Example sentences of "and [v-ing] with a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a rare note of optimism Pétain issued an Order of the Day , beginning , ‘ The 9th of April was a glorious day for our forces , ’ and ending with a famous paraphrase of Joan of Arc : ‘ Courage , on les aura ! ’ |
| 2 | They ended with a 5–3 losing record , going down to New Zealand in the two tests ( finishing with a 59–6 humiliation in the second ) and ending with a lop-sided scoring record of 287 points ( 50 tries ) against and only 153 ( 21 tries ) for . |
| 3 | In this book , I have preferred to start my itinerary in the north and travel southwards , the better to link the highlights of the journey in a continuous route , introducing the Highlands more gradually and ending with a glorious climax . |
| 4 | Finally , there 's ‘ Blues for Ceaucescu ’ , prefaced by an explanation of the song 's continued relevance thanks to events in the Gulf and ending with a massed f— off of a farewell . |
| 5 | At this point a new term will be introduced : we need a name for a continuous piece of speech beginning and ending with a clear pause , and we will call this an utterance . |
| 6 | There may be an alveolar closure immediately preceding and overlapping with a velar closure ; there may be simultaneous alveolar and velar closure , or a velar closure followed by slight contact but not closure in the alveolar region . |
| 7 | Often an acute complaint begins with nausea and vomiting with a clean tongue . |
| 8 | The hospital authorities had tracked her down in California , where she was enjoying success as a fabric designer and living with a famous composer of film music . |
| 9 | ‘ They should all have been delivered a week ago , ’ Stephen commented , shrugging his shoulders and adding with a wry smile , ‘ Welcome to de West Indies , man . ’ |
| 10 | The most popular events were the cycle races which were raced over a mile , 2 miles and 3 miles including handicaps and novice events and finishing with a 3 mile handicap race open to all comers " . |
| 11 | From here take the path which starts from Wythburn Church car park running parallel to the A591 and linking with a minor road running along the west side of Thirlmere Reservoir ( 3 miles ) . |
| 12 | None of these had much significance for the hard-pressed businessman , struggling against his competitors at home and abroad , fighting off trade-union influence and coping with a growing volume of government-inspired social and industrial legislation . |
| 13 | But Crisp was still way ahead , disdaining his top weight and jumping with a breathtaking fluency . |
| 14 | Crush biscuits by placing in a strong polythene bag and crushing with a rolling pin or process until fine in food processor . |
| 15 | If the two approaches are combined and intact embryos are stained with a reagent conjugated to one fluorochrome [ e.g. fluorescein isothiocyanate ( FITC ) ] , followed by disaggregation and staining with a second reagent conjugated to a different fluorochrome [ e.g. rhodamine ( TMRTC ) ] , the polar population ( prospective TE ) can be assigned to the external position , and the non-polar population ( prospective ICM ) can be assigned to the internal position ( 2,25 ) . |
| 16 | HIV : Testing and beyond — issues surrounding an HIV test and dealing with a positive result . |
| 17 | Bridgeman was educated at Eton ( 1877–84 ) , becoming captain of Oppidans , and at Trinity College , Cambridge , entering with an open classical scholarship in 1884 and graduating with a second class ( division I ) in part i of classical tripos in 1887 . |
| 18 | They all cackle with pleasure at the absurdity of it ; then , as soon as Harry has gone back into his room , they all mock him , walking back and forth about the room holding imaginary braces and letter , and talking with a German accent . |
| 19 | Their son , Paul , recently started back there after completing a Whitworth Scholarship at Salford University and emerging with a first class honours degree in electronic and electrical engineering . |
| 20 | And there it teetered for a few seconds before finally toppling over and falling with a sharp tinkle on to the desk-top . |
| 21 | It was as if the sounds were rising and falling with a supernatural air current . |
| 22 | I have decided that as from tonight I will be reborn under a different star , ’ and here she gestured upwards to the constellation over her head , ‘ I will be rechristened , I will come down those stairs tomorrow night fresh to the world and glistening with a new name ; from now on , you will kindly refer to me , both to my sainted face and behind my back , as Mother . |
| 23 | The defender now turns attacker , stepping quickly forward and striking with a reverse punch to his attacker 's chest . |
| 24 | Thus , the school work in this first term consists of five complete mornings in school during which the time is divided between helping an individual child with his/her reading , and working with a small group of older children . |
| 25 | Oxfam , by funding and working with a local project in Concepcion , is helping the independent fishermen organise themselves to lobby government for changes in the law . |
| 26 | Eating with nice people , drinking with nice people , and sleeping with a clear conscience . |
| 27 | Ice cream ( but only if it is a simple , honest old-fashioned ice not one of those staggeringly exotic multi-storey jobs , rising with layer upon layer of heaven-knows-what and terminating with a big blob of shaving cream ) 150 |