedoras perched on the heads of priests — perhaps even with a drooping moustache . |
| 28 | If the dark side of the subject is lit with artificial light , the difference in the colour of the two kinds of lighting is immediately apparent : the day side is cool in colour , perhaps even with a blueish tinge , while the artificial side is warm , probably with an exaggerated reddish cast . |
| 29 | If , however , a metaphor is used sufficiently frequently with a particular meaning , it loses its characteristic flavour , or piquancy , its capacity to surprise , and hearers encode the metaphorical meaning as one of the standard senses of the expression . |
| 30 | Pound the cloves with the salt and pepper until smooth , then add the egg yolks , blending in well with a wooden spoon . |