Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] them with [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I observed them with the silent attention a tiger must give its approaching prey . |
| 2 | Her last words had been spoken very portentously , and I rewarded them with a dubious shrug . |
| 3 | Then , arranging the largest red roses at equally spaced intervals around the circle , I balanced them with the large single pink roses — it is always important to introduce both light and shade into a design , otherwise it can look very dull . |
| 4 | At planning meetings with the senior management I often had to endure predictable little jokes about Andreas 's ‘ harem ’ , but I took them with a good grace . |
| 5 | I mean every week I supplied them with a new stack of everybody wanted them . |
| 6 | ‘ Now , I want you both to just relax and take it easy , ’ she told them with a warm smile . |
| 7 | She was not going to say or do anything that would make John Major 's task more difficult : the Cabinet , here she indicated them with a sinuous wave of her hand , was the most brilliant since Herbert Asquith 's and , as for Central Office , and she looked directly at Sir Charles , who was mopping his brow , they were good men and true who strove mightily in the interests of the Party , and for precious little reward . |
| 8 | Since the plot had the usual operatic complication he had advised her to read the programme notes beforehand , and she perused them with a certain grim incredulity . |
| 9 | She presented them with the annual Child of Achievement awards , given to children who 've overcome extraordinary difficulties just to live a normal life . |
| 10 | To determine whether DP-1 is present in complexes containing Rb , we immunoprecipitated them with an anti-Rb monoclonal antibody from extracts of the human leukaemic cell line JM , which contain high levels of the DRTF1/E2F-Rb complex . |
| 11 | We decided we did n't really like a lot of our clothes , so we replaced them with a few very simple things . ’ |
| 12 | But in practice positivists almost invariably worked uncritically and unquestioningly with the products of the existing legal definitions ; by default , they endowed them with an objective status . |
| 13 | The French were only ready to discuss a common market if it provided them with a high tariff ‘ wall ’ against outsiders and if there were complicated measures to guarantee equality of competition between members . |
| 14 | Well he , he , he given them a free cup of coffee it 'll be alright , but he did n't , he gave , the machine took ten P pieces so he provided them with the ten P pieces to put in and then when it was full up he 'd empty it out and give them all ten P pieces back |
| 15 | He blasted them with a powerful assault rifle after knocking back eight pints and storming his girlfriend 's flat , it was alleged . |
| 16 | Although they were too short in the arm so that his lean wrists protruded like those of an overgrown schoolboy , he wore them with a certain panache , as if this unorthodox working garb , so different from the regulation white coats of the rest of the Laboratory staff , symbolised that unique blend of scientific skill , experience and flair which distinguishes the good Document Examiner . |
| 17 | He was not looking forward to the events which he knew lay ahead of him that morning , but he dismissed all such thoughts from his mind : pleasant and unpleasant , most tasks were equal to him now : he viewed them with the same cold dispassion — so many tasks in each day , so many days in each week , so many weeks in each year . |
| 18 | Minton , though he rendered them with a Chinese delicacy , despaired at the sight of so many fir trees and did less sketching than was usual on his trips abroad . |
| 19 | The moon and man stepped up to Le-eyo together , and the god became confused , saying ‘ Man , die and remain away ; moon , die and return ’ as he sprinkled them with the reversed charms . |