Example sentences of "with [adv] a [adj] " 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 | So look for a neutral tone carpet , in shades of blue , pink or green with perhaps a delicate floral design . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | On the evidence of postcrania , Sivapithecus was similar to other Miocene apes in being an arboreal quadruped with perhaps a terrestrial component as well . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | If you can find a stake that long at the garden centre , it will probably be painted green , with perhaps a black painted end for the ground — do n't be deceived . |
| 9 | teaching-machine-style programs with perhaps a certain degree of branching , and leading to interactive video ; |
| 10 | Such programs take a comprehensive analysis ( more than twenty elements ) on each sample in turn , and compare it with perhaps a hundred to two hundred other samples to try to find a close ‘ match ’ . |
| 11 | Modern Italian would be bright , primary coloured , or ‘ dolly-mixture ’ lacquered furniture , white floor and walls , with perhaps a strong dash of Memphis daring . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Relying on a small bureau with perhaps a single film recorder is , as Murphy 's Law always points out , a somewhat foolish activity . |
| 15 | I gave him a smile with perhaps a little cruelty at its edges . |
| 16 | This meant that Wilson would have to accept from the re-negotiation the same conditions as Heath had accepted , with perhaps a few minor , cosmetic modifications , or else withdraw the United Kingdom out of the EEC . |
| 17 | But animals , to varying degrees , employ all the senses available to human beings , with perhaps a few extra ones , and often with a far greater range of sensitivity . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Er my final point sir is concern with perhaps a few emotional points being made to my right about the old and the infirm and the young not being able to afford houses . |
| 20 | For quite long stretches of the meal these glances , with perhaps a few small frowns and smiles , are all we need to sustain communication . |
| 21 | It 's no use going on a six day trail ride , with six hours daily in the saddle , if all you want is some gentle hacking in a scenic setting , with perhaps a few longer pub rides as an added bonus . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Typically a client will seek the help of a bureau when debt problems have become unmanageable for them , and the stress of trying to cope with perhaps a dozen competing creditors plus court summonses is threatening home life , health , housing and possibly employment . |
| 25 | It kept her going , especially when she was angling for the notice of the one man who , after giving her dinner on the way back from Bovington , had treated her with only a lighthearted pleasant banter whenever they met . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The backlash is awaited with interest by everyone , even those with only a passing interest in the music scene . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |