Example sentences of "with [noun pl] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | An old boat lay half-submerged against the bank with reeds pushing up through the holes in its hull . |
| 2 | ‘ We decided to build a balcony with steps going down to the garden , but our builder advised us to think about the year-round advantages of a conservatory , ’ Claudia explained . |
| 3 | The slope in this new garden is to be terraced around a circular lawn with steps leading up to the higher level . |
| 4 | The village is situated on a very steep hillside with steps leading up to the next row of houses . |
| 5 | Others flow into a stone tank or pond , or have a brick well-housing , with steps leading down to the water . |
| 6 | Across the back of the house was a kitchen , a bathroom and a big breakfast room with steps leading down to the back garden . |
| 7 | Even her little house was somehow in keeping with this picture , although it was definitely not St John 's Wood and there was no delicate wrought iron balcony with steps leading down to the green garden . |
| 8 | The council 's ruling Labour group split on the issue , after leading opponents of the scheme claimed it would increase violence with drinkers spilling on to the streets at exactly the same time . |
| 9 | Suddenly the ground fell away before them and they came out on an open plateau with a floor of chequered marble , white on black , and a wide stone staircase with balustrades running down to the dried bed of an ornamental lake , which the mist turned to a bowl of milk . |
| 10 | To understand the meaning of survival , stand beneath a maidenhair tree ( Ginkgo biloba ) or a dawn redwood ( Metasequoia glyptostoboides ) ; both are well represented in Trust gardens and both are ‘ living fossils ’ with pedigrees stretching back to the age of the dinosaurs . |
| 11 | A delightful village pub with traditions going back to the eighteenth-century . |
| 12 | First the Oxford United saga goes on … with things improving out on the pitch , off the field it 's a tangled complex web of debts , transfers , receivers , and … adjourned annual general meetings . |
| 13 | Erm one to do with tenants moving out of the flats , |
| 14 | And in the middle of that , they thought that perhaps an ornamental lighting column with sort of , with lights coming out from the top of it just to make it a bit more fancy . |
| 15 | It led to a hallway , with stairs going up on the left . |
| 16 | Situated on Beruwela Beach , the Neptune is a comfortable hotel set in a palm grove with lawns leading down to the sea . |
| 17 | Foxgloves form the foreground of my design this month , with sunflowers reaching up to the flocks of birds circling in the sky , above the cottage rooftops . |
| 18 | This can be effectively reinforced by ‘ necking down ’ the junction , with pavements swelling out into the former roadway to reduce both vehicle speeds and the crossing width of the street for walkers . |
| 19 | The luncheon took place in a giant marquee with windows looking out across the polo field . |
| 20 | Part of a coffee grinder is also understood to have been found in the house along with newspapers dating back to the beginning of May . |
| 21 | In these appeals we are concerned with issues arising out of the procedure by which the Secretary of State for the Home Department decides , in the exercise of his power under section 61 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 , the date on which a person serving a sentence of imprisonment for life may be released on licence . |
| 22 | But it went on to slam British Rail for using ancient commuter trains with parts dating back to the steam age . |