Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [verb] [adv prt] with a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the soil has been dug , it should be broken up with a fork , hoe , back of a rake , by hand , with a hand fork , or whatever you find most convenient , until it reaches the stage at which raking it backwards and forwards , and then crossways , reduces it to the fine tilth described . |
| 2 | Any surface oil not absorbed after 10–15 minutes should be blotted off with a tissue . |
| 3 | Ideally some of the training centres should be phased out with a view to developing more flexible training arrangements for a wider range of young people who may or may not be mentally handicapped . |
| 4 | Arnica is a winner with sprains as well and that should be followed up with a course of Rhus Tox . |
| 5 | The inside of the fitting should be brushed out with a special wire brush and rubbed with wire wool . |
| 6 | The dog food comes in frozen slabs that must be cut up with a felling axe . |
| 7 | For instance , sugar came in huge blocks , so that before weighing it out , sufficient must be chipped off with a knife ; and black treacle must be ladled out spoonful by spoonful into the customer 's jar . |
| 8 | Insurance cover must be taken out with an insurance company which is a member of the Motor Insurers ' Bureau ( MIB ) . |
| 9 | Long hair must be held back with an elastic band : clasps and metal grips are not allowed . |
| 10 | She was in danger of losing her beloved Mrs Howard , who might be setting up with a brother-in-law in a public house , and I wrote : |
| 11 | A small budget might be swallowed up with a few very expensive cases . |
| 12 | Anxious that his client might be mixed up with a terrorist organisation . |
| 13 | That , that 's a rational law , okay , it 's nothing to do with a taboo , there 's not some strange supernatural principle which says , in Savoy Street you drive on the other side , and if you do n't you 'll be struck down with a fever or ill luck or something like that . |
| 14 | The changes came about because of the costs of the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme ( SERPS ) , the need for pensions that could be moved along with a change in jobs , and the wish to provide the public with more freedom of choice in their pension plans . |
| 15 | And would it look odd if you had a tent or wigwam type of frame that could be covered in with a protective polythene and well ven ventilated at the , at the base and as it 's only really to give protection , you know , January , late April sort of thing , round about that period , er to prevent the fungal peach leaf curl and fungal spores being splashed on the branches wherein . |
| 16 | The crucial difference is that a trust could be set up with a non-heir as trustee , whereas legacies remained always bound to the need for an heir to discharge them . |
| 17 | Where group tasks are concerned with problem solving , decision-making or creative thinking , different member talents may be required along with a variety of leadership styles . |
| 18 | Every evening the make-up would be wiped off with a towel resulting in quite a large laundry bill for each Girl . |
| 19 | Filip also said IBM 's development group in Toronto would be coming out with a distributed , relational database in mid-1993 . |
| 20 | If suffering a ropey marriage automatically led to that sort of state of grace , half the women in the country would be walking round with an outsize halo above their head . |
| 21 | The limits to spending would be set out with a long-term perspective . |
| 22 | I shall be going round with a notebook . |
| 23 | David Puttnam will be going round with a quiet smile on his face for a few days . |
| 24 | First you will be kitted out with a safety helmet , cap lamp and ‘ self-rescuer ’ just like a working miner . |
| 25 | The promotion will be backed up with a PR and media campaign , with several features already booked , including one in Good Housekeeping . |
| 26 | Co-operation in taxonomic computing will be carried out with a number of institutions , nationally and internationally . |
| 27 | Under the merger terms , a French-based holding company known as RVC will be set up with a French-appointed chairman . |
| 28 | If a pipe has frozen , it can be thawed out with a hairdrier or by wrapping towels soaked in hot water around it . |
| 29 | Excess fabric can be tied back with a ribbon . |
| 30 | The kite can be sent up with a carrier attached . |