Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [vb past] [pers pn] with [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Mrs. Mounce watched her with discreet curiosity .
2 In breaks in our work Edward entertained me with curious stories of the old alchemists .
3 Giles Aplin examined it with some interest before consigning it to a buttoned pocket without comment .
4 ‘ No wonder Sebastian welcomed you with open arms . ’
5 While Mary did her dance practice her husband Ian joined us with other families on some of the excursions .
6 At Dillons , assistant manager Graham Wilson told me with quiet confidence that ‘ at customer service we are good ’ .
7 In the evening Chola woke him with some water to drink : he winced and then groaned as the pain shot out from his thigh and radiated through his body .
8 A moment later , Dr Livesey , Gray , and Ben Gunn joined us with smoking guns , from among the trees .
9 Despite this , at lunchtime Kathleen presented me with four hours ' pay and pressed me for a few more details to help her with her enquiries .
10 Battered and bruised — the brutal attack on Hilda Jones left her with such serious wounds to her face , that her left eye had to be removed .
11 As the hunt goes on for the missing millions of the family 's crashed empire , Pandora , 32 , beamed as she declared : ‘ People will probably wonder how on earth Kevin managed it with all he 's got on his mind . ’
12 One yearned for Richards to make the romantics smile by sending in two bowlers to polish them off , reflecting that when Percy Chapman did it with fifteen needed against Australia in 1928–9 ( and lost two wickets ! ) ,
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