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 . |