Example sentences of "[vb pp] with a [adj] [noun pl] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To return to the offending nettle ( Urtica dioica ) or , it too had its uses : Martin Martin noted that in Skye ‘ the tops of nettles , chopped small , and mixed with a few whites or raw eggs , applied to the forehead and temples by way of a frontel , is used to procure sleep ’ . |
| 2 | During his period in England from 1831 to 1832 , in what was to be the first of several such sojourns , Louis-Napoleon met his uncle Joseph — only to be received with a glacial politeness and a lecture on his Italian escapade . |
| 3 | A tank filled with a thousand locusts and five scorpions is intriguing visitors to a museum . |
| 4 | It 's been toyed with a few times but as far I 'm aware , this is probably the first serious attempt — certainly at the sort of scale we 're talking of — to use a perched beach to provide coastal protection . |
| 5 | Holly had listened with a chilled politeness and shrugged and turned away on his side for sleep . |