Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] with an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Touching , stroking not her but the jewels — touching them with an awful tenderness . |
| 2 | you met me with an exalted smile |
| 3 | The basic guidelines is erm if somebody is a danger to themselves or other people then perhaps there is some way of helping them with an enforced medication or hospital treatment . |
| 4 | ‘ Ah , Gina … how could you compare me with an insensitive brute like that ? ’ |
| 5 | What left his stamp on the stewardship of our movement was that he held to these passions so tenaciously and yet drew on inner reserves that illumined them with an unshakeable commitment to excellence and that rarest of all qualities personal integrity . |
| 6 | ‘ Next ! ’ she plainsonged and fixed me with an old-fashioned look from behind her lorgnette . |
| 7 | You can tell him from me that if he wants me to stay in this urban backwater of yours he 'll have to provide me with an interesting occupation — and I do n't mean modelling your dress . |
| 8 | The publication by an LEA of a scheme such as Solihull 's is implicitly intended to signal this newly emphasized responsibility to teachers , to persuade them to accept it and to provide them with an agreed agenda for the review . |
| 9 | Japanese land forces enjoyed numerical superiority and better preparedness , which provided them with an initial advantage . |
| 10 | I think you will have to treat yourselves to one of those records ( or , I suppose , tapes ) that provide you with an orchestral piece minus one instrument — for instance , I believe you could obtain a Beethoven concerto minus the piano part , which you then supply . |
| 11 | If used carefully and correctly , condoms are likely to provide you with an effective barrier against HIV infection during penetrative sex ( they are 98% reliable ) . |
| 12 | Of course this is tricky if you 're driving , but ask your passengers to distract you with an Ossianic ballad to keep you from thinking about the importance of Santa Claus Land and The Happy Haggis takeaway to our great Scottish heritage . |
| 13 | Then , when they turned out on to the main road , Luke overtook her with an authoritative toot . |
| 14 | His detailed and systematic accumulation of electoral information provided him with an unsurpassed knowledge of constituencies and candidates and greatly contributed to the efficient Conservative organization which triumphed in 1841 . |
| 15 | The plebiscitary acclamation which could always be mobilized by Hitler provided him with an unassailable base of popularity , and as such offered the regime legitimation both within Germany and in the eyes of foreign powers , allowing the scope for further mobilization and a gathering momentum of Nazi policy . |
| 16 | The rebuilding of the town of Warwick after the fire presumably provided him with an initial opportunity , and he was later responsible for a further group of churches and other public buildings ; but the predominant element in his practice was the building of country houses for the midlands gentry . |
| 17 | When I saw my friend Bob Hope in some comedy or other at the age of six I provided him with an imaginary wife , who was called ‘ Nothing ’ . |
| 18 | Her investments provided her with an annual income of well over a million dollars , in addition to the trusts and investments left to her directly by her husband . |
| 19 | Therefore , three and a half years after the accident , Dawn accepted the amount offered , which was sufficient to pay back the £70,000 her father had spent on her treatment and a specially adapted car , and to provide her with an ongoing income to cover her living expenses . |
| 20 | Loving her with his hands and his mouth , disrobing her with an erotic skill that brought her flesh to fire , he discarded his own clothes with an economy of movement , revealing his body to her in all the beauty of its prime , before embarking on a journey of initiation which had her sobbing his name . |
| 21 | She mimicked him with an Italian accent which always made him laugh . |
| 22 | Edmund Langley , born in 1342 and created Earl of Cambridge in 1362 , was granted part of the Warenne inheritance to maintain his estate , but his marriage to Isabella , youngest daughter of Pedro I of Castile , was used to further Gaunt 's diplomatic schemes rather than to provide him with an adequate endowment . |
| 23 | Straightening up , Roman regarded her with an unreadable expression . |
| 24 | He stopped her with an impatient gesture . |
| 25 | The Sandfords provided us with an elderly Amhara called Habta Mariam as cook . |
| 26 | Flows of assistance between generations provide us with an important example where , in practice , support is often one way , and where apparently this is regarded as quite proper . |
| 27 | Yet , despite the rapid growth of these more recent subjects , history retains its traditional importance in higher education , since its social , cultural , economic and political concerns provide us with an interdisciplinary approach to problems that includes the perspectives and many of the methods of the various social sciences , yet also seeks to establish a broader , overall assessment of the issues it examines . |
| 28 | As with the stereotypes we refer to in the business of everyday life , we know they are not , and can not be , comprehensively true or correct , but they provide us with an indispensable framework within which we can interpret particular instances . |
| 29 | He can teach us because He knows us through and through — our strengths , our weaknesses , inclinations and dispositions — and He loves us with an all-penetrating love . |
| 30 | He ran across the gangplank as enthusiastically as though he sought votes for his father 's election campaign , then approached us with an outstretched hand and a voice full of bright greetings . |