Example sentences of "[prep] be [verb] with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The LDP also suffered from the continuing consequences of the Recruit scandal ( in October Hishashi Shinto , one of the country 's most senior industrialists , was given a suspended two-year sentence for his role in the affair — see p. 37780 ) and the resignation from the party of a former Cabinet Minister , Toshiyuki Inamura , after being charged with large-scale tax evasion [ see p. 37917 ] . |
| 2 | A TEENAGE mother banned from seeing her six-month-old baby girl after being charged with ill treating her in a cot at a London hospital ward , can now visit her under social services supervision . |
| 3 | GLADIATORS TV presenter Ulrika Jonson has confessed to ‘ marital problems ’ after being pictured with another man . |
| 4 | She said as much to Bunny , who , after being furnished with certain examples of this refreshing trait , decided he ought to look into the matter . |
| 5 | The doors to the kitchens seemed to be the originals , stripped and revarnished and rehung after being fitted with modern Yale locks . |
| 6 | Almost a thousand haemophiliacs are fighting for compensation after being treated with imported blood products . |
| 7 | Brian Mounsey , 24 , who has lived in Thailand for the past three years , was arrested after being found with two kilos of heroin . |
| 8 | Thousands of pensioners will probably vote No , after being bombarded with groundless warnings of cuts in their high pensions if the treaty survives . |
| 9 | Zomax , Distalgesic and Opren ( this issue , p 729 ) came under fire after being linked with unacceptable side effects . |
| 10 | England international Richard Knight has teamed up again with Berwick on their return to the Second Division after being linked with leading First Division teams . |
| 11 | In 1937 the type was tested on twin-floats , setting several more records in this configuration , and during 1942 numerous examples were used in combat after being modified with various armament configurations involving guns mounted on the wings or fuselage and even on the undercarriage spats . |
| 12 | A misadventure verdict 's been recorded on a man who died in hospital after being admitted with broken ribs . |
| 13 | ‘ ( 1 ) The Bank may , on an application duly made in accordance with section 8 above and after being provided with all such information , documents and reports as it may require under that section , grant or refuse the application . |
| 14 | if I 'd got here a minute quicker I 'd got you some chocolate biscuits you could of been having with that cup of tea |
| 15 | There are some things which no one would wish to know for their own sake , some subjects which have no possibility of being endowed with general significance . |
| 16 | Under the bill , anyone who falsely accused fruit or vegetables of being tainted with dangerous preservatives or pesticides could be fined up to three times the value of lost product . |
| 17 | Finally , as if all this was n't enough , the effects of being covered with this diseased , filthy mucus are identical to those from falling into the Miasmic Marsh ( area 63 ) — although they are not cumulative with those effects . |
| 18 | Cannigione is idea for expert windsurfers who want to try dinghy sailing , or intermediates and experts who are gamblers enough to trade the possibility of 6 days howling wind with the equal possibility of being hit with 8 days of pleasant summer breezes ! |
| 19 | He had the distinction of being viewed with deep suspicion by Seán Mac Stíofáin and William Craig , who both saw him as being responsible for leading the republican movement in a Communist direction . |
| 20 | My Lords , this appeal raises the question whether two decisions of your Lordships ' House upon the proper construction of certain provisions of the Theft Act 1968 are capable of being reconciled with each other , and , if so , in what manner . |
| 21 | The crop therefore has to be picked in an immature state if retailers are not to run the risk of being left with over-soft , unsaleable tomatoes . |
| 22 | Memos and letters have a habit of being decorated with dozens of fonts or cute little pieces of artwork . |
| 23 | All you two think of is fighting with each other . |
| 24 | That quality is not inherent in us , like being born with beautiful blue eyes or a lovely skin , so that some people naturally have good relationships and others equally naturally do not . |
| 25 | He was , however , called on to perform some elaborate visual gags , like being patched with sticky tape to represent treacle . |
| 26 | It was like being ambushed with filthy snowballs ; they materialized without warning , crashed painfully against the eardrums , and buffeted the aircraft . |
| 27 | The room they took me into was walled with white tiles and bright with fluorescent lighting . |
| 28 | Here is a woman who insists upon being treated with all the formality of royal protocol . |
| 29 | The club 's Revenue Account , which shows a profit of £8 4s. 3d. , benefits from being credited with all the subscriptions paid since the summer of 1907 , against course upkeep , which does not officially begin until May 1908 on ‘ hand over ’ . |
| 30 | Here is a passage which shows that a survey can benefit from being used with other books ( even though three of the sculptures mentioned are illustrated by Janson ) . |