Example sentences of "with [adv] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | While I was speaking , Miss J. looked out of the window in a sarcastic manner and when I had finished she said ‘ thank you ’ very politely but with rather a sneering look . |
2 | Only instruments with rather a metallic sound recorded well : the solo banjo , the brass band , and percussion instruments such as bells and xylophones . |
3 | My final stock will include shoals of all or some of the following — Zebra Danios , White Cloud Mountain Minnows , Black Widow Tetras , Red Eye Tetras , American Flagfish , Rosy Barbs , and Aurulius Barbs , with perhaps a bottom-lurking pair of Plecs or Callychthids . |
4 | I mean what they 're considering at the moment is making Trumpton into a live-section , full-blown Broadway show , with perhaps a major star playing the train driver . |
5 | On the evidence of postcrania , Sivapithecus was similar to other Miocene apes in being an arboreal quadruped with perhaps a terrestrial component as well . |
6 | It could well be that Matadial was thoroughly discredited , even as the case ran , but with advance information her demolition could have been more clinically achieved , with perhaps a greater effect on the jury and with a better chance of involving Zaidie in the destruction of the Crown case on motive and malice . |
7 | teaching-machine-style programs with perhaps a certain degree of branching , and leading to interactive video ; |
8 | Modern Italian would be bright , primary coloured , or ‘ dolly-mixture ’ lacquered furniture , white floor and walls , with perhaps a strong dash of Memphis daring . |
9 | It was also accepted that an increase in PAF was necessary with perhaps a higher fee for active teachers with an associate fee for non-teaching teachers . |
10 | It is not known whether the original breeding arose from mutation or selection , or , some say , by crossbreeding with perhaps a French breed or the Devon . |
11 | Relying on a small bureau with perhaps a single film recorder is , as Murphy 's Law always points out , a somewhat foolish activity . |
12 | I gave him a smile with perhaps a little cruelty at its edges . |
13 | The accompaniment sounds very well when it is hummed , with perhaps a few words here and there while the solo part rests , or to join with it at a point of culmination . |
14 | Old kitchen or office chairs — there are always some in secondhand and junk shops — look fine stripped and painted in a variety of colours , some red , some pink or purple , for example , or all white with perhaps a coloured strut or leg , or all black . |
15 | A typical training programme usually takes the form of a series of workshops , sometimes in a residential setting , lasting around three days with perhaps a follow-up day a few months later . |
16 | He was a rich farmer now , while Doyle was still dirt poor and broke his back in the Arbuthnots ' garden with only a lazy boy to help him . |
17 | Arlington Mill is well worth exploring , even for those with only a passing interest in milling history , its other exhibits and displays both interesting and informative . |
18 | The backlash is awaited with interest by everyone , even those with only a passing interest in the music scene . |
19 | The ATP Tour , Year Two : 1991 , is a book for the enthusiast although it is also a book that you would have no hesitation in showing off to your friends , even those with only a passing interest in the game . |
20 | The reference to the assassination of Dr King is perfunctory , with only a passing mention of his funeral and a few shouts about his death . |
21 | Once a medieval city of magnificent palaces , gardens and bazaars , Silves was now a provincial backwater ; with only a Moorish fortress and twelfth-century cathedral to remind visitors of its former greatness . |
22 | Yet many tasks that are suitable for delegation may have to start with only a vague instruction . |
23 | Claims submitted with only a vague description of how loss/damage occurred . |
24 | Feeling grubby , and , she had to admit , starving hungry , and not at all liking the idea of hiding in her room with only a rumbling tummy for company , she had a quick wash , then changed into clean clothes . |
25 | The arm spines of A. palmeri are very different from Mortensen 's specimen ; they are thick with a very distinct hook , the arm spines of A. otteri are slender with only a small hook , like those of the Ingolf specimens . |
26 | It was possible with only a small selection of gouges to find the appropriate one to fit the circumference of the eyeball , using the gouge on both sides . |
27 | The lateral extensions of its body enable it to remain aloft with only a small expenditure of energy using the water for support as gliders use air . |
28 | There are no genital slits but the genital plate has two branches : a long one lying adjacent to the arm and a slightly shorter one lying adjacent to that with only a small slit between them . |
29 | With only a small admission fee , the large layout is mainly directed towards youngsters of all age groups but adults will definitely find much of interest . |
30 | For a coarse to medium grained mature sandstone , with only a small fraction of clay , porosity ranges from 15 pu or more at around 2200 m to I pu or less below 6500 m . |