Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] the [noun] with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't get much opportunity to talk to for any length of time but she managed to arrange to meet with the others with young babies and we planned to get together again later that week . |
| 2 | She was not going to dig up ancient grievances or remind Gloria of days gone by , when she used to come into the Watermen with half a dozen different gentlemen-friends in tow or , which was even worse , unaccompanied and on the look-out for a lonely man who might take a fancy to her . |
| 3 | The Bar Services Committee and its Information Technology Sub-Committee aims to be responsive to the needs of the profession , and members of the Bar who have suggestions for its future work are encouraged to write to the Secretary with particular proposals . |
| 4 | Clearly , training that allows the subjects to come to the task with these associations ready formed will be of help ; and equally clearly , reversed pre-training will have just the opposite effect . |
| 5 | Competitors are certain to jump on the bandwagon with rival systems and Nimslo 's much-vaunted patents could be unable to stop them . |
| 6 | I began to work on the dog with all I had . |
| 7 | Now he had the opportunity to stand at the counter with one of his mates and talk about other things . |
| 8 | Try to walk into the room with good posture , though not like a guardsman on parade . |
| 9 | I 'm just going to walk down the hill with this lady — her husband 's there — she 's had rather a shock — ’ |
| 10 | Greenpeace supporters raised £2,000 to help save the whales with sponsored walks in Saltburn and Hartlepool at the weekend . |
| 11 | And who would have thought that as we face the 1990s the social and moral habits of the 1960s should be visited upon us in the guise of AIDS , which threatens to sweep across the world with all the terror and destruction of the black plague in the Middle Ages ? |
| 12 | It is crucial for any player to look at the ball with both eyes level , so as to judge the line and length properly . |
| 13 | You may want to wipe around the eyes with moist cotton wool on occasions as part of the regular grooming process , and also inspect the ears . |
| 14 | His task was made easier when Marcel Albers , the second-placed Dutchman , after setting the fastest lap , was forced to go into the pit with electrical problems . |
| 15 | At mid-height along its eastern flank is an easy terrace above a belt of limestone traversed by a cart track known as the Turbary Road ( turbary being a place where peat is dug ) , giving an exhilarating walk with open views across the valley of Kingsdale to Whernside ; there is much of interest to see along the route with three spectacular highlights . |
| 16 | ‘ I feel very well , very well indeed ! ’ he guffawed , a phrase he was to use throughout the night with growing conviction . |
| 17 | Young children appear to acquire a " grammar " of story comparatively early and are able to deal with the sequencing with reasonable success — i.e. the initial events are sequenced initially in the text and so on . |
| 18 | It might well be that the researcher decided to start inside the home with individual activities , and lead on to collective ones . |
| 19 | The school had to go to the park with stiff paper flags . |
| 20 | Does my hon. Friend agree that we should also pay tribute to Friends of the Earth which , when I was a Minister at the Department of Transport , suggested that it would be sensible for the Minister with responsibility for roads to go to the Netherlands with some civil servants to see how traffic calming works there . |
| 21 | If you do not , it will look very bad for you if I have to go to the police with this new piece of information about the letter . ’ |
| 22 | Several major galleries now claim that they have ceased trading with Saatchi - ‘ I would n't sell him a napkin , ’ said one prominent figure in the New York art world — but since no one is prepared to go on the record with such an assertion , or to have their name directly linked to a quote , it is hard to avoid the conclusion that dealers and artists are hedging their bets . |
| 23 | I have to report to the House with deep sadness that , shortly after 5 o'clock on Friday afternoon , seven construction workers on their way home from work were killed and seven were injured , five very seriously , when their minibus was blown apart in a massive explosion at Teebane Cross , on the main Omagh to Cookstown road in County Tyrone . |
| 24 | Then the first ‘ maid ’ they ever had was a girl of 16 called Mollie and she had been deserted by her husband and came to live in the house with three tots . |
| 25 | In fact , as the article 's authors drily reported , ‘ the majority of officials were unable to respond to the survey with comprehensive , consistent data . ’ |
| 26 | It 's a great place to stay for the evening with much of the town 's Medieval and Renaissance character faithfully preserved . |
| 27 | So at last I was to savour the delights of staging at Rutbah Wells fort and , after travelling most of the daylight hours from Baghdad , it was bliss to get into the fort with all its comforts . |
| 28 | Radiance Strathdee , the author of research carried out for Centrepoint , said this was not enough : ‘ There is a need for the government to get round the table with local authorities , not to lay down guidance , but to look at strategies to set about moving the impasse which exists ’ . |
| 29 | She picks it up and she tried to get in the bath with some of my daughters the other day . |
| 30 | Their pace enables Villa to break on the counter with devastating effect . |