Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [adv prt] with [art] " in BNC.
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1 | This puts a healthy pressure on the insurer to provide good quality policies and back them up with a fast and fair administrative and claims service . |
2 | Well it says in the book , push them back with a stick . |
3 | Why not just send them out with a n y'know a nice letter and the voucher . |
4 | It was the Richard Branson that would throw anybody in a swimming-pool — literally and metaphorically — often forgetful of the cost , be it of a junior employee 's ruined wristwatch or an editor 's dignity ( the watch could be paid for afterwards : dignity was harder to repair ) ; the Richard Branson that , when playing wicket-keeper in a company cricket match , would tie cotton round the bails and then ‘ when the batsman has been in long enough ’ yank them off with a roar of laughter , all the more resounding for the look of fury on the fallguy 's face . |
5 | If you 're a bit large on the hips , top them off with a loose T-shirt . |
6 | Well knock me down with a naked Klingon ! |
7 | ‘ Knock me down with a feather , to coin a phrase , ’ said Andrée , ‘ it 's his , it 's saintly Michel 's retreat . |
8 | I I do n't know dust them up with a a cloth and a bit of Pledge I expect . |
9 | My advice to agencies : send someone out with a quid or so to buy a magazine before you advertise in it ; or better still , have those editorial folk over for a Gordon 's & Tonic . . . . |
10 | Just write it on a memo form Paul and send it round with a circulation slip , and those who feel they want to get involved put their name down , probably the quickest way of doing it . |
11 | It lay around the office for a day or two , until someone had time to open it and send it back with a brief note , giving the time and circumstances of Elsie 's death . |
12 | Fill in the coupon on this page and send it off with the appropriate cheque |
13 | In this way you can hook the oedematous scrotum and winch it up with the anaesthetised patient prone . |
14 | Other lenders may advance 95 per cent of the purchase price and then top it up with a five per cent loan from an insurance company . |
15 | Well , knock us down with a feather . |
16 | Simply look at the four hairstyles pictured below , match them up with the occasion you think most suitable and complete the entry form . |
17 | Their Inasia Shampoo Bars cost £2.25 and the only snag is that you might get muddled on the side of the bath and mix them up with the soap . |
18 | Find some of them , Harriet , mix them in with the glamour — and see what you get . |
19 | Generally what we do for the engineers that come in [ is ] , we put them up with a senior guy , to go on the system , and bring them up that way … . |
20 | So , while I stood off their changes and challenges with the right hand , I let them in with the left . |
21 | I have to say first though , that this august body then let itself down with a bang before a ball had been bowled . |
22 | Like , I did n't know whether to believe him or not , but you 'd feel wick if he was n't spoofing , so I let him off with a caution . |
23 | Mix it in with the your |
24 | Yeah , but this has n't it sho , it , first put it up with no glass , so they put the glass in then it looked like a mirror |
25 | As I speak , a chance now for Martin Foyle ; Foyle has scored for Oxford , he 's done it , Oxford have pulled one back , tremendous through ball for Martin Foyle , he cheeked his way round the goalkeeper , put it in with the side of his foot so you 've come at exactly the right time , thirty one minutes gone , Spurs two , Oxford United one and the goal coming from Martin Foyle . |
26 | He cheeked his way round the goalkeeper , put it in with the side of his foot , so you 've come at exactly the right time , thirty one minutes gone , Spurs two , Oxford United one . |
27 | Freddie grabbed at his glass and took a quick swig of ale then put it down with a bang on the wooden table . |
28 | He do n't want one , I put it back with the rest . |
29 | Lay a piece of masking tape at the centre point of the hearth , then line it up with the plumb bob |
30 | If I 'm knitting Fair Isle , I line it up with the N1 cam because I also have to pass that . |