Example sentences of "[adv prt] with [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The loss of the aerodynamic download normally provided by the horizontal tail surfaces in cruising flight caused the aircraft to pitch rapidly nose down with no possibility of recovery from the ensuing dive . |
| 2 | There are many lessons to be learnt from accounts of buildings knocked down with no care for wall paintings and historic artifacts , and certainly no interest in their architectural importance . |
| 3 | He gulped the syllable , taking it down with a swallow of air . |
| 4 | If the organizer calls ‘ submarines ’ everyone lies down with a leg in the air . |
| 5 | That evening Sid and I dined off piping hot oxtail soup , steak and kidney pie , followed by a very rich plum duff , all washed down with a bottle of French cider , given to us by the old Frenchman who lived in the cottage near the entrance to the orchard . |
| 6 | This was all washed down with a bottle of red wine . |
| 7 | Washed down with a bottle of Riesling Schonenbourg — Tim 's choice from the Orient Express menu . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , whatever was that ? ’ she used to cry , sitting down with a thump on anything that was handy , whenever one of them exploded within hearing . |
| 9 | Miss Jarman sat down with a thump in the matching wing chair on the other side of the fireplace . |
| 10 | He laid the diagram out on the desk-top , weighting each corner down with a pile of papers . |
| 11 | I stood in the middle of the road , conscious of my affrontery , flagging it down with a bundle of banknotes . |
| 12 | Pile up all the layers of seaweed in the same way as you would ordinary pressed material ( see p. 38 ) and leave them overnight , lightly weighted down with a couple of books . |
| 13 | The lights are kept down with a couple of bricks . |
| 14 | I too , was listening to radio 5 on Saturday and was utterly devastated to hear that we 'd gone 1–0 down with a couple of minutes to go , but at 2.7 million Deano saved the day . |
| 15 | Mostyn reacted , and brought the sumpsucker with the shotgun down with a burst of fire . |
| 16 | I gave it a coat yesterday morning and then it hardened up and I rubbed it down with a bit of fine wire wool today |
| 17 | Hope he comes down with a cold in the next few days . |
| 18 | ‘ I did n't expect this treatment from my father 's oldest friend , ’ said Monks angrily , sitting down with a frown on his face . |
| 19 | Hard down with a horror of height : |
| 20 | Darius grabs a wedge , ices it with half an inch of butter , crams it in his mouth and washes it down with a can of Coke . |
| 21 | He had breakfasted lightly on Marmite and toast washed down with a pot of tea . |
| 22 | Nails went upstairs and after a long time came down with a pair of paint-spattered dungarees and two pairs of jeans belonging to his father who weighed about sixteen stone , two jerseys of Gary 's and a navy-blue suit of indeterminate ancestry . |
| 23 | Let your child wash the medicine down with a mouthful of his or her favourite drink , so that an association can be made between the taste of medicine and something more pleasant . ’ |
| 24 | Carolyn sat on her bed and swallowed the sleeping tablets , washing each down with a mouthful of water . |
| 25 | He had climbed in and settled himself down with a sigh of contentment at the way the softness and smoothness of the upholstered seats favoured his weary limbs . |
| 26 | Maxham removed an empty paint tin from the seat of the nearest armchair and sat down with a sigh of relief ‘ I 've got this verruca , ’ he confided . |
| 27 | " Not , " Steven said , sitting forward and tapping the desk as Mr Starke sat back , slumping down with a sigh in his seat and shaking his head , smiling slightly , " because I wanted to , either . |
| 28 | Feeling a strong need for nursery food , Amiss shoved a shepherd 's pie in the microwave , cooked himself some peas and washed the lot down with a pint of milk . |
| 29 | And then Ratagan went down with a grypesh at his throat , and Riven forgot about hesitating . |
| 30 | She watched covertly as he sat down with a drink on the opposite side of the room from her and then proceeded carefully to avoid her eye , by turning to talk to the person seated on the sofa beside him . |