Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [noun prp] with the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Madra helped Ratagan with the fire , and when Riven had done the best he could with his ripped clothing he wandered about the campsite looking for firewood .
2 For his part , Alexei treated Jehana with the kind of respect a man might give to an aged relative , polite and always attentive , but there was a careful absence of warmth every time he spoke to her .
3 Katharine tickled Benji with the whip to keep the activity and the bend until he was back on the track .
4 An appalling clearance by Knight presented Thomas with the chance , but it still needed to be capitalised on and he launched a tremendous , looping shot which the Rovers ' supporters behind the goal knew was on target from the moment he hit it .
5 Jack Higgins leaves Pan with The Eye of the Storm ( Signet ) ; and Craig Thomas ' A Hooded Crow ( Fontana ) is the one that has recently been C formatted .
6 = Mary hit John with the pillow .
7 ( Expected answer : Because Mary hit John with the pillow ) .
8 ( Expected answer : Mary hit John with the pillow ) .
9 The sonnets of Bowles struck Coleridge with the force of revelation , seeming to him , in their natural use of language and heartfelt expression of personal feeling , unlike anything he had ever read .
10 Mr Lewis has ben with the company 18 years , the last six as design manager .
11 In the morning Anne helped Marilla with the housework .
12 If Italy provided Ramsay with the polish of sophistication and a kind of classical elegance , it was from the French that he learnt a quality he was to make quite his own : gracefulness .
13 Mr Fallon said the proposed assembly would mean all important decisions would be taken in Newcastle leaving Darlington with the rank of a parish council .
14 At the end of the book , though , Zuckerman confronts Roth with the opinion that the latter has made a mistake in trying to tame or to shed his imagination in the foregoing text , that fiction is superior to fact , and that the factuality of The Facts is specious .
15 Leslie contrasted Zuhra with the Government papers like Mwangaza , stating that the former was more sought after ; Mwangaza was dull and heavy going .
16 Lady Macbeth provides Macbeth with the determination he requires when she hears of the witches prophesy and her husband 's title of ‘ Thane of Cawdor ’ , she immediately begins planning Duncan 's murder .
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