Example sentences of "and with [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only now mattered , for the present moment was so filled with beauty that it smothered the effort of climbing , and with every gasp of breath came a physical response to the glory of the day . |
| 2 | He was pallid , and with every mark of approaching dissolution , excepting loss of spirits . |
| 3 | We placed the beautiful red , white and blue wreath at the base of the headstone of Thomas 's grave , with a ‘ Peace ’ rose , brought from our garden in England , still in full bloom and with every petal intact , in front . |
| 4 | Colour came later , even in the glass of the great east window ; first there was only the shape of comparative light , then gradually the lattice-work of the lead cames , a filigree of shapes that had no meaning until the warmth of approaching dawn conjured into them cloudy reds and blues and greens , and with every minute breathed into them a purer brightness and a sharper clarity . |
| 5 | And with every rest so the views increased . |
| 6 | It had been a Church of Ireland rectory once , where some forgotten incumbent , a keen hunting man , had built a delightful little yard , adjoining the house and with every horsebox looking into the sun ; with a hundred acres of good limestone land , the place was just the thing for Andrew and his horse-dealing . |
| 7 | I know it would be premature , but at twenty-eight weeks there 's a very good chance of survival , and with every day of your pregnancy that passes , that chance improves . ’ |
| 8 | It was as though someone had turned on a current of electricity , and with every second that passed the image became brighter and stronger . |
| 9 | He sucked at her breasts , tasting them , then her stomach , and with every feel of his mouth she thought that she would explode . |
| 10 | Again , she had only ever seen pictures of rooms like this in magazines , in the homes of film stars : enormous chambers furnished as this one was with deep wing chairs and buttoned leather chesterfields , warmed by a huge log fire blazing in the grate , and with every wall hung with various and ornately framed oil paintings . |
| 11 | Very few of us remain confident of our personal power in every situation and with every sort of person . |
| 12 | as if she were being asked to walk across a sheet of ice , and with every step her confidence was faltering . |
| 13 | It took a very short time indeed , and with every step Jenna 's trembling lessened , although she refused to think about the last few moments in the barn with Alain . |
| 14 | I needed to go to the toilet , and with every step I took there seemed to be more convulsions from my guts . |
| 15 | Dorothea prayed , very formally and with no hope whatsoever , for Eleanor Thorne . |
| 16 | But in the main her mother had continued to live in her own world and her father in his , and she herself had been waging an inward war of words against the narrowness of her existence and with no hope of seeing a way out : she had given the final ‘ no ’ to Henry Stalwort and convinced Peter Chambers that it was useless him thinking she would change her mind . |
| 17 | Allen , ankle-deep in water and with no hope of carrying the ball forward , chalked up his 14th of the season when he unleashed a crashing 25-yard volley which gave goalkeeper Graziani no chance . |
| 18 | Alone forever , and with no hope , no joy , no warmth … |
| 19 | Would you prefer to move to a flat — one without so much as a balcony and with no windowsills — or to concrete your garden over and spend your days watching your neighbours at work ? |
| 20 | This was achieved through a carefully planned programme of voluntary redundancies and with no manufacturing disruption or imbalance to the skill mix . |
| 21 | Imagine how they must have felt in St Peter 's Square at the start of their journey — apprehensive , isolated and with no knowledge of either Italian , French or German . |
| 22 | Old people with poor housing and with no families or supportive neighbours fill more geriatric beds . |
| 23 | In such a case the impression is given that Jesus is , as it were on his own , and with no reference needing to be made to the other persons of the trinity , God . |
| 24 | Candidates having been selected , and with no reference to that imaginary balanced slate , how does the Irish voter choose between them ? |
| 25 | Unable to buy and with no council houses available many agricultural workers are forced to seek accommodation in the only local alternative that is available to them — tied cottages . |
| 26 | At one extreme were the countries characterized as majoritarian on both dimensions : in both the United Kingdom and New Zealand , for example , power is concentrated into the majority party ; n a two-party ( or virtually so ) system , where rule occurs without a written constitution and with no dispersal of power to subsidiary governments . |
| 27 | It was only a cast-iron lump with pushrod valvegear , of course , and with no pretensions to be anything more exotic ; even in 1964 we observed that ‘ although this comparatively unsophisticated six-cylinder engine must now be very near the end of its development , it seems to have gained in flexibility and is virtually free from any temperament . ’ |
| 28 | The big fellow 's progress will be followed with intense interest by those on both sides of the fence in the argument about his best position , but he soldiers on , keen to learn and with no pretensions . |
| 29 | The ‘ most dreadful ’ feeling was being completely exposed to the bombing , powerless to do anything about it , and with no sign of any retaliation . |
| 30 | ‘ Here am I , in my thirteenth summer and wedded to a boy of ten who will be unable to complete the marriage for at least five years — and with no sign of a bosom to show I am truly a damsel full grown ! ’ |