Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sky , which had been clear and filled with stars , was clouding over and a moist wind blew in from the sea . |
| 2 | The sky was clear and studded with stars , The three-quarter moon lit a silver path across the inky water . |
| 3 | The sky was clear and glittering with icy stars . |
| 4 | Reports are commonly prosaic , dull , pompous and patronising and written with selfish disregard for the reader . |
| 5 | the complexity of company records , which are not only subject to mysterious , ( but relief-bringing ) disappearances down the corporation vortex , but when occasionally discovered are often so specialized and riddled with technical jargon that the average jurist finds them unintelligible — naturally corporate lawyers render them intelligible in ways which favour their clients ; |
| 6 | The slides were then rewashed in phospate buffered saline and treated with diamino-benzidine tetrahydrochloride ( Sigma , Poole ) for 15 minutes in the dark . |
| 7 | The slides were then washed in phosphate buffered saline and incubated with a 1:300 dilution of biotinylated anti-mouse antibody ( Dakopatts , Denmark ) . |
| 8 | political ideology is male-biased and associated with the values of male supremacy and ferocity ; |
| 9 | There was a woman who wanted me to call her mother , and then called me awkward , exasperated and frightened with the dreams and the screams . |
| 10 | You 'd be sucked in , absorbed and fused with the steel and the plastic and the concrete — fused into the very fabric of the building itself . ’ |
| 11 | The house committee met weekly and dealt with a variety of matters . |
| 12 | Tall , slim and dressed with an elegant simplicity . |
| 13 | He was slim and fit with well-brushed thinning hair . |
| 14 | Do n't go about much ; no late returning in crowded streets from Earl 's Court or elsewhere ; no dissipating jabber and smoking and drinking with the Andrews [ where Helen was employed ] . |
| 15 | The inclusion of discussion is also interesting and contrasts with traditional approaches which demanded silence in arithmetic lessons . |
| 16 | Bjornsson 's research is thorough , interesting and reported with due emphasis on its areas of possible weakness or unreliability . |
| 17 | The dinner menu is interesting and varied with many dishes incorporating locally caught fish and shellfish and all the vegetables are locally and organically grown . |
| 18 | When you get light and trembling with that special kind of stage fright , you ca n't trust your fingers to do what they 're told . |
| 19 | Inside , the rooms are light and panelled with elegant pedimented overdoors , and it is sad to think that the full splendour of Bullen Reynes 's house was only enjoyed by his son and his family for a few short years ; the bulk of it burned down in 1704 . |
| 20 | The sun had just set , and the sky was still light and glowing with softly pastel mauves and pinks , but here in the thick trees , it was hard to see . |
| 21 | I shall tear out your soul , and carry it away to the Prison of Hostages , and then perhaps the Conablaiche will come to tear out your heart , for there is nothing my Master likes so well as a warm heart , a Mortal heart , still beating , fresh and running with blood and juices … |
| 22 | Her own petit friture was a plateful of tiny fish , crisply fried and sprinkled with garlic , and they both opted for guinea fowl casseroled in red wine , and so tender it almost fell off the bone , with sautéd potatoes and cabbage cooked in butter , as their main course . |
| 23 | Catchy , happy , shiny , funny and packed with potassium and vitamins . |
| 24 | ‘ Some pheasant or quail , cooked to a golden brown and stuffed with spices . |
| 25 | There was a huge plate of mince pies , golden brown and dusted with sugar , a tall jug of milk , a pink ham , and slices of bread thickly spread with the lovely , pale , sweaty butter Carrie had seen in the dairy . |
| 26 | The disk is round , often indented interradially , high and covered with skin with small scattered spines attached to small plates within the skin ; diameter up to 30 mm . |
| 27 | Your visit will include the Kuthodaw Pagoda , the Palace site , the Maha Muni Buddha image ( the figure is 12′ 7″ high and coated with gold leaf ½ an inch thick ) , and the Zegyo market . |
| 28 | They guided cars to the curving verges of grass , once mown close , now high and grown with thistles . |
| 29 | The wind was blowing high and bringing with it sleet . |
| 30 | Before its disappearance it was described by the head of the Austrian delegation at the Bourbon court in Naples as ‘ two feet high and decorated with friezes of intermingled ears of corn , fruit and heads of goats ’ . |