Example sentences of "[verb] me with a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all this high-profile imagery I had fully expected the Serenade to hit me with a physical force akin to Karajan 's classic BPO digital remake ( DG ) . |
| 2 | She met me with a friendly smile , shook my hand and introduced me to the class : ‘ This is Wanda , our new pupil who has come to live in our village . |
| 3 | No yes Mr Singe is dedicated to the fewcher of Athletes Whaddon and to proove it has prezented me with a BLANK czech for £53–24p only , which is at my dispozal for strainthning the squid . |
| 4 | Wyndham Lewis kindly provided me with a similar introduction to James Joyce . |
| 5 | The work ranged from small debt collection to very large acquisitions and disposals for the four main divisions of the company , and provided me with a great variety of work which was predominantly commercial . |
| 6 | THIS OPPORTUNITY PROVIDED ME WITH A WELCOME BREAK FROM THE PURELY BOTANICAL WORK TO WHICH I WAS ACCUSTOMED . |
| 7 | She fixed me with a big smile and gave a flirtatious wink from behind her diamond encrusted specs and said : ‘ But I would be happy to invite YOU in Tony . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I pray to the Lord to bless me with a good wave . ’ |
| 10 | The lady remembered my visit well , said she had been concerned about me and confided that , to provide me with a good meal , she had walked the five miles into Lochinver and back to buy fresh fish . |
| 11 | The colour of his face always reddens just as it does when fat Margot , the launderess , who keeps me supplied with cups of sack , bends and dips to provide me with a generous view of the most famous cleavage in all of Surrey . ) |
| 12 | She was a scrawny red shorthorn with a woolly poll and she regarded me with a contemplative eye as I bent down . |
| 13 | He just leaned on me and when he caught me with a left hook I was given a standing count . |
| 14 | Elsie B graced me with a long chat which made me feel as if I 'd been in the presence of royalty , though I suspect not too many members of the Royal Family are at their desk as early as Elsie . |
| 15 | In that case , he told me with a grim expression , there was something he had to warn me about . |
| 16 | When has anyone among you seen me with a gloomy face ? |
| 17 | An offshore worker has presented me with a detailed file containing his experiences as a safety representative . |
| 18 | I stepped back to avoid the overpowering closeness of his face and a little man on the inner circle of the crowd startled me with a friendly smile , but I could not find him again when I looked for him . |
| 19 | Fixing me with a beady eye as soon as I had sat down , she leaned over to damn me with faint praise . |
| 20 | ‘ You look older , my friend , ’ Surkov said , fixing me with a compassionate gaze . |
| 21 | He acknowledged me with a flat palm upraised . |
| 22 | I 'd be a fool if I did n't realise that just being the boss invests me with a certain glamour , and it would be easy to let it slip out of control . |
| 23 | just enough to leave me with a strange sense |
| 24 | The US Department of Energy will be shocked to learn from this article that I am Britain 's man on the loss of fluid test ( LOFT ) project , because that agency is currently providing me with a handsome salary on the understanding that I am the US Department of Energy 's man on the selfsame project . |
| 25 | They had provided me with a small team of assistants and advisers , and a more agreeable collection of people one could not have found . |
| 26 | However , my secretary , ex-pupil Peter Vroomking , was to have provided me with a typed list , which has not materialised … on the other hand , Peter has recently been discovering himself as a human being … and I am sure those of you who are still here will wish to join me in congratulating … could somebody stop that door banging ? |
| 27 | As I reach the open air on the far side of the back cover , having emerged from a cavern called the dungeon of lust , ten thousand voices will greet me with a joyous shout . |
| 28 | Bonanza favoured me with a full-face view of him now . |
| 29 | McIllvanney favoured me with a jackal-like smile . |
| 30 | He epitomises the polite , friendly grandfather figure , all six foot three of him greeting me with a firm handshake . |