Example sentences of "with a [det] [noun] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now Erik and his crew are back — with a former presenter of Blue Peter at the helm . |
| 2 | One minute there he was with a few scraps of grey hair plastered across his scalp — the next he looks like a prizewinner at Cruft 's Dog Show . |
| 3 | Colour is even more limited than before , and the palette for the succeeding years is established : some of the paintings are in earth colours , greys and blacks , with a few touches of dull green , while others are in softer grey-blues and buffs . |
| 4 | The Chorleywood Bread Process , introduced in 1961 , replaces a long ‘ proving ’ with a few minutes of intense mechanical mixing . |
| 5 | ‘ Try a selection from the Desert Song , topped up with a few choruses of Cool clear Water , Midnight at the Oasis or Caravans which may convince your bird that it has come to wrong place . |
| 6 | He satisfied himself with a few words of hurried consultation during a House of Commons debate . |
| 7 | Begin this pan with a few seconds of static shot ( remembering to allow for the backspace time ) and continue the shot for a few more seconds when you reach the end of the pan . |
| 8 | RCO had tried to brighten up their corner of the third floor with a few gallons of inexpensive paint . |
| 9 | What they had achieved with a few weeks of supplementary feeding was remarkable . |
| 10 | Add it to the icing sugar , together with a few drops of yellow food colouring . |
| 11 | Hard boil your eggs with a few drops of pink dye or coffee grains to make them skin-coloured . |
| 12 | Mesmerised by that wagging right hand , the South Africans he blew away on that dramatic fifth morning at the Kensington Oval in April could certainly have done with a few chunks of green kryptonite . |
| 13 | Before leaving Britain we 'd learnt that the hike up to Mount Kenya 's ‘ walkers summit ’ , Point Lenana , was not too demanding , and that the climbing route up to the twin summits of Batian and Nelion was graded mainly Diff , with a few patches of Severe , so we were n't expecting any technical problems . |
| 14 | The road goes through a small hamlet where there is a pond , a few square metres of tired water with a few pieces of rusty iron breaking its surface . |
| 15 | Detergent one teaspoon of washing powder with a half pint of lukewarm water . |