Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pron] with [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'ad to hit him with an ornament , and when his fam'ly got back from church 'is wife asked him what 'ad happened to his face . |
| 2 | Finally he agreed to provide us with an escort to Aussa . |
| 3 | She tried phoning him with a variety of invitations she felt he would n't refuse , but he always made excuses for not meeting her . |
| 4 | Since someone tried to kill him with a parcel bomb back in Lusaka , he 's moved several times and today still goes in fear of his life . |
| 5 | ‘ I tried to kill myself with a drugs overdose . |
| 6 | The only problem was that every time he let the dog off the lead it tried to provide itself with a sheep supper , so consequently he had to keep it on the lead and feed it on tins of beans , sausages , bacon and egg , which had so exhausted his stock of food that now he was living on porridge and giving the dog the rest of his sausages . |
| 7 | He felt hammer blows to his arm before Dean tried to stab him with a screwdriver . |
| 8 | He felt hammer blows to his arm before Dean tried to stab him with a screwdriver . |
| 9 | The conductress tried to console her with a glass of sweet , strong tea but without much success . |
| 10 | She was persuaded to concede on that point , then proposed to share everything with the production team — until it was pointed out that if just one penny , or a single biscuit was diverted in that direction , and it became known , we 'd be lynched . |
| 11 | Six blocks away a 52-year-old doorman who tried to protect himself with an ice pick was killed by a teenager with an automatic handgun . |
| 12 | She and Keith 's distraught fiancee Ann Sole desperately tried to save him with the kiss of life and heart massage . |
| 13 | I hit violently at the door , I tried to force it with the nail , and managed to hurt my hand . |
| 14 | His tone was sharp , almost curt ; he tried to soften it with a smile . |
| 15 | Sometimes Brian tried to comfort himself with the fact that , however much he had wanted a child , he had not forced motherhood on Celia , that Harry 's conception had not exactly been his fault ; but then that thought had been instantly negated by the realisation that his own pleasure at her pregnancy , their move to the country and his insistence that all would be well , amounted to a foolish bigoted optimism for which he blamed himself entirely . |
| 16 | It is said that a deputation of quarrymen came to see him with a view to getting a trade union recognised . |
| 17 | He 'd fell you with an enchantment in an instant . |
| 18 | He was obviously peeved that we 'd squared it with the music teacher while he did n't know anything about it . |
| 19 | While Montgomerie radiated confidence and respect for the course , it was a typically down-beat Sandy Lyle who prepared to re-acquaint himself with the course where he made his U.S. Open debut in 1980 . |
| 20 | Nineteen year old Joseph from South London said he 'd been acting in self defence , and he was cleared of murdering Bob who 'd challenging him with a hammer when he found him slashing car tyres . |
| 21 | The first time he 'd done it with a boy , he 'd been ashamed . |
| 22 | And now she 'd got it with a vengeance . |
| 23 | And he was cleared of murdering Bob who 'd challenged him with a hammer when he found him slashing car tyres . |
| 24 | That was nice of Nevil , he 'd provided me with a cover story — I was supposed to look as if I 'd been mugged . |
| 25 | When he came , it was an anticlimax , but she squealed anyway and clung to him as if he 'd showered her with a gallon of spunk . |
| 26 | I was clumsy and had to pick up a couple of notes from the floor and wipe the bags where I 'd touched them with a handkerchief . |
| 27 | ‘ You 're about as grown up as … as Just William , with all this leering , these smutty innuendoes , just because you happened to see me with no clothes on ! ’ |
| 28 | I happened to find myself with the Commander on the gallery one afternoon : the other usual suspects were missing . |
| 29 | And with Earl Robert the saint condescended to tease him with a paradox ! |
| 30 | I forgot to play it with the tune right though . |