Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] with [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mouth met hers with bruising force , and the clamour inside her head rose to a deafening crescendo , the world twisted and turned , tossing her adrift with the turbulence of a whirlwind . |
| 2 | I put on my coat and we went out to where the wind welcomed us with savage glee . |
| 3 | His great horse earned it with apparent ease — but lost 29lb in the process and came home to Ballydoyle more exhausted than after any of his previous races . |
| 4 | This decision filled her with profound gloom ; not only because her home had been so special and so very much loved , but also because the selling of Rose Cottage could do nothing but plunge her into financial disaster . |
| 5 | As so often in the past , Our Lady blessed us with fine weather so that were able to hold our group procession on Wednesday morning , carrying her statue along the holy mile to the Shrine , singing hymns and reciting the Rosary . |
| 6 | But the last unspoken question consumed her with fresh guilt . |
| 7 | The youngster addressed him with condescending friendliness , and got a morose answer . |
| 8 | The triumph of the Ulster Workers ' Council left it with huge prestige during the remainder of the summer . |
| 9 | Have we been expelled from an arcadia of fun where nature provided us with innocent automata , lowing and braying machines for our amusement ? |
| 10 | The fear that it might show on her face caused her to turn away from him and hasten towards the food hampers , and as she did so a shock revelation hit her with full force . |
| 11 | Mould lifted them with great effort . |
| 12 | The local authority provided her with temporary accommodation . |
| 13 | The pile of clean , new paper filled him with excited pleasure . |
| 14 | My life lay away from them now , and the problems I had brought to work with me that morning reclaimed me with redoubled urgency . |
| 15 | The inspector viewed them with cool distaste . |
| 16 | The Rev. Thomas Tolming , incumbent of Church Coniston , not surprisingly was of the opinion that the Sunday School was excellent ; certain ladies of the parish superintended it with great care and attention , improving the moral conditions of their young charges , and no doubt at the same time driving home the virtue of obedience , and respect for God and their betters . |
| 17 | The sight filled her with childlike excitement . |
| 18 | Yet Anna Merz learned to love rhinos ; and they in turn rewarded her with total trust and affection . |
| 19 | Ordinary citizens tolerated corruption when times were good and when the government rewarded them with cheap food , services and petrol . |
| 20 | Chiang Kai-shek built it with forced labour , and dusty antique-model lorries still ply it , driven by young men in white gloves . |
| 21 | Builder Paul Sharp , 27 , and joiner David Sweeney were left choking and with tears streaming down their faces when a kitchen hand bombarded them with burning chilli and curry powder . |
| 22 | Rob 's hand covered hers with comforting warmth . |
| 23 | Sadly , it was not confined to writers and artists , for though it may be unfair to blame Nietzsche for his appropriation by Nazi ideologues , there is no question but that his doctrine of the superman and his apparent anti-semitism provided them with fertile soil . |
| 24 | The idea that a free India would remain loyal to the British empire filled him with brilliant scorn . |
| 25 | The swan eyed them with royal disgust . |