Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] with a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any hope I might have entertained that Lewis and Verity 's little Hogmanay hug had been an aberration , something they would fail to follow through , or feel for some reason embarrassed about , was comprehensively quashed the next evening when they turned up together at Uncle Hamish and Aunt Tone 's , bearing all the signs of new lovers ( literally so in the case of Lewis 's neck , which displayed a line of passion purpurae worthy of an industrial vacuum cleaner , and which were ill-concealed by Lewis 's longish dark curls and a white shirt fastened with a bootlace tie ) . |
| 2 | Liability limited with a call |
| 3 | The starched front of his shirt parted with a clatter , he dropped the handful of studs into an ashtray and kicked off his black patent-leather shoes . |
| 4 | Until that is , a local man , Tristan Grey Hulse , of Bontnewydd , went searching , with permission given with a chuckle by the priest , through an old cupboard at St Winifred 's Church . |
| 5 | In that case , the plaintiff was a professional footballer registered with a league club , Newcastle United . |
| 6 | Acetylcholine ( 0.01% ) was injected in the dorsum of the foot painted with a mixture of starch and iodine . |
| 7 | He wore a cap of rabbit-fur decorated with a handful of dried grasses stuck in the seam . |
| 8 | Another beautiful volume was The Rosary by Florence M. Barclay which is a story intertwined with a song which I heard once on a record sung by Paul Robeson . |
| 9 | But the 67-year-old teetotaller added with a grin : ‘ I wo n't be drinking . |
| 10 | But Graham and Russell , if anything more composed , made them defend that advantage , and the Chelsea defence responded with a disorder to which only Ken Monkou was an exception . |
| 11 | These include a flan dish featuring the apple pie recipe and a chopping board decorated with an illustration of the Ripon Hornblower and the recipe for Wilfra tarts . |
| 12 | Left : Fruit-designed hexagonal tin filled with a selection of preserves , shortbread , tea and fruit bonbons , £24 , Crabtree & Evelyn |
| 13 | As productivity declined and inflation rose , the State under Conservative rule responded with a monetarist policy , the effect of which over the period 1979–86 took unemployment from about 1.5 million to almost 4 million . |
| 14 | Her fellow class members made sure this would n't happen again , by giving her , on qualifying , a congratulatory card decorated with a map of that elusive isle . |
| 15 | Hence the social positions of the university 's new class that Bourdieu describes in Homo Academicus are ‘ ill defined ’ and have their ‘ future surrounded with an aura of indeterminacy and vagueness ’ which ‘ allows students to perpetuate as long as possible … an indeterminacy of social identity ’ . |
| 16 | Fielding a side picked with an eye on the forthcoming Toulon tournament and an under-20 game with Italy next month , the Scots took the lead on the stroke of half-time . |
| 17 | In the 66th minute Coyle connected with a corner kick and headed past two home defenders into the Tobermore net . |
| 18 | Their programme opened with a performance of Beethoven 's Opus 18 no. 6 Quartet in which , with impeccable balance , they delicately explored all the works ' subtle nuances . |
| 19 | In an unmarked police car equipped with a speed detection computer , Peter Joslin , Warwickshire 's Chief Constable and head of Britain 's police traffic committee , showed us the type of driving which he blames for many fatal road crashes . |
| 20 | A popular image of the social researcher is of a figure armed with a clipboard who approaches you in the street , and asks if you have the time to answer a few questions . |
| 21 | Why , a silver tea tray engraved with a picture of the royal yacht Britannia and a book about Bedouin jewellery for his wives . |
| 22 | In April this year the Association helped with a USAFE Band Tour , providing standard bearers and ATC Cadets and members to sell programmes and make collections . |
| 23 | The detainee is held in a small cell equipped with a hole in the floor which serves for a toilet , a water tap ( often dry ) , a thin mattress and a blanket . |
| 24 | The only elaboration is a stipple effect produced with a sponge . |
| 25 | The recovery of a piece engraved with a horse 's head from the reindeer-hunters ' station of Meiendorf , north-east of Hamburg , shows indeed that this began during the final stage of the Ice Age . |
| 26 | The programme experimented with a variety of formats and timings to find ways around the constraints on staff time . |
| 27 | He said that this ‘ duo bus ’ needs an extra 173 hours a year for maintenance compared with a trolleybus , a diesel bus or any other bus . |
| 28 | For example , the British Dental Journal has a small circulation compared with a newspaper , but is often an authoritative source for radio and TV comment . |
| 29 | If a union complains to an industrial tribunal of failure by the employer to consult , the employer may be liable for a compensation award of up to two weeks ' pay per employee affected with a week 's salary being limited to £184 . |
| 30 | The real value of a key deposited with a neighbour comes when you are ill or incapacitated and can only call for help or reach the phone , but not reach the front door . |