Example sentences of "and [adv] with a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gangplank that linked the slipway to the boat shifted to and fro with a grating sound . |
| 2 | It was important for Oreste 's sake to keep good relations and so with a good deal of lip-biting and general effort of control she finally wrote to her sister in most moderate terms expressing surprise , confessing intense distress , but apportioning no blame . |
| 3 | Water voles are very shortsighted and so with a little care they can be easily observed . |
| 4 | And , if he was a man with , who had never been in trouble before , and perhaps with a young family , and through being hard-up and through illness or any other reason , he would speak to him in a fatherly manner . |
| 5 | And perhaps with a different wallpaper below and above . |
| 6 | And perhaps with a social angle , too . |
| 7 | The Captain waited , dealing patiently with the routine paperwork with which he was constantly burdened , and diplomatically with an influential gentleman who wanted an impossible favour to do with the son 's military service . |
| 8 | He jumps up and down with a vague look of aggression on his face , puts his hand on his hips and shows us his pot belly . |
| 9 | A set of raw recruits was marching up and down with a new drill instructor , who sounded every bit as determined as the late Sergeant-Major Philpott had been to see that the snow was never allowed to settle . |
| 10 | ‘ all the witches dance here at midnight : and those who go may see their own ghosts walking up and down with a little Billet on the back , giving the names of those who had wished them there . |
| 11 | Arlene looked her up and down with a practised eye . |
| 12 | The voice sounded surprisingly strong for someone supposedly in the throes of a heart attack , thought Lindsey , stepping into the suite and only with a real effort stifling an exclamation of amazement . |
| 13 | Some couples , highly intelligent and normally with a good command over words , manage to keep themselves endlessly but unknowingly confused . |
| 14 | The conclusion derived from this is that if an object is such that in principle it can not be referred to directly and unequivocally with a simple symbol , only described , then it can not qualify as a fundamental ontological existent . |
| 15 | if you ask a subordinate to write you a report explain that you are expecting it by a specific date and always with a one page management summary |
| 16 | But the Liverpool man — a player with Middlesbrough 15 years ago , and still with a soft spot for the Teesiders , had a message of hope . |
| 17 | Now it 's perfectly now the cost er the benefits from sort of marketing right to buy is really very , very dubious erm the government has shown time and again that what it takes then gives with one hand , it takes away with another and the costs are obvious , we are fragmenting our housing stock , we are putting it , we are likely to end up with more and more with a higher proportion of poor properties and erm there 's also the risk that if we do really have to be promoting right to buy we 're going to have people who are probably not sure whether they can afford to buy their house or are n't sure whether they even want to buy their house . |
| 18 | Maleczek has shown that from Innocent 's sixth year in office , 1203 – 4 , as the reign progressed , the pope worked more and more with a smaller group of cardinals , of whom the key members were Hugolinus , Pelagius and Guala , and there was less consultation of the whole college . |
| 19 | He was rewarded for this and more with a Bulgarian sentence of death and a British MBE . |
| 20 | These and other experiences are repeated and reworked , first with other members of the family , and later with an extending circle of contacts outside the home . |
| 21 | He stressed that the meaning was to be contrasted with an error made in carrying out the testator 's intentions by the draftsman 's words , and also with a mistaken choice of words because of a failure to understand the testator 's intentions ( a matter covered by s 20(1) ( b ) of the Act . |
| 22 | As for the mentioned activity , an attempt must be made to understand it in a way consonant with what has been said of contents and objects , that they are not states of affairs or ordinary things , and also with a further fact , that there are various modes of consciousness . |
| 23 | Yet the same John Redburn had had an affair — probably after his marriage , and probably with a married woman . |
| 24 | Clearly , one issue for the future is whether this is ‘ terminal decline ’ or a decline before a new burst of growth , but of a different kind , and probably with a different geography . |
| 25 | At least give the windows a thorough clean inside and out with a proprietary plastic cleaner , followed by a good plastic polish . |
| 26 | The Panelled Room — 13th Century room , refurbished 1839 , and now with a wide variety of impressionist and modern paintings . |
| 27 | Tears , weeping , sobbing , shaking and reliving the experiences which triggered off these powerful feelings , leave the person being counselled exhausted after a session but peaceful , and often with a new perception of the world . |
| 28 | He was a man of profound education , but having acquired it himself he treasured words and used them with unique skill and often with a strange individuality . |
| 29 | The affirmation will be all the stronger if she acts with self-knowledge and compassion , and even with a certain sense of detachment . |
| 30 | And even with a small orchestra Mozart sounds well . |