Example sentences of "was [verb] with the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My imagination was furnished with the passionate martyrdom of the Protestant north . |
| 2 | Her peer group was struggling with the male menopause , of course , but the sting of rejection had been no less sharp . |
| 3 | The significance of differences was calculated with the generalised Wilcoxon test ( Breslow ) and the generalised Savage test ( Mantel-Cox ) . |
| 4 | Sir Peter acknowledged the part that the Association played in the RAF family , with its support of members past and present which was highlighted with the continued development of Eagle Lodges . |
| 5 | The weakness of the country 's political parties — traditionally they tended to be forged around individuals and networks of patronage rather than clear ideological convictions , a tendency massively accentuated during the Marcos years — was highlighted with the approaching election in the form of splits , internal conflicts and unanticipated alliances . |
| 6 | Her circulating paracetamol concentration was 943 µmol/l on admission , implying a high risk of fulminant hepatitis even if she was treated with the antioxidant acetylcysteine . |
| 7 | That simply did not happen and I was treated with the utmost courtesy and respect as a representative of a significant Church . |
| 8 | On the racecourse , in Portman Square , he was treated with the wary politeness reserved for outsiders . |
| 9 | Perhaps he had believed he was to go with the main reconnaissance party , and having written his last letter did not like to write to me again to cause me what he thought would be further confusion and anxiety . |
| 10 | Guns sank till they became useless ; rifles caked and would not fire ; even food was tainted with the inevitable mud . ’ |
| 11 | After the initial canullation and passage of a guide wire , a 7 F double pigtail polyethylene endoproshesis was placed with the proximal end above the stones and the distal end in the duodenum . |
| 12 | He fled and fled , and every door he found was painted with the black plague cross and every face he pleaded with was tinged with the red of plague fever . |
| 13 | Clare 's banner , made from an old sheet kept taut by two broom handles , was painted with the red words BAN THE BOMB . |
| 14 | He had begun the clearing and draining of the Fairfax land and was helping with the actual physical labour himself . |
| 15 | Full diplomatic relations with China were established in 1978 , and a SALT 2 treaty was completed with the Soviet Union in 1979 ( though this was not ratified by the Senate ) . |
| 16 | A farewell party was arranged with the usual outcome of everyone remembering a good evening ( we have to tell ++ ) . |
| 17 | But the dark night was filled with the metallic throbbing of insects , waves on the sand , and she got up and stood naked on the balcony . |
| 18 | At once his mind was filled with the awful picture of his wife lying in the hearth , the petrol-sodden nightclothes clinging to her body . |
| 19 | At once the room was filled with the sweet , fresh smell of mint . |
| 20 | The night was fine and the room was filled with the sweet smell of the flowers outside . |
| 21 | The rain had stopped and the air was filled with the sweet smell of freshly washed earth . |
| 22 | The kitchen was filled with the soft cosy glow of candlelight , as there were two lit candles on the mantelpiece and another on the table . |
| 23 | The basement was filled with the hoarse and ragged sound of monstrous breathing . |
| 24 | Outside the café the night sky was filled with the pale light of a ripening moon , invisible from here except as a shimmer on the quiet ocean . |
| 25 | In winter time the stoking of the fires required enormous quantities of wood , so that the Palace was filled with the constant coming and going of footmen , carriers of water or carriers of wood . |
| 26 | The air was filled with the sweetish , rotting odour of a paper mill . |
| 27 | His speech on the staircase at Conservative headquarters in Smith Square was filled with the proper pleasure of achievement but was not gloating or exultant . |
| 28 | It was stacked with the usual assortment of crates and containers , impregnable behind an ingenious array of clamps and locks . |
| 29 | Also at Metaltronix , I was toying with the lighted logo idea , and that really seemed to suit the '50s logo image — the old ones used to light up when you hit the switch , too . |
| 30 | A Social Democratic Party ( SDP ) , formed as a splinter group of the Socialist Party of Serbia ( SPS ) , was registered with the Serbian Justice Ministry on Sept. 4 . |