Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] with a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it would be nice if you were to provide her with a little brother or sister . ’ |
| 2 | Cos they were replacing it with a radial , they 're transferred that stock onto the other end product number . |
| 3 | Talk was intense among the youngsters , and the young actors and actresses roaming Sunset Strip were no different to the youth of America , if not the world , in that they too were a disoriented bunch in search of idols ; Clift , Brando and Dean were providing them with a whole new repertoire of sayings , postures , stances and gestures . |
| 4 | She glared up , aware of the slight change in his tone , and saw that his eyes were scouring hers with a strange kind of intensity . |
| 5 | Looking impossibly handsome in his formal wedding clothes , he was surveying her with a fierce intensity that not only made her blush furiously , but caused her pulses to race almost out of control . |
| 6 | She never knew how to make it come out sounding as if she was spelling it with a little ‘ m ’ . |
| 7 | The plan , agreed in 1989 , was to replace it with a purpose-built dental hospital and postgraduate institute . |
| 8 | And then , almost at once , his iron control seemed to snap , and he was kissing her with a frenzied , pent-up , impatient longing that was totally beyond anything she 'd ever experienced before . |
| 9 | It was all she was capable of saying for quite some time , for he had captured her lips again and was kissing her with a deeper intensity . |
| 10 | She had £8,000 in the Gibraltar fund , a substantial slice of which was providing her with a monthly income . |
| 11 | ‘ Especially if he was doing it with a few friends . ’ |
| 12 | The only thing wrong was he was washing them with a hundred octane gasoline , he had a gasoline engine firing exhaust underneath it and he was parked among all our gas trucks . |
| 13 | When I turned to close the door behind me she was watching me with a faint smile . |
| 14 | Her eyes were adjusting to the darkness , and now she could see that he had folded his arms over the enticing broadness of his chest and was watching her with a challenging glitter in his eyes . |
| 15 | His voice was low , and she glanced up and saw that he was watching her with a strange kind of intensity . |
| 16 | He was watching her with a strange look on his face , half amusement , half something else , and she felt herself bristle . |
| 17 | When she looked back at Petion , she saw that he was watching her with a sympathetic expression . |
| 18 | Raynor had fetched wine from a corner cupboard , and was heating it with a thin iron rod which had been resting in the fire 's embers . |
| 19 | Old Ladjang remonstrated with him quietly , but the others were silent , and we realized that our captain was infecting them with a subtle but poisonous hostility towards us . |