Example sentences of "it [verb] [adj] with " in BNC.

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1 It sleeps ten with a permanent staff of three .
2 I stand up and brush my coat down just in case it got dirty with me sitting on the ground .
3 Not this one ; it rides easy with only a trace of load-carrying compromise .
4 At least if it goes wrong with just one A&R person out front , there are plenty more to approach .
5 it sits off-centre with an odd perspective , as if seen from above .
6 It became comparable with lax payment of obligatory local and central government rates and income tax , and fines , which could spell real trouble — and gaol .
7 it tastes better with ice cream , chocolate ice cream
8 His gaze casually swept up the table instead , skimming the bowed heads and carefully composed expressions until it reached Professor St John Goth , where it stopped short with a sense of shock .
9 That is an important assurance and it stands four-square with the patients charter that we published earlier this week .
10 If it looks better with a picture , use one .
11 It looks great with the jacket and hat .
12 Mrs Stych was unloading savoury rolls and a bowl of chicken salad from the refrigerator and she kicked the door savagely , so that it slammed shut with a protesting boom .
13 Berisford formerly owned British Sugar but was forced to sell when it came unstuck with property deals in the US .
14 So it says united with the whole of reality , that means at the level of intellect , being .
15 But now , in her present jittery , restless mood , it seemed fraught with danger .
16 I would emphasize first , here speaking as one who has in the past given evidence on behalf of the Government , that the value of the scrutiny process is in part that it forces those with more direct power to consider their positions and their arguments carefully and to defend them in the face of public questioning by a Committee whose members may have long experience of the subject-matter involved .
17 If peat is used , it will grow quite tall while clay will induce it to grow compact with tougher stalks and fairly brittle leaves .
18 but did it look authentic with the thing , I mean not to the extent of
19 Cross it over , round the back , and back up to the front again , do a reef knot here and tuck your ends in straight away of course like so and then this little bit can just be tucked up where you 've crossed the two ends and make it look neater with no ends hanging out , no that , all that does is keep the dressing secure , keep infection out , okay ?
20 My heart did not leap with joy , it turned cold with panic .
21 Because it gets better with the " spiritual " treatment of Alcoholics or Narcotics Anonymous .
22 It gets easier with practice , ’ Sister Cooney said .
23 Negotiating safer sex with your partner need n't be difficult — although it may be embarrassing to start with , it gets easier with practice !
24 You do n't usually write C for current because it gets confused with lots of other like capacitance .
25 Whenever the film crew opened a cupboard in a shop to store some electrical equipment , they found it stocked high with food .
26 It sounds great with new strings and it records brilliantly : I get the real bassy sound from the amp and use the treble from the desk .
27 It took all of his strength to free the buckled doorway , but eventually it broke free with a protesting groan .
28 For me , too , it seems allied with giving the fundamental grief and despair room and expression , using them as a kind of necessary ballast but not taking so much of them on board that they swamp the vessel .
29 Some of us are puzzled by this phenomenon , because it seems incompatible with another idea we cherish , which is that people must not be blamed for acts over which they had no control , nor held responsible for unfair gains when they have gained nothing themselves .
30 As a result it enters 1993 with the twin objectives of expanding its home sales and divesting some of its landholdings .
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