Example sentences of "they [vb base] with a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fat Watt watched them go with a satisfied air . |
| 2 | So they conclude with a social policy agenda . |
| 3 | If they are made to feel lesser , to any type of women they react with a certain machismo to try and subvert that . |
| 4 | They begin with a lukewarm rendition of their second single ‘ Suzanne ’ and exude a self-conscious hesitancy , although I 'm told they 're a roaring juggernaut of assurance compared to their earlier live self . |
| 5 | When the sun rises they shine with a brilliant light that makes it impossible to keep one 's eyes fixed upon it . |
| 6 | 1 CONSTABULARY — Often the first point of contact , they deal with a wide range of enquiries ( over 10,000 per year ) on : |
| 7 | The ideas exchanged during the competition will be put into practise by crews when next they deal with a real accident . |
| 8 | Young , subordinate females will do better if they mate with a new male . |
| 9 | See what they do with a long pink flannel ? |
| 10 | They live with a constant dread of the telephone ringing because they fear it will bring bad news . |
| 11 | They start with a normal apple variety which has a strong rootstock . |
| 12 | One of these classes loves a great musical treat , that is , a powerful sound ; to that end they play with a rich texture , extremely fast , study the most difficult and the fastest octaves . |
| 13 | They play with a raw , unsmiling aggression that cuts through the crappy circumstances . |
| 14 | For the past decade , the two have been exploring the boundaries of costume exhibitions at New York 's Fashion Institute of Technology , from which they come with a dazzling reputation . |
| 15 | Look out for a special offer at the moment of four different packs of Reeforms suitable for tanks from 30″ to 4 ′ at a 20% discount , and they come with a free high-quality Reef Forms T-shirt . |
| 16 | At night they are particularly spectacular for they glow with a bright purple luminescence and if you touch them , ghostly waves of light pulsate along their slowly writhing arms . |
| 17 | This may be because they occur only in association with a particular element , like the cran — of cranberry , or because they occur with a particular semantic value only in the context of one other element , like the — en of oxen , the ab — of abnormal , or foot in foot the bill ; in a case of collocational uniqueness of either of these types , no contrast in which the unique element participates can be tested in a distinct linguistic environment . |