Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] with [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the challenge to keep abreast of technological developments in aviation was one I entered into with considerable enthusiasm when I was appointed Deputy Chief Inspector in 1967 . |
| 2 | You and Doyle were following Latowa , the only student we knew of with any sort of modus operandi . |
| 3 | The fact that most of the players in the Olympic match were from England seems to have borne this out , and our Blundellian correspondent sadly reflects : ‘ A cricketer in France is a stranger in a strange land looked upon with mingled awe and contempt by the average Frenchman . ’ |
| 4 | No doubt his poem , which congressmen listened to with deepest embarrassment , sounded better late at night , after a beer or two . |
| 5 | Every so often his remarks contained a savage and wounding bite which the Government front bench listened to with increasing nervousness . |
| 6 | This was regarded and listened to with some incredulity by the majority of the airmen , whose main ambition regarding Waafs had much to do with getting them into dark corners , like behind the Naafi , and nothing whatever to do with playing the flute or any other instrument . |
| 7 | She comments also on the ambiguous fascination these theorists exhibit with regard to their own practice : ‘ it is all a beautiful , theoretical game , that they themselves do n't perhaps really believe in , but indulge in it as one indulges in a passion , overwhelming at the time then looked at with mild amusement , a passion for beautiful systems ’ ( 614 ) . |
| 8 | His main relief was farming , which he engaged in with considerable proficiency . |