Example sentences of "with [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let's come back to it then , so we 've agreed a basic heading , although we need to play with that a bit , name , year tick indicates end of end of key stage |
| 2 | Stay with that a minute , erm , erm , I mean I would n't have thought we were in a position to give an assurance that er erm , that that no other complaints which appear to be outside the local ombu ombudsman 's restriction will be dealt with by support staff , I mean I should think we 're continuing looking continually looking for ways of dealing with complaints at the most efficient and effective way , and if that |
| 3 | I would disagree with that a lot . |
| 4 | Sixty-one players , compared with 32 a year ago , will earn at least $3 million and 22 will get $4 million or more . |
| 5 | So do you mean that your husband was able to continue with this a bit as well as working for ? |
| 6 | Well the , the big the single biggest cost is , is what we do with this a carpet area . |
| 7 | Crowds for the 10 matches ( Manchester City and QPR play tonight ) totalled 212,558 , compared with 285,016 a year ago . |
| 8 | Of any with half a heart or mind . |
| 9 | At low speed , power must also be used and the power associated with half a bar attitude change would be 200 rpm or 1–2 ins MP . |
| 10 | ‘ But you make me so angry , ’ she said on a short laugh , ‘ when anyone with half a brain can see what is going on ! ’ |
| 11 | The monastery is full of wayfarers like me , ghosts with half a name ( I feel I 'm between names at the moment ) . |
| 12 | He said : ‘ I 've been told all the stories about how my dad used to stand in the Steering Wheel Club with half a pint of lager just waiting to talk to people and to worm his way into Formula One . |
| 13 | Brush aubergines with half a tablespoon of the olive oil and place on an oiled baking sheet . |
| 14 | Margaret , a 58-year-old housewife , was admitted deeply unconscious to a general hospital after having taken a very large overdose of a mixture of tranquillizers , antidepressants , and paracetamol , together with half a bottle of vodka . |
| 15 | He went downstairs to the rumpus room and rummaged behind the tiny bar , and , after digging through a seemingly endless collection of empty pop bottles , came up with half a bottle of rye and some ginger ale . |
| 16 | There 's no point leaving him with half a harem , and there 's no way of telling who 's important and who 's not . ’ |
| 17 | This order was maintained as the runners came past the stands and started to make their way along the back stretch , and with half a mile to go the field was tightly bunched . |
| 18 | ‘ With half a squadron of our helicopters , their guns would melt away into the forest , ’ Mr Ashdown said . |
| 19 | Detectives believe Rachel 's drink was spiked with half a tablet of the designer drug at a private party . |
| 20 | She was confusing her poor machine with half a row of the new pattern , when it still had some of the last row in its little cogs . |
| 21 | Zouher Kabbara and his cousin Nadim Kabbara had been arrested at Rome airport with half a kilo of heroin about a month before Coleman arrived on Cyprus . |
| 22 | You do n't get it with half a Jaffa Cake . |
| 23 | When I hear the word " tending " I think always of that confident attentiveness to the needs of the machines , the control over work that was unceasing , with half a mind and hands engaged but the looms always demanding attention . |
| 24 | You are faced with half a packet of dusty dried peas , the unopened naan bread mix that seemed such a good idea at the time and the smoked oysters left over from last year 's Christmas hamper . |
| 25 | I used to go with half a ton of sweets in my back pocket . |
| 26 | er job with half a team and and it could n't get done properly . |
| 27 | I baited a 6 's hook to 6lb b.s. line paternostered on a 1½ oz bomb with half a lobworm and sent it out to the marker . |
| 28 | For the first dose , the bottle should be succussed 8–12 times , and one tablespoonful of it should be diluted with half a glass of water . |
| 29 | When he answered it , it was with half a mouth . |
| 30 | Then followed a slice of bread with half a sausage lying across it . |