Example sentences of "[vb pp] with the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has been proved in several places : in some arctic localities it is found with trilobites that lived at great depths in the muds of the Ordovician ocean , while in Canada the same species occurs mixed with the inhabitants of the shallow-water seas , where limestones were accumulating . |
| 2 | Athelstan agreed , pulling the cowl of his hood closer against the sight of rotting refuse , discarded food and human excrement tossed out in night pots , mixed with the sweepings from the houses as the citizens prepared for a festive season . |
| 3 | Anyway they 'd be pretty disgusting , mixed with the bits in his pocket . |
| 4 | Dried fruit , eggs and sugar , and ‘ a drop of rum to make it decent ’ added Mary Clarke , were mixed with the curds to make the filling for the pastry case . |
| 5 | They attack high-protein leaves , more acidic ones having less available protein , the optimum pH for the fungus ( pH 5 ) being reached when the material is mixed with the ants ' acidic faeces : then the fungus can break down the hydrolysable tannin/protein complexes . |
| 6 | Sensations rushed in : the cries of the traders in the street below them mixed with the screams of the swallows that swished low across the roofs ; the dark aroma of the strong coffee mingled with the fresh smell of the bread . |
| 7 | The entrance was an inferno of petrol fires as flames flared and flickered across the water , sending a black column of heavy smoke mixed with the MLs ' white smoke-screens slowly rolling north-west on the still night air above the wrecked boats . |
| 8 | The waves of colour of the wild flowers mixed with the waves of sound . |
| 9 | Uncle sent me to St Bartholomew 's and Agrippa brought an old lady who fed me on a concoction of crushed moss mixed with the leavings of sour milk . |
| 10 | But in the er in the big shops where women did really heavy work and and really mixed with the men . |
| 11 | He 's surrounded with the fruits of the earth . ’ |
| 12 | Quality is improved and costs reduced if the components are designed with the suppliers ' most efficient manufacturing process in mind . |
| 13 | The monthly tests were designed with the demands of the scholarship exam in mind but Alfie , with his severe special needs , did not achieve a single mark in any test during the three years . |
| 14 | The facility should not , however , be designed with the ideas of a particular individual in mind , although agreement on basic principles is obviously important . |
| 15 | They should be designed with the needs of cycle traffic in mind and should normally have the right of way at crossroads . |
| 16 | In the cyclic natural scheme of things some kind of decay is essential , otherwise not only would the earth be cluttered with the stems of most of the plants which have ever lived , but most of the world 's supply of carbon would be locked up in cellulose so that life could not be carried on . |
| 17 | But , it later came out , he and other contestants were being primed with the answers beforehand . |
| 18 | It was of high quality , and was also perfumed with the flowers of an English garden . |
| 19 | New York state governor Mario Cuomo , who had been expected to announce whether he would run [ see p. 38521 ] , continued to be occupied with the problems of the recession-hit state economy and with the need to negotiate a budget with his Republican-controlled legislature . |
| 20 | Johnny was by now fully occupied with the fastenings on the controversial halter-necked garment . |
| 21 | Dauberval 's exclusion from the Académie Royale ( later the Paris Opera ) was justified by those in charge because they felt his idea of making farmers , peasants and the like the heroes and heroines of his ballets was beneath the dignity of an opera house whose stage had hitherto been occupied with the deeds of noble heroes , heroines and courts . |
| 22 | The king had his share of the spoils too ; and Windsor Castle was substantially rebuilt with the proceeds of the ransom of John II . |
| 23 | What I should like to highlight , however , is the fact that , notwithstanding Dicey 's formalism , his theory is suffused with the ideas of the ancient conception of the rule of law . |
| 24 | The women say anyone disillusioned with the mens game , should come and see what they 've got to offer . |
| 25 | Probably disillusioned with the Arts and Crafts Movement , he turned to archaeology and during the next thirty years worked on sites in the area . |
| 26 | This ‘ front-back ’ pattern of fungal distribution has been observed in many variations among a number of insect groups , supporting the contention that insects are inoculated with the spores of their respective fungi during copulation . |
| 27 | The routes here are many and varied with the grades well represented right through the spectrum to the nasty end of E6 . |
| 28 | A nearby tray was furnished with a mug and a large plate scattered with the crumbs of a large slice of cake . |
| 29 | It would have been expecting too much to imagine that the once-mighty ‘ Hitler myth ’ might disappear overnight in 1945 , disintegrating along with the mortal remains of the Führer himself and being scattered with the ashes of the Third Reich . |
| 30 | It was only when you looked at their faces that you saw the difference in both age and expression : Harry 's face was round , his eyes merry , while Joe 's features inclined to length and his grey eyes , which at times seemed colourless , had in their depths a touch of melancholy that had deepened with the years . |