Example sentences of "[noun prp] with a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Typical was the hexagonal tile , painted by Picasso with a bull and inscribed to Cooper , estimated at $6–8,000 and sold to a phone bidder for $42,000 ( £23,300 ) , the lot of eight lithographed greeting cards by Braque , sold for $15,000 ( £8,300 ) ( est. $2,000–3,000 ) , a nine-item lot of small drawings and autographed and inscribed photographs by Picasso , Miró , Braque and Leger , sold for $8,000 ( £4,400 ) ( est. $500–700 ) and a lot of three delicate watercolours by Picasso 's mistress Dora Maar ( est. $600–800 ) bought by Paloma Picasso , the artist 's daughter by his subsequent mistress , Françoise Gilot , for $5,000 ( £2,800 ) . |
| 2 | Mr Shevardnadze with an American as his deputy would make a formidable team . |
| 3 | Frank wanted David to give me a down-sweep with the baton , but as anyone can observe , when I am in full flight I 'm really running high , and this presented David with a problem as he is quite a short fellow . |
| 4 | There is a danger of precipitating asystole or electromechanical dissociation , so this technique should not be used for VT with a pulse unless a defibrillator and pacemaker are immediately available . |
| 5 | Kraal was inclined to say , fixing Woil with a glare and flexing his talons back and forth to make it clear that it was just as well there were three cages between them because if there were n't … |
| 6 | It was over two years after I had subtracted Blyth with an adder that I found an opportunity to get rid of Paul . |
| 7 | The pilot scheme connects a grocery and distribution group in Dundee with a soap and toiletries manufacturer in Manchester . |
| 8 | Compared John Campbell , charmer , and being interrogated if he had practiced a charme att Port Askaig with a bible and a key , reading some verses in the fiftieth psalm in order to find out theft , did acknowledge the said charme . |
| 9 | Compared John Campbell , charmer , and being interrogated if he had practiced a charme att Port Askaig with a bible and a key , reading some verses in the fiftieth psalm in order to find out theft , did acknowledge the said charme . |
| 10 | Ian Redford pulled one back for St Johnstone with a header but Nicholas scored again after 75 minutes to restore Celtic 's two-goal cushion . |
| 11 | Equipped by Morag Hood with an accent that sounds strangely reminiscent of Edward Fox as the Duke of Windsor , Vivien stops Walter in his tracks by announcing that she is pregnant . |
| 12 | She dismissed Swan with a smile and , having fumbled in her shoulder bag for her copy of The Times House of Commons , turned to Arden . |
| 13 | Shortly afterwards , in May 1980 , Clive Lloyd and Co. arrived in England with a squad that included Holding , Roberts , Garner , Marshall and Cruft . |
| 14 | Neneh grew up with her brother Eagle Eye — currently a struggling actor in New York — and shared father Ahmadu Jah with a half-brother and half-sister , Cherno and Tityo ( Tityo lives in Stockholm and is signed to Arista records as a singer ) . |
| 15 | A new route on the Czech airline offers 13 nights in Cuba with an evening and full board in Prague on the return flight . |
| 16 | In the economic doctors ' opinion , the collapse of communism left Russia with a government and civil service barely able to do anything . |
| 17 | On a similar mission to Chor- zow in 1973 , Alf Ramsey sought security with five defenders , but Moore , put through his own goal , presented Lubanski with a second and the Poles won 2-0 . |
| 18 | It offers two options , Tessa with a Plus and Tessa Plus Income . |
| 19 | Were , therefore , the deputies of the Cortes to limit themselves to the study of the ‘ means and methods of expelling the French army ’ , or was their sacred task to endow Spain with a constitution that would limit the despotism which had ended in French invasion ? |
| 20 | We also operate an evening trip to Fort Liberty with a show and huge American-style meal with free drinks all night . |
| 21 | Pete gagged Donald with an apron that had a picture of a spaniel on it . |
| 22 | Rod Turnbull , Joint M.D. presented Riba with a cheque and a large card , signed by all those who had contributed , wishing her a happy retirement . |
| 23 | ‘ They beat us at Filbert Street with a goal that should n't have stood . ’ |
| 24 | Gotrek claimed that if they wished they could come to Karaz-a-Karak with an army and plead for its return . |
| 25 | She sat on one of the longest-haired mats , draped the dogs around her , and catechized him about Fred with an insistence that he took for childishness . |
| 26 | ‘ Now we have got Cecil Parkinson , a kind of Paul Channon with a chin and a smile , Maggie 's trouble-shooter . ’ |
| 27 | The Federal Assembly has made a mess of the country 's name , rejecting the Czecho-Slovakia with a hyphen and finally agreeing on the Czech and Slovak Federated Republic ( CFSR ) . |
| 28 | In New York Duchamps provided the Mona Lisa with a moustache and Picabia painted absurd machines that mocked technology and efficiency . |
| 29 | So the sudden lightning-spark of indigo that jumped from him even as the thought crystallized in his head struck Jezrael with an intensity that shook her . |
| 30 | By twelve , I had learned how to bargain with the suppliers at Covent Garden while displaying a poker face , later selling the same produce to the customers back in Whitechapel with a grin that stretched from ear to ear . |