Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] with [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spatz looked up at Ellis and took the files from him , sorting through them with a great show of self-importance , before finally setting them aside and looking across at Kim . |
| 2 | Texas drove some beasts to New Orleans and after 1849 to California , but it was the promise of the great north-eastern market which urged ranchers to explore those long routes which have become part of the heroic romance of the ‘ Wild West ’ , linking the remote south-west with the slowly approaching railheads and through them with the giant transport centre of Chicago , whose stockyards were opened in 1865 . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , what if I purchased two lots which added up to less than fifty pounds , could I pay for them with a personal cheque , assuming , of course , that I had a valid cheque card ? ’ |
| 4 | Duncan trotted back with him and , sure enough , Mother dinosaur was waiting for them with a big smile on her face . |
| 5 | ‘ Mr Tunney , ’ he gasped — mistaking me for someone else ? as he reached for me with a flailing hand . |
| 6 | ( What kind of a rest is it meant to be for me with a querulous adolescent ? |
| 7 | Anyway , I 'm only being friendly with Dr Rafaelo so that he 'll arrange a meeting for me with the handsome Miguelito . |
| 8 | I am so intrigued I forget about Crilly , who is ready for me with an unwrinkled surface of silver , the smack neatly concentrated into a lump . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd be scared of them coming after me with a big shotgun . |
| 10 | Sergia interrupted , moving towards me with a stern gaze . |
| 11 | Le Maître always behaves towards me with the utmost propriety , whatever people may be saying to the contrary . ’ |
| 12 | Sensing their presence on the threshold of the door , it twisted its head up towards them with a atrocious snarl . |
| 13 | People drifted in and out , not acknowledging one 's presence , and my only meeting with Joan 's mother was when she rushed past me with a vague smile and a tennis racquet . |
| 14 | Plenty of steps , most of them with a rich reward for the climber , such as those that lead to the Lindenhof . |
| 15 | Keith Ramsey supplied three of them with a long-range shot 15 seconds from time , but Gerald Lee marshalled his team through . |
| 16 | The Wapping area involved four or five local authorities and the plan was to leave each of them with a high degree of autonomy but with some rather unconsidered federal situation over the whole area . |
| 17 | Nathan nodded his thanks as the waiter presented each of them with a leather-bound menu . |
| 18 | Evelyn watched the two of them with a little smile on her face . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've ended up most of them with a full confession , once we 'd worked it out . |
| 20 | In that aim it is abetted both by nature conservation bodies — duped by the MoD 's tendentious Defence and the Environment prospectus of three years ago , into believing that the area 's interests are best served by the public being kept out — and by factions within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority , most of them with a military background , who also tug their forelocks to that aim . |
| 21 | yeah , the , that 's the awful part I tried one of them with a big bit here and I tried it on and it looked like a tit on a pimple , I said god what am I gon na do ? |
| 22 | Registration at an exchange was not to be compulsory for the unemployed ; their large numbers and the mismatch of many of them with the available jobs would have led the scheme into immediate crisis . |
| 23 | The men laughed as she manoeuvred past them with a fixed smile . |
| 24 | I suppose one of the things about Neighbourhood Watch , if , if it worked properly , is that you , there 's a group of you with a common interest , and you could deal with a situation like that a bit better than you could if you were on your own . |
| 25 | Ha I have to go along here some , to some of you with a bossy statement of you know , this inclusive as opposed |
| 26 | Those of you with a nautical leaning can enjoy a view of the lighthouse at Northforeland , along with some pleasant sea views as you glide along the coast , claim the organisers . |
| 27 | picture the opponent standing in front of you with the left leg and fist leading . |
| 28 | When Auntie Jean slammed Uncle Ted 's tea on the table at the end of each day — a meat pie and chips , or a nice bit of rump steak and tartar sauce ( he had n't the nerve yet to go vegetarian ) — she sat opposite him with a stiff drink and demanded facts about Eva and Dad . |
| 29 | The animal seemed to understand Sir John 's words for it lunged towards him with a strangled growl ; its top lip curled , showing teeth as sharp as a row of daggers . |
| 30 | Her voice trailed away completely as he reached lazily towards her with a long arm . |