Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] it with [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , she dismissed it with one word — ‘ rubbish ’ — but we 'd just started the show when there was a loud bang . |
| 2 | The difference being , that if it 's a saucepan then obviously a saucepan you lift it with one hand and if it 's full of hot water or something then you 'd have to be careful . |
| 3 | She gave a tiny giggle as a little dollop of cream adhered to the tip of her nose ; she removed it with one finger , licked the pinky , then wiped her nose with her napkin , glancing round the restaurant through the confusing topography of slats and uprights of the seats and screens , apparently worried that this minor lapse in hand-mouth coordination was being critically observed by any of the surrounding middle-class matrons , perhaps with a view to passing on the scandalous morsel to their opposite numbers in Gallanach and having mother black-balled from the local bridge club . |
| 4 | She held it with one hand while the other went to her throat , as Nellie 's face appeared at the door . |
| 5 | He steadied it with one hand whilst with the other he slammed the doors , then holding the handle of the basket , he tottered away . |