Example sentences of "with [adv] [art] [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 | When I left twenty minutes later I felt I had come off with rather the worst of the bargain but another of my father 's aphorisms came to mind : shnorrers no choosers . |
| 4 | We have had a marvellous season with thankfully no major accidents and also the best of racing , particularly at the Ulster Grand Prix and the Tandragee 100 , so perhaps we can be forgiven for forgetting that racing needs not only the top line competitors like Joey Dunlop and Brian Reid it needs the newcomers to help the sport thrive and we are just not getting enough of them . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | So look for a neutral tone carpet , in shades of blue , pink or green with perhaps a delicate floral design . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | On the evidence of postcrania , Sivapithecus was similar to other Miocene apes in being an arboreal quadruped with perhaps a terrestrial component as well . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | teaching-machine-style programs with perhaps a certain degree of branching , and leading to interactive video ; |
| 12 | 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 ’ . |
| 13 | Modern Italian would be bright , primary coloured , or ‘ dolly-mixture ’ lacquered furniture , white floor and walls , with perhaps a strong dash of Memphis daring . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Relying on a small bureau with perhaps a single film recorder is , as Murphy 's Law always points out , a somewhat foolish activity . |
| 17 | I gave him a smile with perhaps a little cruelty at its edges . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | For quite long stretches of the meal these glances , with perhaps a few small frowns and smiles , are all we need to sustain communication . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Up till recently , ceilings , walls and woodwork were either done in gloss , eggshell or flat paint , with perhaps the odd contrast border or super graphic thrown in as an added bonus . |
| 28 | It would seem no coincidence that the colleges with perhaps the greatest reputation for innovation are moving towards the Council 's fold ’ . |
| 29 | Well they , they better start with perhaps the rich ? |
| 30 | ‘ And , as a result , we now find ourselves with perhaps the best assets in Europe . |