Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] with the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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1 | Shirley Lorimer of Lowdens says : ‘ He invited all his friends round for a party and Glenn and Charlie were so enthralled with the Lowden guitars that they bought one each . |
2 | The pulsar rate of loss of kinetic energy is ergs , the third highest after the Crab and Vela pulsars , and several times that of PSR B1706–44 , all of which were easily detected with the Gamma-Ray Observatory . |
3 | Diplomatic relations were formally restored with the Vatican on Sept. 20 . |
4 | Many of the founders were formerly associated with the Hadash ( Democratic Front for Peace and Equality ) Party . |
5 | In 1939 it was bought by two genteel but eccentric sisters , Caroline Lucas and Frances Byng-Stamper , who were closely associated with the Bloomsbury group . |
6 | He was also at pains to stress that the Soviet Union had not been " bought " — it was not co-operating with the USA on the Gulf crisis in order to obtain economic aid . |
7 | This was apparently repeated in 1984–5 , when the aftermath of the strike was the formation in Nottinghamshire of the Union of Democratic Miners ( UDM ) , which was not federated with the NUM and was denied membership of both the Trades Union Congress and the Labour party . |
8 | The river of Rat , Mole and Otter , which flowed past proud Toad Hall and had the threatening Wild Wood close by , was generally associated with the Thames , beside which Grahame spent many of his younger — and older — years . |
9 | The age distribution of the 50 patients followed up over one year was statistically compared with the Wilcoxon rank sum test . |
10 | Hitch was still struggling with the Beretta . |
11 | The action of the Sandinista-controlled Army ( EPS ) , in obeying a government order and clearing the barricades away on July 10 , and the constitutional loyalty also of the police force ( which was similarly linked with the FSLN ) , was generally considered to have been crucial to the government 's survival . |
12 | Of the other candidates , Funar was mayor of Cluj-Napoca where he was known for anti-Hungarian measures [ see p. 38922 ] ; Dragomir had been chosen as NSF candidate on July 25 after Petre Roman , former Prime Minister and leader of the reformist NSF [ see p. 38881 ] had refused to stand for the presidency ; Manzatu , a professor and founder of the Republican Party ( RP ) , was formerly connected with the Ceausescu leadership ; and Druc , formerly Prime Minister of Moldova , campaigned solely on the unification issue . |
13 | Ashcroft Noble was part-owner of the three weeklies that published his ‘ Paul Pelican ’ articles and accepted Thomas 's early essays ; and he was also connected with the Edinburgh firm of Blackwood that was to publish those essays in book form . |
14 | Connah 's Quay was also affected with the Englefield Avenue suffering badly . |
15 | He was also associated with the Glasgow Institute for the Deaf as a director . |
16 | At the end of last season Lawrence was repeatedly linked with the London club links he finally denied on the day the Boro won at Molineux to secure automatic promotion to the Premier League . |
17 | The recording of Ravel conducting his Bolero was originally coupled with the Chansons madécasses and Prokofiev 's Romeo & Juliet Suite ( ) . |
18 | At the time I was out detecting with the Weston Historical Research and Detecting Association , of which I am a member . |
19 | Chatichai Choonhaven , the Prime Minister deposed by the military in the February 1991 coup [ see p. 38003 ] , was now allied with the Samakkhi Tham party , which was supported by the National Peace-Keeping Council set up by the military after the coup . |
20 | Rex was particularly taken with the Wurlitzer 600 Model jukebox , noting the elaborate grille of nickel-plated Art-Deco-type scrolls and the way the Lucite rods of the Model 24 had been reduced to straight green verticals in a manner he considered most pleasing . |
21 | I was particularly taken with the Folkestone branch specials . |
22 | In trading with Portugal , Britain was indirectly trading with the Americas . |
23 | The dining-room table was sumptuously set with the Princesse 's family silver and vast candelabra . |
24 | A pilot who would soon become a firm friend of Lindsey 's , Wally Epton , was then flying with the BBMF . |
25 | He was closely associated with the Muham-madiyah , inspired by an Egyptian reformist movement . |
26 | However , during the late 1930s/early 1960s , a great deal of interest was generated and , by the 1970s the breed was firmly established with the South African Kennel Club . |