Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] with a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There will usually be an instruction which tells you to either steam , press , or cover with a damp cloth after blocking pieces so size . |
| 2 | Among shrubs or in mixed borders , variegated plants help to add interest to the rest of the display , especially where they contrast with bronze or purple foliage , or harmonise with a golden colour group . |
| 3 | Apply your first coat of varnish or seal with a lint-free rag , working it well into the timber |
| 4 | Both have been transmitted in the workplace only by percutaneous inoculation or contact with an open wound , or with non-intact ( e.g. chapped , dermatitic ) skin or mucous membranes , to blood , contaminated body fluids , or concentrated virus . |
| 5 | Let us test the combinatory possibilities of adjectives with indefinite pronouns and other similar words , first taking at random phrases composed of an adjective and some specific noun , and then replacing the specific noun in each case by some noun or pronoun with an indefinite meaning . |
| 6 | The modern woman should know just how to disarm suspicion with a floppy silk collar , how to imply kindliness with a tasteful floral print , or intimidate with a well-placed lapel . |
| 7 | It was no answer , and it was a complete answer ; Edouard , recognising something of Jean-Paul in the implacability of the reply , hearing in it , too , –hat note of bland stubbornness with which some of his workmen in the Loire would resist argument and change with an age-old peasant resilience , sighed and decided it might be wiser to leave the subject there . |
| 8 | I should apply a hot antiphlogistine poultice just above the fetlock and alternate with a cold hose on it twice a day . " |
| 9 | But er at that time there was plenty work coming in , erm there was , there was no need for us to be apprehensive , and so therefore we had to convince the management that in the best interests of everybody , having agreed that the scheme would go on across the whole spectrum of the workforce , was to move reasonably , you know , quickly through the various machine departments and introduce with a minimum amount of frustration . |
| 10 | Apply a warm khaki-green on the browbone , rounding down to the outside corner of the eye , and highlight with an orangy glow just under the arch of the eyebrow . |
| 11 | They can sit at their big desks and contemplate with an exquisite joy how everything is now being put to a good use . |
| 12 | If not , unscrew the orange regulator and replace with a smaller green or larger red one . |
| 13 | Clean up the valve parts and reassemble with a new washer |
| 14 | Place the remaining royal icing in the piping bag and fit with a small star nozzle . |
| 15 | He heard her whisking and wailing on her way , and he bent down and laid the cock-feather on the stone , and behold with a heavy groaning and grinding the huge stone swung up in the air and down in the earth , as though on a pivot or balance , disturbing waves of soil and heather like thick sea-water , and showing a dark , dank passage under the heather-roots and the knotty roots of the gorse . |
| 16 | Trees did not whisper and murmur and chuckle with an evil malevolence … |
| 17 | counselling and support with a practical approach , and spiritual healing |
| 18 | Tamp the base of the hole firm , and cover with a 5 cm layer of soft builders ' sand |
| 19 | Put them together at the last possible moment and cover with a damp tea towel until you serve them . |
| 20 | Place one of these on the slide and cover with a few drops of water . |
| 21 | • Any burns may be deeper than they appear , so cool them with cold water and cover with an antiseptic dressing or clean cloth . |
| 22 | It goes on to say and it came about that in thy journeying eastward they eventually discovered a valid plain and a land of Shinar and they took up growing there and they began to say each one to the other come on let us make bricks and bake and bake with a burning process , so bricks served as stone for them and |
| 23 | Free from the worktop , we make a bridle with 750mm or 30in off the kite line and , with a darning needle , pierce the cover at the intersection of the spine and spreader , and tie with a secure knot ( see Chapter Three ) . |
| 24 | If you want slightly more coverage , simply mix with a little foundation between your fingertips , blend over your face and finish with a light dusting of translucent powder . |
| 25 | Reheat and finish with a little cream and shredded leaves . |
| 26 | Place the eggs and caster sugar in a mixing bowl and whisk with an electric whisk/mixer for 5 minutes at top speed . |
| 27 | They are well aware of the amount of variation possible in ‘ scientifically produced ’ data and look with a certain scepticism upon laboratory results , especially when they diverge markedly from their own intuition or their expectations based on past knowledge . |
| 28 | Boil the potatoes until well done and mash with a little water to achieve a soft consistency . |
| 29 | Without even being aware of it , tension ‘ collects ’ there — so when it all gets too much for your , you can slip off your shoes and unwind with a little self-massage , without getting too many strange looks from colleagues . |
| 30 | It thus represents , on the part of the supposedly non-modernist Hardy , a stratagem often taken to be definitively modernist : the use of an ancient fable to structure and resonate with a twentieth-century narrative , as the Odyssey structures and resonates with James Joyce 's Ulysses . |