Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grainne felt her heart thudding with such a fierceness that she could almost imagine he would hear it . |
| 2 | She was very pretty , this girl , dressed in a bright green cheong sam , her dark hair gleaming with natural oil , and framing a pert , oriental face . |
| 3 | Both these rather delicately proportioned plants have more difficulty competing with other vigorous vegetation on the open river bank than they do in the neat crevices which man has provided for them . |
| 4 | Hampshire director Terry Butler and former NHS deputy chief executive Andrew Foster led the group to assist authorities struggling with some aspects of implementation . |
| 5 | This process of dealing with her impressions was dovetailed into her everyday tasks without the two activities interfering with each other . |
| 6 | An hour later Perdita sidled into the yard with wet hair to be confronted by Frances quivering with ecstatic disapproval . |
| 7 | One useful change has been the restoring of parity of permitted hours for clubs opening with those enjoyed by public houses . |
| 8 | ‘ I only remembered tonight when I came in and saw you drying your hair , ’ he assured her , his blue eyes gleaming with tender amusement . |
| 9 | ‘ Of course I would , ’ he assured her ironically , his dark eyes gleaming with malicious amusement . |
| 10 | ‘ Do I ? ’ he said , his blue eyes gleaming with light mockery . |
| 11 | Set in trailer park America , shot with an arthouse eye , it has divorced mom Brooke Adams struggling with wayward daughter Ione Skye , who gets pregnant by a wacky English geologist called Dank ( huh ? ) while the other daughter , 16-year-old newcomer Fairuza Balk , negotiates various adolescent crises . |
| 12 | Although most DNA is in the B form , whose structure was originally determined by Watson and Crick , there is no reason why the cell should not make use of other forms as well , and indeed Alex Rich ( MIT ) described a protein binding with high affinity to the left-handed helix of Z-DNA that he first described . |
| 13 | She appears in the video wearing a lime green mini-dress , surrounded by impassive Schwarzenegger beefcake types in dinner suits , her face fully made up , her mouth gleaming with bright red lipstick . |
| 14 | This collection is the result of spending 10 months experimenting with different papers , allowing the image to be worked out ‘ in an organic way ’ as she describes defying the confines of the papers ’ rectangle by rearing and adding and building up to works with dimensions reaching over four foot . |
| 15 | Relentlessly , his dark eyes flaring with sexual menace , he pulled her against him , his hand pressing on the naked cushions of her soft white breasts . |
| 16 | The fire crackled in the grate , its light competing with that of the little gas lamp . |
| 17 | It was only another hundred metres : there , just beyond the float full of oversized Capellans , dummies , their huge bald heads bobbing with grave benevolence as if conferring blessings on the excited crowd . |
| 18 | In silence they walked to the communal oven , and back , and she almost ran with the tray steaming with fragrant tomato and garlic to try to alert Rosa so she could prepare herself for his appearance . |
| 19 | An emotional welcome at Heathrow Airport for twenty-one Russian orphans , over here for twelve months living with English families and going to English schools . |
| 20 | The wind bowing with long cat-gut cries |
| 21 | The tenth anniversary of the civil rights movement was celebrated on 1 January 1979 amidst a growing alienation of the minority Catholic population , a rising toll not only of violence but also of poverty and unemployment in the six counties , and an increasingly unbridgeable gulf within the majority Protestant ranks , with the Official Unionists and the so-called Democratic Unionists under the Revd Ian Paisley vying with one another in intransigence and extremism . |
| 22 | Luke laughed deeply , his eyes glittering with tiny flames of excitement . |
| 23 | She had said , her eyes glittering with simulated enthusiasm , that she could hardly wait to get to her cottage , and Betty had said wistfully that it seemed like years since she had seen a blade of grass ( which was silly in itself , because of what else were the lawns of Hyde Park composed ? ) ; so Lydia , unhinged with the shock of bereavement , and further undone by wine , had said she could come too . |
| 24 | ‘ Honest ! ’ he barked , his eyes glittering with sudden anger . |
| 25 | ‘ Yes , I do know the dictionary definition of strumpet , and I love it when you talk dirty , ’ he growled , his eyes glittering with wicked amusement . |
| 26 | She gazed back at him , confusion mingling with hurt in her expression . |
| 27 | It flourished for decades , with manufacturers vying with one another over technical developments , styling and warranties . |
| 28 | Mr Janman clashed at the Monday Club meeting with fellow Tory Mike Truman , who contested Ealing Southall for the party at the last election . |
| 29 | COMPUTERS often conjure up images of whirling tapes on giant machines , or of bespectacled precocious kids wrestling with incomprehensible maths . |
| 30 | His lips curved into a knowing smile , his eyes crinkling with private amusement , and Robyn felt the surge of irritation grow within her again . |