Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [pers pn] with [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far I 'd managed to avoid giving him the exact address , but now he asked for it with a determined note in his voice — " Just in case I 'm down that way " and I was forced to invent one , praying that he 'd never check up on it . |
| 2 | He waded through it with a non-stop grin and managed to turn it to political advantage . |
| 3 | Then she was giving him her mouth again so that he might swallow the choked cries of pleasure rising from her throat as the frenzy claimed her once more , and a little later she was thrashing against him , pleading hoarsely for his possession , until Luke held her down and sank into her with a harsh groan . |
| 4 | It occurred to him with a sudden pang that this was now in jeopardy . |
| 5 | She dabbed at hers with a clean corner of napkin , laughing . |
| 6 | Appeal from a decision of Macnaghten J. on the further consideration of an action tried by him with a special jury . |
| 7 | The animal seemed to understand Sir John 's words for it lunged towards him with a strangled growl ; its top lip curled , showing teeth as sharp as a row of daggers . |
| 8 | But the others evidently had not , or Rufus had not , walking jauntily and with swinging stride across the tarmac , his stethoscope bobbing up and down , letting himself into the main hospital block , Shiva later saw , by a door marked ‘ Private ’ , which he slammed behind him with a fine disregard for the notices exhorting all to silence . |
| 9 | Very few came to him with a complete understanding of who he was and what he had come to do , so their faith was correspondingly weak . |
| 10 | Leon Kennedy slumped in his chair , laughing , and it came to him with the same elegance as movement . |
| 11 | He was a highly educated gentleman , a very well known Varsity athlete , but he came to me with a bad report that he was completely and utterly clueless about some of the finer points of simple take-off and landing procedures . |
| 12 | My Pop came to me with an old Army pistol in his hand , knelt beside me and said , ‘ If you want me to kill him , I will . |
| 13 | A-Team star George Peppard 's second wife , actress Elizabeth Ashley — whom he met and fell in love with when they made The Carpetbaggers in 1964 — claimed that he assaulted her and came at her with a hot frying pan , an allegation that Peppard has always strongly denied . |
| 14 | He never moved but waited for her to come to him , and when she did his arm came around her with a swift , protective action that was not lost at all on Maggie . |
| 15 | He turned from her with a casual wave of his hand and began making his way back towards the barn . |
| 16 | His head turned on me with a snake-like swiftness , accusingly , but he said nothing . |
| 17 | When the red light went out after my closing announcement , Mr Murray turned to me with a broad grin ‘ Was that all right ? ’ he asked , and I shook his hand acknowledging his ad-lib masterpiece . |
| 18 | He sank it and turned to me with a real glint in his eye and said something like , ‘ Now let's go . ’ |
| 19 | As the lock slid shut , she turned to me with a merry grin . |
| 20 | I remarked on this once to Mr Dakin and the old man turned to me with a wry smile . |
| 21 | Emily turned to him with a blank expression . |
| 22 | She turned to him with an affectionate grin , knowing his soft heart had been hugely moved by the children that afternoon . |
| 23 | The producer turned to him with an apologetic smile , his voice injected with what the sergeant considered a theatrical dose of concern . |
| 24 | She turned to him with the first real interest in her face that he 'd seen . |
| 25 | He turned to her with a searching expression , as if he suspected her of withholding something . |
| 26 | She was not surprised when the girl turned to her with the dark remark , ‘ I wish he had n't come in just then . ’ |
| 27 | She turned to them with a glowing smile . |
| 28 | The party had quietened in the half-hour since Belinda had turned into the driveway , but music , laughter and conversation still flowed over her with a welcome wave of sound that drowned the thudding pulse in her ears and the silent clamour of her thoughts . |
| 29 | He frowned at me with a long look in which I read nothing . |
| 30 | People drifted in and out , not acknowledging one 's presence , and my only meeting with Joan 's mother was when she rushed past me with a vague smile and a tennis racquet . |