Example sentences of "[verb] they with [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Touching , stroking not her but the jewels — touching them with an awful tenderness .
2 By a combination of Impressionist vision , imagination , a magical mastery of language , Proust uses À la recherche to explore often banal objects , often apparently dull people , often apparently trivial episodes , in such a way that he recreates them with a freshness , erm a power of conviction , that persuade us we 're actually seeing them with a privileged insight , or perhaps even seeing them for the first time .
3 The Sheikh spoke quietly to his chauffeur , then stepped forward to acknowledge them with a courteous inclination of the head .
4 • Put out any burning clothes by smothering them with a thick cloth or rug , but not something synthetic which would melt in the heat .
5 Ladies and gentlemen , I 'm very grateful to Professor Eppell for his characteristically kind and generous remarks , and erm I accept them all the more readily because I know you will treat them with a healthy degree of scepticism .
6 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 .
7 Give hands an overnight treat by coating them with a rich conditioner and then donning a pair of lightweight vinyl gloves ( such as HandiMates , £1.09 for a box of 10 ) .
8 And s and begin to drive them with a consolidated plan .
9 Once you 've arranged your flowers , make sure you keep your container topped up with water , and do n't forget to refresh them with a quick spray .
10 Barclays Bank is one of the cheapest widely-available sources of travellers ' cheques , charging 1 p.c. to issue them with a minimum fee of £2 .
11 Combine them with a high kick on alternate legs each time you straighten up
12 I would like to take each tent by the comer and pull it down , and I would untether all the neat horses and the sleek , brushed bulls and send them with a huge cry into all the hills .
13 You will either get the four nos of the Synopsis from the work room drawing portfolio , in Government House and send them with the larger copy .
14 Its primary concern is to find out what its customers needs and wants are so as to meet them with the highest level of customer satisfaction .
15 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 .
16 And the Cid began to encourage them with a loud voice , shouting God and Santiago !
17 Core holdings in large blue-chip companies that are infrequently traded provide them with a solid investor base and reduces share price volatility , whilst active trading and analysis of smaller company shares adds to the liquidity and marketability of these securities , and ensures accurate pricing .
18 So it seemed sensible to move into this area , take advantage of that for ourselves , and provide them with a better service .
19 Many bodies have stated that the grant aid procedures and the application form provide them with a ready basis for an effective budgeting system .
20 Furthermore , the idea of network impinges fairly closely on the notion of sociolinguistic functions , as we have presented this in chapter 2 , because it is a fundamental postulate of network analysis that individuals create personal communities that provide them with a meaningful framework for solving the problems of their day-to-day existence ( Mitchell 1986 : 74 ) .
21 Former Glamorgan player John Derrick struck an unbeaten 30 of 21 balls to see Wales safely home and provide them with the perfect tonic for their Nat West Trophy game with Sussex at Hove next Tuesday .
22 ‘ We must also fight for the interests of British business in world markets and provide them with the best environment in which they can compete and succeed . ’
23 When we provide theory , we provide them with the underlying rationale for methodology in general .
24 The Chelonians milled about confusedly in the sudden darkness , their optical aids realigning frantically to provide them with a coherent picture of their environment .
25 It aims to train students in what used to be called " close reading " and to provide them with a critical awareness of the ideological , socio-cultural and historical constraints on the perception of what constitutes " literature " .
26 Ice-climbers have often wondered when someone is going to provide them with a decent training facility .
27 Mindful of the quarrels over precedence among the Bonaparte family which had marred his uncle 's coronation , Napoleon III may have felt it unwise to provide them with a similar occasion for bad manners .
28 Olson suggests that these organizations are sometimes artificial creations required by governments to provide them with a representative body they can negotiate with .
29 Now part of the er exercise which the marketing exec does when he or she round to the surgeries is to provide them with a certain amount of information of course .
30 The aim was that as a greater number of the population became eligible for national insurance benefits , fewer people would be dependent on the safety net of national assistance to provide them with a minimum income .
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