Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv prt] with an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The paper bag slipped , she grabbed it and it tore open at the bottom , spilling its contents onto the empty teacups near Miss Angus and turning some of them over with an attention-drawing rattle . |
| 2 | I lit a cigarette , whose first jab doubled me up with an unmufflable bark of outrage from my lungs . |
| 3 | He 'd flick them out with an old hickory shafted wedge and say , ‘ Keep going , son . ’ |
| 4 | He shook her off with an irritable gesture and turned to the gendarme . |
| 5 | Switching the engine off , he leaned over and kissed her again , and this time she was waiting for him , kissing him back with an inner longing . |
| 6 | Stiffly , she spun on her heel and began to march away , but Roman caught her arm , hauling her back with an insulting lack of effort . |
| 7 | Cover the pot with a polythene bag and fix it on with an elastic band . |
| 8 | If you 've got rid of a doorway , or turned two rooms into one , round it off with an arch kit which you plaster over ; add stylish fibrous plaster arch mouldings and corbels ; or frame it in wood . |
| 9 | Lee Sharpe 's fourth goal in three games opened the way after seven minutes , Cantona rapped in a 45th minute penalty and Steve Bruce wrapped it up with an 88th minute header . |
| 10 | Spell it out with an alphabetically-adaptable A-Z non-stick ‘ Educated Cake pan ’ , about £22.95 ; from . |
| 11 | Start by preparing the old path surface , brush it out with an old broom and leave it to become tacky . |
| 12 | MOTORIST Janet Glover put her new £10,000 Toyota Corolla in for its first service — and got it back with an unwanted extra . |
| 13 | ‘ A draw would keep us in with an outside chance of going to the States . |
| 14 | There is no silver foil , so Crilly sets us up with an empty chocolate wrapping from his pocket . |
| 15 | ‘ I would like to have seen him holding us back with an old sword in his hand . ’ |
| 16 | You will recall that in 1926 , when A W Carr disastrously won the toss and put the Australians in , it was George who bailed us out with an unbeaten 76 . |