Example sentences of "with [det] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dave Mellor did not have it away with that repellent tart . |
| 2 | Anyone who has ever had a close encounter with that lethal spirit tequila ( accurately described here as liquid plutonium ) will experience an agreeable sense of schadenfreude as the characters toss back the shots with reckless abandon , while the evocation of the hideous , hungover morning-after is hilariously achieved . |
| 3 | That her husband should have battled with that terrible illness for so long , and then after all of that should have died . |
| 4 | Do n't just stand there with that hateful expression on your face ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ He just upped and went off with that posh woman . |
| 6 | ‘ So , ’ she said , ‘ how did you get on with that young man 's friend last night ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I think I 'll go across and have a chat with that young fallow who came in the other day , ’ Phil said in a conversational tone to no one in particular and rushed out to Sister Cooney 's office . |
| 8 | The picture was signed " Madeleine Bernard " , and Alexander told Frederica that Gauguin had flirted seriously with that young woman , had characterised her , as was fashionable at the time , as having the desirable , unattainable androgynous perfection , complete sensuality combined with unattainable self-sufficiency . |
| 9 | ‘ You will like these , ’ he said , with that absolute certitude she had once found so infuriating . |
| 10 | In a walk around the garden of GHQ on April 30th , Falkenhayn , with that sure touch of his , managed to reassure his master , who then declared to Bethmann : ‘ Now you have the choice between America and Verdun ! ’ |
| 11 | There 's a game we play , Bustos and I , with that saliva-steeped tennis ball of his ; and he likes to twirl those sticks . |
| 12 | Out in the street , the night air was warm , velvety with that mauvish softness peculiar to Mediterranean evenings . |
| 13 | You 're going around with that ex-fractured tib and pelvis , are n't you ? |
| 14 | Thousands of Indonesians were conscripted into labour corps , and these romushas were treated with that callous indifference verging on brutality which characterised Japanese practices throughout South-East Asia . |
| 15 | But it 's definitely a unique sound , with that percussive effect that ca n't be recreated on an electric bass — and I know that because I 've been getting sampled a lot recently … |
| 16 | Secondly , as a key line of argument ( and as implied by the communication paths indicated on Diagram 2 ) , by definition here , ‘ External Library and Information Centres ’ are only concerned with that environmental information which is ‘ publicly available ’ . |
| 17 | Kenamun was a tall man — too tall , with that fragile thinness which accompanies extreme height . |
| 18 | as if with that spare strength he used to enjoy , |
| 19 | Delve into their affairs , however , and you are likely to be met with that fixed stare — all Scorpios have piercing eyes — which says mind your own business . |
| 20 | The archaeologist stood watching them with that fixed grin , staring into their souls . |
| 21 | And topping them up with that plangent wine |
| 22 | John Simon found Dustin ‘ always endearing with that sour-grapefruit face and voice of his , both of which , paradoxically , ooze the juice of human kindness ’ , while David Thomson thought that Dustin ‘ was near his best , managing old age easily and riding the picaresque adventures of a put-upon outcast all the better because of his own denial of starriness . |
| 23 | I was on my own now , faced with that half-obliterated turn at the V-point of the side gorge where water pouring over the track was eating away at the surface . |
| 24 | ‘ Everyone 's got fed up with that lame club PA vibe , they want to hear it done better on stage than on record again . |
| 25 | Could at least think about it , visualize it again , if not with pleasure , at least not with that sick-making horror of the past few weeks . |
| 26 | I said , he 's having an affaire with that Swedish girl . |
| 27 | And , with that cool expression on his face , there was something daunting about him . |
| 28 | For , trying to analyse why she should want to see him again so badly , she realised that the only thing she could be positive of was that her wanting to see him again had nothing whatsoever to do with that infernal interview ! |
| 29 | The port , as it may be called , or double canal head in the town crowded with coal barges is a noble spectacle , with that prodigious animation which the immense trade of this place could alone give . |
| 30 | For examples of this way of writing seen in the American manner , that is , told with that tremendous briskness of pace and with a fine spattering of one-line wisecracks , let me recommend the farce crime novels of Donald E. Westlake . |