Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pers pn] with [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He more than filled the gap left by Alex ; his presence animated her with a mysterious excitement . |
| 2 | Trent met it with a slight movement of the tiller bar , and the big catamaran lifted smoothly . |
| 3 | Peregrine interrupted her with a languid chortle and was properly admonished . |
| 4 | I must have said that several times already because Ma fixed me with a glittering stare and exclaimed , ‘ If you say that word once more , Andrew , just once more , I 'll send you to the Science Museum again … with Annabel . ’ |
| 5 | In the course of dealing with those who demanded excessively high wages or who broke their contracts , the courts provided us with a great deal of evidence about wage rates , and continuity and frequency of employment . |
| 6 | THIS OPPORTUNITY PROVIDED ME WITH A WELCOME BREAK FROM THE PURELY BOTANICAL WORK TO WHICH I WAS ACCUSTOMED . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Postine subdued it with a single blow to its long wrinkled neck . |
| 9 | Santerre was about to protest but Mandeville dismissed him with a curt move of his gloved hand . |
| 10 | Straightening up , Roman regarded her with an unreadable expression . |
| 11 | Mountbatten 's task was not simplified when General MacArthur saddled him with the additional responsibility of taking over Indonesia and Indo-China , previously within the American sphere . |
| 12 | Lucenzo 's golden hair streaked back in the wind , emphasising the high purity of his cheekbones , and briefly his eyes lanced hers with a calculating look . |
| 13 | His eyes met hers with a strange sort of intensity . |
| 14 | At the door , Xanthe took her by both hands and held her so hard Miranda felt her nails cut into the palms and her eyes met hers with a pale blue flare , as clear as her father 's , and as unassailable , as she breathed out , holding Miranda by her side , and turned to face her father across the room . |
| 15 | To flesh out the story , the DIA provided him with a German mailing address , Postfach 1151 , Geilhausen 6460 , from which all correspondence , including anything from the DIA , would be readdressed to Coleman 's maildrop in Barrington , Illinois . |
| 16 | With a stifled groan that for some reason moved her deeply , his lips found hers with a sweet fire that seemed to sear her very soul . |
| 17 | In January 1990 the Education Department provided her with a new tutor . |
| 18 | Complaining that a recent photograph showed him with an unrecyclable styrofoam coffee cup , he denounced it as ‘ politically incorrect ’ . |
| 19 | The priest measured him with a pitying look . |
| 20 | And yesterday the story had a happy ending when the man who bought the ring returned it with a mumbled apology . |
| 21 | Edward observed him with a certain bitterness ; such simplicity of need could seem enviable . |
| 22 | Holding started it with a blistering over of flat-out speed that accounted for Boycott , after which no one passed 26 and they were all out for 122 , with Croft again the leading wicket-taker . |
| 23 | Bonanza favoured me with a full-face view of him now . |
| 24 | Calapaez rewarded her with a seven lengths win over Homme d'Affaire . |
| 25 | His eyes seared hers with a glowing intensity that excited her . |
| 26 | Silence fell , hanging over them for several minutes before Travis broke it with a casual observation . |
| 27 | Grey eyes questioned him with the full seriousness of her young being . |
| 28 | With the most impressive efficiency and a phone call to Tucson , the American Express Office in Avenida del Sol issued me with a fresh set after half an hour 's verification : necessary , Ian told me , because there are so many freeloaders who keep on going by selling their cheques and claiming they have been stolen . |
| 29 | But his experiences of street life in Hackney and his boxing ventures in Bethnal Green taught him that blackness presented him with a unique set of problems . |
| 30 | CD 's experiences as a reporter of Parliamentary debates for The Morning Chronicle left him with a profound contempt for the quality of the majority of MPs ( early reflected in such satirical sketches as Cornelius Dingwall in SB 47 , and Mr Gregsbury in NN 16 ) , and for the standard of debate and general conduct in the House of Commons ; in AN 8 , for example , he observes that ‘ farm-yard imitations ’ have not as yet been imported into the American Congress from the UK Parliament , and he satirizes Parliamentary oratory and manœuvres in LD i 34 . |