Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [adj] [noun pl] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three or four minutes later he heard a female with an Irish accent enquiring who wanted her : after a few cheery exchanges with the other inmates , she arrived at his pen . |
| 2 | Luce Irigaray speaks of a dominant philosophic logos with a ‘ power to reduce all others to the economy of the Same [ and ] eradicate the difference between the sexes ’ . |
| 3 | Cellular extract of a primaeval blue-green algae with concentrated nucleic acids ( DNA and RNA ) . |
| 4 | But take a word of advice … do n't get delusions of grandeur on the basis of a few steamy nights with Guy … he 's the ultimate bastard where women are concerned , darling . |
| 5 | And what 's more , if she 'd been about in your time , instead of that man , nice little Neville Chamberlain , she 'd have given your old Hitler a few right-handers below the belt ; and seen to it that Britain was armed to the teeth , with an airforce twice the size of the Luftwaffe instead of a few old men with pitch forks and a handful of plucky chaps like yourself to keep the Nazis out . |
| 6 | The evenings would usually finish on the terrace for a few quiet drinks with new found friends and then off to bed . |
| 7 | He ate a gargantuan meal , starting with some plovers ' eggs they had overlooked earlier , working on through a few roast geese with a brace or so of ducklings on the side , and ending with one half of a cheese and a couple of bowls of fruit . |
| 8 | Just before Christmas when she was twelve , she had her hair plaited in a hundred little plaits with a bead on the end of each plait . |
| 9 | Along the way they had paid tribute to a few likely progenitors with covers of Wire , Cheap Trick and Kraftwerk songs , acquired a growing fanbase and a rep for interesting humour . |
| 10 | In effect this is already starting to happen through television concentration on a few top clubs with only a brief nod in the direction of the rest . |