Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] with a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Once you have opened your Premier Savings account with a minimum of £5000 , you can add any amount to your savings at any time .
2 All single-engine , high performance , military aircraft fly with a degree of inherent risk .
3 All prices for cushions are inclusive of the feather pad and VAT and start from £7.95 for a cotton , contrast piped , 16″ × 16″ cushion with a choice of 30 colours !
4 A look that could only be jealousy , she registered , made his coal-black eyes glint with a hint of danger .
5 Jenny found herself dragged uncomfortably over the gear-stick and hand-brake , her left cheek was pressed in against her teeth by the pressure of an ardent but misdirected kiss and she felt a button on her cardigan give with a violence which boded ill for Marks and Sparks cowering beneath .
6 He had looked directly into her face for the first time and she saw his dark eyes blaze with a mixture of anger and pain .
7 " By appointment " warrants awarded by the Prince of Wales will in future comply with a set of environmental criteria .
8 Sometimes I encircle a Brussels sprout with a ring of radish , or link adjoining plants in a diamond with a line of lettuce seedlings .
9 The court can not exercise its powers to make a specific issue or prohibited steps order with a view to achieving a result which could be achieved by a residence or contact order ( s9(5) ( a ) ) .
10 Eyes glitter with a memory of the chill snowfields that once claimed her .
11 the inspector for pastoral care work co-ordinate with a committee the promotion and development of the pastoral curriculum through INSET
12 The frame can be fitted to the wall outside the window reveal with a number of angle brackets spaced evenly along its length .
13 Not all meteorites arrive with a whoosh and a bang .
14 Gloria wiped the tongs clean with a scrap of paper , twirling them in a circle until they had cooled slightly , then she coiled a strand of Ruth 's hair round the tongs and when it was tightly curled , fixed it in place with two hairpins .
15 Articles start with a heading of 50–80 words written to advertise their content in general terms , to which editors will pay particular attention .
16 Across the stream , tumbling fast on its way to Glyme and Evenlode , one sees a wide sedgy hollow planted with willow saplings , from which flocks of goldfinches rise with a flash of wings on sunny mornings .
17 The only tweak I would recommend to the putative purchaser would be to reduce the Smartdrive cache to one megabyte and institute a 2MB RAMdrive with a TEMP directory on it .
18 In a reaction between two gases A and B , a molecule of A must collide with a molecule of B before a reaction will occur .
19 HUNDREDS of women peace protesters plan to paralyse a top nuclear weapons base with a blockade .
20 Enjoy a refreshing drink and the spectacular views of the Jungfrau mountain from the sun terrace in the afternoon , or in the evening relax with a drink in the rustic ‘ stuberl ’ bar .
21 Alan Gowling , for example , gained a Master 's degree before pursuing his professional sports career with a variety of football league clubs .
22 Heaven forbid , but the urge to shoehorn into the calendar as much of it as possible continues unabated , leading at times to brain-numbing events such as the three-match Pakistan versus England knockabout immediately after the World Cup — which was a bit like lighting the cigar after a five-course a la carte dinner , then having the waiter arrive with a tureen of porridge .
23 Manolis , who runs the hotel , is particularly proud of the bar which serves snacks and boasts TV and music systems to make the whole place go with a swing .
24 Susan Brookes ' New World travels end with a trip down Mexico way
25 Whereas non-infected individuals respond with largely type-specific responses , infected individuals respond with a profile distinctly different from the normal individual .
26 Days start with a morning chat , and most windsurfing takes place in the large bay .
27 Their writings engage with a spectrum of the cultural and theological traditions of medieval Europe .
28 The thing actually works as a SCSI device , but because so few PCs come with a SCSI port most people use the built-in SCSI-to-parallel converter .
29 The Christian writers of the Roman imperial period write with a freshness and excitement which is absent from most of the non-Christian authors .
30 When it 's all over around 2am , the crew celebrate with a drink or five upstairs , and Michaela tells us she 's just signed a record deal with London Records .
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