Example sentences of "[adv prt] with a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The Conservatives had clearly let the economy overheat for electoral advantage in 1955 , but as soon as the election was over , clamped down with a credit squeeze and requests to trim expenditure below the agreed levels .
2 Yeah right I 'll put him down with a question mark .
3 Top the whole thing off with a dessert of chocolate mousse in strawberry sauce and wash it down with a Bordeaux red .
4 Five pirates were on their feet , and another man was lying down with a head wound .
5 The 30-year-old Warwickshire captain was the selectors ' choice after Lewis broke down with a groin strain .
6 She raised it high in the air and brought it down with a crash right on the top of the wretched Bruce Bogtrotter 's head and pieces flew all over the platform .
7 He settled down with a dance student called Jane , then ‘ one day I was sitting with her in a train station and I realised I 'd been staring at a bloke for about ten minutes ’ .
8 Next remove all the old putty from both parts of the joint and give the metal surfaces a good rub down with a wire brush and , if necessary , abrasive paper before applying two coats of bitumastic paint .
9 Before starting the repair , remove all debris and loose rust and rub down with a wire brush and abrasive paper
10 The next task is to cut the hide to a more manageable size , and I assumed that the straps would be cut out at this stage , so looked around for someone sitting down with a steel rule and a knife .
11 HOLIDAY giant Airtours touched down with a bumper set of results yesterday , considering the UK slump and the fact that the group operates from a refurbished Lancashire mill .
12 Design by Dr Ibrahim Alkhattat , the workshop will be built from small diameter larch poles contained in steel shoes and held down with a tension wire .
13 Setback number one arose the night before the game when their regular goalkeeper went down with a mystery illness .
14 John King makes a late shuffle after Neil McNab goes down with a stomach upset .
15 Rovers were forced into a pre-match reshuffle as Neil McNab went down with a stomach bug .
16 I thought I would look up and see King Tut staring down with a hacksaw blade in his hand . ’
17 When Rachel was finally writing up her reports at the end of the morning , Nina suddenly called her and asked if she could come and look at a young man who had come in with a skin rash .
18 There 's nothing to beat a handful of mushrooms in with a rabbit stew .
19 That helped meet police costs that rose by 16 per cent to a record level of £9.28m , although the Trust did weigh in with a £2.24m contribution .
20 She noticed now that there was a kind of cupboard in the corner which was likely to contain a washbasin , and a single bed , tucked in with a plaid rug .
21 Enthusiasts from the Tees Tornados bike club have also chipped in with a £100 donation .
22 The attacker moves in with a roundhouse kick to the head and the defender raises his arm to ward it off .
23 Newman came in with a faraway look .
24 Alan Davies has done a very good job in a short space of time and if he remains as coach for three seasons or more Wales will be in with a fighting chance for the future — and certainly in the next World Cup ’ .
25 We 've got 50 copies to give out , so if you did n't win anything in our last quiz do n't worry , you 're in with a fighting chance this time .
26 However the first leg performance means InterSpray is third overall and still in with a fighting chance with everything to play for in the third and final legs .
27 We were in with a medal chance .
28 The door opened , and the man came in with a woman doctor .
29 There will always be books which are worth launching with a party because you are going to get wide coverage , but the half-page ad in Cosmo on your own is n't worth half as much as an advertorial that is tied in with a bookshop group .
30 What should you do when your partner comes in with a £500 stereo purchased on the Visa card , and you know that there are no funds to pay the bill when it arrives — ignore it ?
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