Example sentences of "with a [noun] of [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a shriek of delight she threw herself at Maggie , enveloping her in the warmest of embraces . |
| 2 | Tait stroked his beard with a look of puzzlement which faded after a moment . |
| 3 | Everyone arrives with a stack of singles which they think are worth considering for the playlist . |
| 4 | The hooves slammed out and with a snort of terror it hurtled off up the path followed by the others . |
| 5 | If you deploy with a unit of Orcs you could put a unit of Black Orcs next to them , then Goblins , then Trolls , then more Orcs , and there will be no two animosity-suffering units next to each other . |
| 6 | Idiomatic means , in , wi with a sort of , with phrasing , with word ordering , with a choice of vocabulary which is immediately recognised what as modern English , but if this thing is written in a formal style then , it is fair enough , that the modern idiomatic version will also be very formal . |
| 7 | There was a moment , as she felt the release from the flimsy protection of her undergarments , when it seemed as if something yet might stop him in the tidal wave of passion , but his intention overwhelmed any such hesitation , and with a moan of desire she put herself entirely into his hands . |
| 8 | With a glimmer of self-preservation I began to reason that to be a martyr to an unwanted marriage was one thing , whereas to look like a fool in the eyes of all the world was another . |
| 9 | After her small bedroom at home , where beloved old ornaments belonging once to her mother jostled for space with a basket of ironing she had n't yet had time for , and nursing textbooks that would n't fit on her one small bookshelf , or her room at the nurses ' home , where exotic travel posters — gleaned from a travel agent next to her father 's hardware shop — could n't disguise the institutional plainness of the furnishings , this room seemed palatial . |
| 10 | Snail 's Pace Slim , Guitarist contributor , lead Hamster and no slouch with a chunk of tubing himself , rates Landreth 's recent showcase at the Borderline Club in London as the most astonishing display of bottleneck guitar he 's ever seen . |
| 11 | He was sitting near the far wall , as far from everyone else as possible and , having cleared a space in the rubbish around him , had drawn a crude circle on the floor with a sliver of chalk he had begged from Apanage . |
| 12 | With a rush of fury she picked up the J-cloth which was sitting in a pool of greasy water at the bottom of the sink . |
| 13 | With a rush of emotion she could n't put a name to Luce realised that her first instinctive feeling about him had been absolutely right . |
| 14 | With a leap of joy he saw that she understood , could read his mind and arrive before him . |
| 15 | The play is peopled with a wealth of characters whose problems , prejudices , attitudes and activities allow a gentle , good humoured look at the Catholic Church 's views on issues such as sex , nationalism , obedience and freedom . |
| 16 | George reluctantly accepted the situation and with a mouthful of curses we drove off down the now dusty road towards the Orne . |
| 17 | I think there 's no doubt at all that erm from a Conservative point of view I actually believe that schools , under their heads , know best , and I am quite happy to trust schools with a budget of money which will enable them to buy in the specific needs that their school requires . |
| 18 | this was with a pair of glasses he took off , he did n't do a very good Michael Caine , he did er Jimmy Greaves and er Dennis Nordon , Gazza really fucking well you know , he did a brilliant Robin Williams |
| 19 | In 1799 he wrote , ‘ With a pair of tweezers I placed an ant upon the middle of the leaf of Drosera rotundifolia but so as not to disturb the plant . |
| 20 | The Orchard Sound Producer provides and 11 voice FM music synthesiser and a 4 watt amplifier , comes complete with a pair of speakers it is compatible with SoundBlaster and AdLib files and costs £69.00 |
| 21 | And so the words turned back on themselves , phrases reappeared , seeming to confirm other phrases , merely repeating themselves , clicking into place with a semblance of logic which nicely disguised the truth that all these words were nothing but a glittering fabric which hovered above the ground , unwinding endlessly , slipping between the fingers , beguiling like a mirage , taking on whatever shape the conjuror wanted , and leading nowhere . |
| 22 | And if now a whole institution , as Wolverhampton Polytechnic has done and Essex Institute well might , resolves to modularise its whole course provision , it starts with a portfolio of courses which looks virtually complete . |
| 23 | But then they talked about the North , of Stockton and Teesside , and Macmillan enquired with a warmth of feeling which Ramsey found impressive . |
| 24 | With a salary of £24,300 she has the highest paid curatorial job in Suffolk , a county of 622,000 people and , incidentally , the birthplace of Constable and Gainsborough . |
| 25 | It was miraculous to find so young a girl , of Juliet 's own age , with a depth of passion which could by rights only have belonged to an older woman ; the problem of casting the ideal was solved . |
| 26 | With a sigh of irritation she floated reluctantly back to consciousness . |
| 27 | Carrie hurried up the stairs to the sound of Rachel 's loud bawling , and with a sigh of resignation she slipped quickly out of her coat and took the baby from a very flustered father . |
| 28 | And with a sigh of relief she noticed the red car continue straight on along the road behind her . |
| 29 | With a sigh of relief she subsided on to her silky pillow , snuggling up like a kitten . |
| 30 | With a sigh of relief I dropped my hands , because instead of Dad lying there there was the attic door which had fallen in such a way that it was wedging the door back , trapping me where I was . |