Example sentences of "[adv] with a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Perhaps she 'd do better with a cat or a dog . ’
2 You know , women with only one tit , they cut the other off so they could shoot better with a bow and arrow , they live together , all women and no men , this woman 's written a play about them — ’
3 Well they found they could do it far better with a tractor and a mower .
4 I do n't know any advanced skiers who ski better with a brace than before their injury , so do n't push your luck .
5 We seem to be able to communicate better with a horse if no one else is around .
6 ‘ It is only with a ceasefire that it will be possible to save the traumatised population of Angola , and the United Nations are ready to help once the hostilities cease , ’ said Joao Lins de Albuquerque , spokesman for the UN representative , Margaret Anstee .
7 The safe rule for amateur explorers is , having located a cave , not to enter it beyond the limits of daylight and then only with a torch and a companion ; some of the interiors drop sharply in vertical pitches and shafts .
8 A further 44 per cent of all elderly people live only with a spouse and , as we saw in the last chapter , only about 14 per cent are living with others- ‘ non-spouses ’ .
9 Phoebe could remember no details , could recall only with an effort that was profitless , the numbing passivity that had fallen on her .
10 Blend gently with a finger if necessary .
11 Shampooing can be undertaken at home using a good quality wool detergent , with perhaps a cup of vinegar in a dilute solution , which should be applied gently with a sponge or cloth after the rug has been cleansed .
12 It is very difficult to introduce a single specimen into an established tank , especially with a tank that contains adults , but it can be achieved with a little care .
13 And sat wearily down with a grunt and a frown
14 Sit down with a pen and paper and make a list of the things you have wanted to do in the past few years .
15 You could 've knocked me down with a feather when they tol ’ me . ’
16 I do n't know if I 'm going down with a cold or something .
17 Well done , excellent , erm , as you can see , in some ways quite a complex er , issue , and it 's one of those things really , I think to fully understand this , you got to sit down with a pencil and paper and work it through yourself .
18 This time he did n't throw her down with a fury but gently laid her down among the downy pillows and started to strip off his shirt .
19 That , that 's a rational law , okay , it 's nothing to do with a taboo , there 's not some strange supernatural principle which says , in Savoy Street you drive on the other side , and if you do n't you 'll be struck down with a fever or ill luck or something like that .
20 It flew through the air to land some distance away as both men went down with a crash that shook the ground .
21 He slammed the phone down with a crash that must have hurt Tony 's ears .
22 Mary Bunn , hitting the keys harder and harder for Jesus , lifted herself off the stool and brought her bum down with a crash as she laid down chord after chord .
23 He sat down with a crash and Ingram got shakily to his feet .
24 A girl sits down with a man and he says , ‘ I 'm very romantic ’ — that 's advertising .
25 A girl sits down with a man and he says , ‘ What you need is a good romance and it so happens I 'm very romantic ’ — that 's marketing .
26 A girl sits down with a man and she says , ‘ I hear you 're very romantic , please take me to dinner ’ — that 's Public Relations !
27 Douglas Bader 's 242 Squadron ) claimed another Ju87 shot down with a second as probably destroyed — the latter subsequently being confirmed by cine gun-camera .
28 I 'm just sitting down with a drink and the news before dinner .
29 Well when they dug the garden , after they 'd dug it they always cromed it down with a crome before they planted anything .
30 Marie , sick and trembling , overwhelmed with fear and guilt at her own actions , was already kneeling down with a dustpan and brush , sweeping up the broken glass from the tomato-sauce bottle that had been on the table .
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