Example sentences of "[vb pp] with [art] few [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without bothering to confirm the report , Guretzky-Cornitz passed it on to Army HQ , embellished with a few boastful addenda of his own . |
| 2 | All of their problems could have been solved with a few simple decisions but they seemed to have been robbed of their ability to think straight . ’ |
| 3 | It was only when I entered the Arab quarter , a network of dusty roads and wastelands of rubble interspersed with a few small houses just south of the city , that a Palestinian remembered the name . |
| 4 | Leading international companies are discussing the latest recycling technology , showing what can be done with a few old bottles … and a little imagination . |
| 5 | Personally , I doubt that any of the current technologies will seriously challenge a good presentation made with a few well-designed 35mm slides . |
| 6 | Supported by four Landrovers and equipped with a few flimsy spares , they sported jeans and shorts rather than jodhpurs , tee-shirts instead of ties and jackets , while on their heads they wore cheches — and definitely not pith-helmets. but if the style was different , the spirit was certainly reminiscent of those pioneer days . |
| 7 | The larches drooped gracefully , dappled with their fresh green growth ; the hedges grew shaggy and a deep fringe of rushes , sprinkled with a few yellow flags , bordered the lake . |
| 8 | Decorate with grated orange rind and serve warm with yogurt sprinkled with a few poppy seeds . |
| 9 | Whether it has been recently fired will only be shown with a few additional laboratory tests . |
| 10 | All too often a patio is merely an area of plain paving slabs furnished with a few metal-framed sun loungers , which are functional but hardly attractive . |
| 11 | The pale , polished maplewood floor was strewn with a few vibrant kelim rugs . |
| 12 | It needs to be stressed , what this chapter may serve to illustrate , that developments of this sort should not simply be identified with a few individual thinkers . |
| 13 | Thee buses were photographed with a few surprised giraffes looking in the windows . |
| 14 | A private area , preferably overhung by a favourite tree and screened with a few dense shrubs . |
| 15 | BBC journalists took strike action in protest , and the programme was eventually screened with a few face-saving deletions , but the episode called into question the Board of Governor 's commitment to freedom of expression . |
| 16 | The spontaneity of watercolour painting is , I believe , most conducive to recording this type of scene , where fleeting effects of moving light can be captured with a few quick washes and blots , and is as valuable in recording the urban landscapes of today as it was for the rural watercolourists of the 19th century . |
| 17 | FLEETING EFFECTS OF MOVING LIGHT CAN BE CAPTURED WITH A FEW QUICK WASHES AND BLOTS . |
| 18 | The spontaneity of watercolour painting is , I believe , most conducive to recording this type of scene , where fleeting effects of moving light can be captured with a few quick washes and blots , and is as valuable in recording the urban landscapes of today as it was for the rural watercolourists of the 19th century . |
| 19 | FLEETING EFFECTS OF MOVING LIGHT CAN BE CAPTURED WITH A FEW QUICK WASHES AND BLOTS . |