Example sentences of "was [verb] with a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harriet 's drawing room , the equivalent of Rose Cottage 's humbler living room situated in the front of the building , was furnished with a mixture of modern comfortable easy chairs and several nice old pieces , a Victorian roll-top desk and a little Regency card table among them . |
| 2 | Like Finn , she believed that Lydia had now relented , mistaking her lack of interest for compliance , which led to further misunderstandings at bedtime when Lydia told Finn that he was to sleep in the tiny room where she kept the oil lamps which was furnished with a camp bed and sleeping-bag . |
| 3 | A nearby tray was furnished with a mug and a large plate scattered with the crumbs of a large slice of cake . |
| 4 | Wycombe manager Martin O'Neill revealed last night : ‘ At half-time in the original tie , David performed some miraculous running repairs on Simon Stapleton , who was struggling with a back injury . |
| 5 | Besides a US$70,000 million foreign debt , the country was struggling with a foreign-exchange crisis that had reduced reserves to under one month 's worth of imports . |
| 6 | She thought of the agency folding , of having to give up her flat , of Sebastian , who had devoted his life to his business , paying with divorce as the price of his involvement , of Jenny in Media Research who had just got married and was struggling with a mortgage , or Ben , one of the account executives , whose wife was in hospital awaiting a kidney transplant . |
| 7 | He put the holdall on the table then moved behind her chair to look over her shoulder at the entry she was underlining with a fingernail . |
| 8 | Both tubes were introduced via the nose and the position of the tubes was checked with a fluoroscope . |
| 9 | Patient compliance was checked with a diary and by counting the number of returned tablets or by calculating the quantity of amoxicillin suspension used , respectively . |
| 10 | Most noticeable change was in the newly-designed tail unit , also a chin radiator was re-introduced larger than that of the earlier Mk 1 , wing planform was altered with a reversion to full span , and a revised rear canopy which covered a cockpit designed to seat two radar operators . |
| 11 | A religious triumvirate was formed with a Catholic , Canon George Craven , and a Protestant , the Reverend William Simpson , elected to the central committee to join Rabbi Maurice Swift . |
| 12 | As I 'm sure you 'll understand , when I first came to see this awful situation I was consumed with a feeling of frustration — knowing , as I did then , that it could be some time before we 'd be in a position to intervene . |
| 13 | A percutaneous cholecystogram was done and then the fundus of the gall bladder was punctured with a Kellett needle ( 152 mm long dwell sheathed needle , Becton Dickinson , Ontario , Canada ) , using a combination of ultrasound and fluoroscopic guidance . |
| 14 | She was experimenting with a risotto when Ron Paget appeared at the door . |
| 15 | One patient was treated with a drug not normally used for the condition after it had successfully been tested on her blood . |
| 16 | In view of her deteriorating clinical condition and colonoscopic biopsy findings suggesting cytomegalovirus infection , prednisolone was withdrawn and she was treated with a course of intravenous gangcyclovir ( 500 mg daily ) for two weeks . |
| 17 | Another patient ( no 7 ) , who presented with a bulky tumour of the gastric body was treated with a polychemotherapy CHOP regimen ( cyclophosphamide , hydroxyldaunomycin , oncovin , and prednisone ) +radiation therapy . |
| 18 | Each section was treated with a drop of primary antibody ( mouse anti-human Brd Urd , Dako , High Wycombe ; 1:20 dilution in PBS ) . |
| 19 | After washing in PBS , pH 7.4 , each section was treated with a drop of primary antibody ( 1:20 dilution in PBS ) . |
| 20 | But the morning faded into the light of common day and the sun was contending with a missle ( mist/drizzle ) . |
| 21 | It has been held that a signal which was given with a lamp at night and which the driver failed to understand was not sufficient for failing to stop . |
| 22 | The last piece of information was given with a toss of her head . |
| 23 | The importance of his work was recognized with a knighthood in 1905 . |
| 24 | A low stringency screen of a Drosophila cDNA library was undertaken with a portion of human cDNA SSRP1 . |
| 25 | It relied on an effective flow of information between agencies ( see below ) and from the community and was undertaken with a view to avoiding crisis intervention and undue reliance on statutory services . |
| 26 | Gritting my teeth , I set to the task removing only trace of red rust and finally the whole job was completed with a coat of de-watering oil . |
| 27 | The sausage was extremely coarse and highly seasoned , full of solid lumps of fat and gristle , infinitely far removed from the smooth uniform bread-crumb paste of sausages in England , and it was received with a horror too deep for words . |
| 28 | The cot was a transparent box ( like a vegetable compartment in a fridge , she thought ) and it was filled with a parcel of neat white blankets . |
| 29 | When the food was cooked , or the teapot filled , it could be kept hot by standing it further along the hob , and frequently the top of the little stove was filled with a variety of utensils each giving off a rich aroma , for Mrs Curdle was a great cook . |
| 30 | When I first met Chris and Pauline Lloyd to discuss their garden and take a look at its one-in-three slope , I was filled with a mixture of admiration for them , and horror at the task ahead . |