Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [vb pp] with [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local shell fishermen have clashed with conservationists over the latter 's appeal for an end to shellfish potting in the waters around Skomer Island 's Marine Nature Reserve , south-west Wales . |
| 2 | A whole pine forest produces so much pollen that ponds become covered with curds of it — and all of it wasted . |
| 3 | It is a well-known fact that ferrets have mated with polecats in the wild . |
| 4 | Putting on weight as fat deposits — food and fuel for the long journey ahead — their entire bodies become covered with mucus in preparation for the miles of slithering travel . |
| 5 | Glasgow Museums have leapt with enthusiasm onto the Columbus celebrations bandwaggon and are presenting ‘ Home of the Brave ’ at the Art Gallery and Museum , Kelvingrove , until 20 September . |
| 6 | While ditches become filled with silt over time , mounds are gradually flattened by weathering , and if a mound is adjacent to a ditch , this will affect the pattern of silting in the ditch . |
| 7 | ULSTER pensioners have reacted with horror to Government proposals to pay pensions directly into bank accounts . |
| 8 | Negotiations have opened with Southampton over the permanent transfer of Jon Gittens to Ayresome Park . |
| 9 | The image of policing gleaned from police programmes on British and American television and in films is very much how Easton 's police see themselves , as others have commented with respect to police forces elsewhere ( Holdaway 1983 : 147 ; Hurd 1979 ; Klockars 1983 ; Morris and Heal 1981 ; Tuska 1979 ) . |
| 10 | While others have argued with passion about these intensive methods , animal scientists have been quietly asking pigs how they prefer to live . |
| 11 | Already Denmark , the Netherlands and others have responded with cuts in some rates . |