Example sentences of "with a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , my dear , dear love , it is , ’ he said with a tiny smile on his lips . |
| 2 | She packed Rolling Stones and Ray Charles into a leather case , along with a tiny bottle of Chanel and a selected volume of Beat poetry , and she came to us . |
| 3 | With a tiny frown of resentment she rolled over again , took a breath and dived soundlessly to swim below the surface for one final lap . |
| 4 | At the end of the garden were the two chicken houses , a run for daytime and to the right the sleeping quarters with a tiny window about a foot square . |
| 5 | Some efforts at literacy work have been made by church groups and by the government , but they only deal with a tiny fraction of the problem . |
| 6 | Nicholson teamed up with his friend and former flatmate Don Devlin to write the script for a film called Thunder Island , a thriller which was to be shot with a tiny budget on a Caribbean island . |
| 7 | All his beers have a tempting hop resin aroma , balanced by pale and crystal malts , with a tiny proportion of chocolate malt . |
| 8 | The Third was a highbrow station , with a tiny proportion of the audience . |
| 9 | With a tiny exclamation of annoyance she came to a halt , easing the cuff of her jacket . |
| 10 | Stew or soup was followed by pumpkin , or " Grammar " pie , with a tiny tin of cream diluted with milk . |
| 11 | Colour a quarter of the remaining fondant ( about 75g/3oz ) grey with a tiny amount of black food colouring and roll out to a 35cm ( 14inch ) square . |
| 12 | Colour half the remaining fondant grey with a tiny amount of black food colouring and model a horse 's head . |
| 13 | Also notable was the number of fathers and sons out together , for perhaps three weeks with a tiny pack of basic provisions — a tent , survival knife and a fishing rod . |
| 14 | Then Ten-huc said something , with a tiny puff of blackness . |
| 15 | Freckenhorst Abbey Church ( 332 ) is typical , with flanking , circular western towers and a cliff-like central mass with a tiny doorway at the bottom , tiny windows above and surmounted by a tall roof and turret . |
| 16 | For example , if you worked with a seed head , you could show a sample of the plant from a side view and another viewed from straight on , a stem and some leaves with a tiny piece of root attached to create a very attractive design , but only do this if the plant has been grown in your garden or in that of a friend . |
| 17 | The saddle screws can be held in place with a tiny dab of superglue applied with a pin — do n't worry , the glue will not fix them permanently . |
| 18 | She just waited until the storm was over , when she pulled a clean handkerchief from her sleeve and handed it to Annunziata , remembering with a tiny moment of irrepressible pleasure the time when David had done the same for her . |
| 19 | Her sister was leaving London with a married man of whom Claudia had never heard . |
| 20 | SOCCER player Mickey Thomas was attacked with a hammer and screwdriver as he made love with a married woman in his car , a court heard yesterday . |
| 21 | Vocal opposition , such as it is , has come from people who are retired from public life , who have been purged or pushed to one side by the Ceausescu leadership , or who have been forced to make do with a moral posture on key issues , registering their dissent , but no more . |
| 22 | Was he going to be chained here for evening after evening , tearing his soul to pieces with a moral dilemma to which he was no longer sure there was one certain simple answer ? |
| 23 | At the same time , many critics show notable preference for stories with a moral conclusion over those which seem to offer simple entertainment ; and any critic who looks at a book from the angle of the potential reader rather than of the book itself is in danger of being tempted by false hierarchies . |
| 24 | ‘ Biography time , ’ he observed with a dry smile as if he 'd done this dinner-table routine with countless women before . |
| 25 | Around this time Heather took on a philosophical mood and confided all she wanted out of life was ‘ to be on dry land with a dry pair of knickers , clean teeth and to be able to wash in fresh water ’ . |
| 26 | He was tall , thin , dark haired , slightly stooped , with a dry sense of humour — a pleasant change from the humourless ciphers in the other block . |
| 27 | Bob Bennett was a typical Cockney with a dry sense of humour , who had volunteered for anything that was going just to get away from the parade-ground atmosphere of the Grenadier Guards . |
| 28 | ‘ I am , unfortunately , the one who speaks for two hours in face of Mr Agnelli , ’ says Massimo Aimetti , Iveco 's vice president , finance , with a dry sense of humour . |
| 29 | Today he is a professor of physics at Brigham Young University ( BYU ) in Provo Utah , is a world authority on the experimental investigations of muon catalysed fusion , and is a quietly spoken contemplative man with a dry sense of humour who describes his fair slightly greying hair as ‘ palladium blond ’ . |
| 30 | If you have a moisture meter , test the corners and centre of each wall just above the skirting board ; otherwise tap the plaster , feel with a dry hand for damp and coldness , and look out for loose wallpaper or flaking emulsion paint . |