Example sentences of "arm only with a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trying to vamp a bunch of vagrant whales in the Pentland Firth in March armed only with a waterproof tannoy and a box of plain-wrapped tapes is not everyone 's idea of a good time . |
| 2 | I went to the conference armed only with a general feeling of being pissed off that men seemed to have it all their own way . |
| 3 | Armed only with a nice , new PPL you walk cautiously into the dark , open space and there before you lies the treasure ! |
| 4 | And now , to cap it all , poor Byford had to be the first army victim of the latest IRA tactic — Flying Columns-compact bands armed only with a few rifles and automatic pistols , moving soundlessly at night along country lanes on foot or on bicycles , and waiting behind roadside hedges — waiting for hours , days if necessary — for a patrol to come along . |
| 5 | He refused a professorship in Switzerland and went instead to Manchester , armed only with a few letters of introduction . |
| 6 | We are so sure of this that we go out confidently into the hills , or sail away in boats armed only with a magnetic compass , certain that it will always point in the same north-south direction , so we can judge our own direction of travel from it . |