Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] it with [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Alice or Bert filled it with hot water and it leaked causing injury , would either of them have an action ? |
| 2 | As the snake closes in for the kill , its mouth sensors guide it with deadly accuracy . |
| 3 | His great horse earned it with apparent ease — but lost 29lb in the process and came home to Ballydoyle more exhausted than after any of his previous races . |
| 4 | Eyes have it with new sight cure |
| 5 | In my case , my parents used it with devastating overkill . |
| 6 | Nails watched it with horrified fascination , and saw it start to slide towards him . |
| 7 | The triumph of the Ulster Workers ' Council left it with huge prestige during the remainder of the summer . |
| 8 | The detainer is liable for any damage caused to the livestock by failure to treat it with reasonable care and supply it with adequate food and water . |
| 9 | Often the polyps withdraw , and the polypary may shrink slightly as the animal expels water from inside the body to replace it with fresh water . |
| 10 | Much of this music has no other recording — and none of it on the harp , and King plays it with rare strength , sensitivity and the conviction of one who is also inventing it as the same time — and is delighted by his own trouvailles . |
| 11 | Their seniors bestow it with increasing effectiveness as their seniority increases . |
| 12 | Omi crooked a finger for the waitress who offered the bill with subtle deference , and Omi paid it with subtle superiority . |
| 13 | The Rev. Thomas Tolming , incumbent of Church Coniston , not surprisingly was of the opinion that the Sunday School was excellent ; certain ladies of the parish superintended it with great care and attention , improving the moral conditions of their young charges , and no doubt at the same time driving home the virtue of obedience , and respect for God and their betters . |
| 14 | This was the theme tune at last month 's revolutionary rallies , where the crowds sang it with great gusto and clapped to the jaunty rhythm of its concluding lines . |
| 15 | But after Habitat set about educating them to the advantages of the idea , the Americans adopted it with tremendous enthusiasm . |
| 16 | A large puddle results and drivers swerve into the middle of the road to avoid it with consequent danger to oncoming vehicles and pedestrians . |
| 17 | As one exponent of individualism puts it with unusual explicitness , |
| 18 | Chiang Kai-shek built it with forced labour , and dusty antique-model lorries still ply it , driven by young men in white gloves . |
| 19 | That was the time — and Rosen remembers it with obvious affection — when the spirit in schools was high , when teachers enjoyed opening school books , running book and reading clubs , and staying late after the bell to do so . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's a good idea to mix it with citric acid , ’ he said . |
| 21 | When Winston Smith and O'Brien pledge themselves to a revolution against dictatorship , the toast is not to the future but to the past which , as O'Brien puts it with mock gravity , is ‘ more important ’ . |
| 22 | Denice jabs it with considerable force into our forehead . |
| 23 | When you have seen it done twice , and furthermore your mother does it with complete confidence and expects you to eat the result , then you are sure . |