Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] it with a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trent met it with a slight movement of the tiller bar , and the big catamaran lifted smoothly . |
| 2 | Postine subdued it with a single blow to its long wrinkled neck . |
| 3 | Holding started it with a blistering over of flat-out speed that accounted for Boycott , after which no one passed 26 and they were all out for 122 , with Croft again the leading wicket-taker . |
| 4 | Silence fell , hanging over them for several minutes before Travis broke it with a casual observation . |
| 5 | The darkness was so complete that Pliny compared it with a sealed room in which the lamp had been put out . |
| 6 | Tony Cascarino dispatched it with a towering header , and that was that . |
| 7 | Mait took it with a wry expression . |
| 8 | Antonio returned it with a broad smile . |
| 9 | On the following day after the Christians had taken possession of the town , the Cid entered it with a great company , and he ascended the highest tower of the wall , and beheld all the city ; and the Moors came unto him , and kissed his hand , saying he was welcome . |
| 10 | Betty regarded it with a rich mixture of pity , admiration , mistrust and disgust . |