Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] with [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see , we 'd got such confidence that she told me that when he died , she said , ‘ He died in his bed here ’ , that we were in , you see ; and she said , ‘ I then closed his eyes and I laid down with him till the morning so that nobody should be disturbed . ’ |
| 2 | Nigel , who in any case really delighted in sows ' ears which had the faintest possibility of turning into even cotton purses , beavered away with them for an hour or more before unceremoniously dumping them in the dustbin and banging down the lid . |
| 3 | A man caught up with her on the pavement and for a moment she stared at him blankly . |
| 4 | He caught up with her on the far side of the teahouse , in an area that was roped off for the staff 's use only . |
| 5 | ‘ I mean , ’ Magrit said apologetically , ‘ that we caught up with her at the ice-cliffs just beyond the perimeter . |
| 6 | Susan caught up with her after a few words with Mr Darling . |
| 7 | He caught up with her in a couple of strides . |
| 8 | She turned angrily back to the car , but Guy caught up with her in a couple of strides , catching her shoulders , spinning her back to face him . |
| 9 | Halfway down we caught up with them outside the Trift Hotel and sat together in the sunshine on the veranda looking up at the peaks , eating spaghetti and drinking beer . |
| 10 | Liverpool 's midweek exertions caught up with them in a low-key second period , but there was still time for Ian Rush to pass the latest in a seemingly endless list of personal landmarks . |
| 11 | She caught up with him beside the telephone . |
| 12 | Morton caught up with him at the crossroads . |
| 13 | Charles caught up with him in the Green Room . |
| 14 | I swam hard and caught up with him round the corner of the old castle . |
| 15 | Undaunted , the young Scot chased after the opposition in one shoe and came in with them to the final take-over . |
| 16 | His Dad came in with them into the entrance lobby . |
| 17 | A GARAGE owner lost £4,000 takings after he drove off with it on the bonnet of his jeep . |
| 18 | But as they were returning with all speed , Rodrigo of Bivar raised the country , and came up with them in the mountains of Oca , and fell upon them and discomfited them , and won back all their booty , and took all the five Kings prisoners . |
| 19 | And when she jumped up again , the chair sort of stuck to the seat of those awful green breeches she wears and came up with her for a few seconds until the thick syrup slowly came unstuck . |
| 20 | Perhaps they would feel differently if , instead of an average order of ten or twenty coffins , one of the superstores came up with one for a thousand . |
| 21 | When the greatest lords drove out to their estates , he often drove out with them in the same carriage . |
| 22 | Then , glancing up and seeing her face , unexpectedly got up , as quick and full of energy as he had just been lethargic ( but it was the energy of anger ) and came out with her into the hall , where Philip , frail as a leaf , was standing by the great dark-grey water tank . |
| 23 | According to them she had been at school that day and came out with them at the usual time and , as far as they knew , had gone the usual way home . |
| 24 | Francie grinned , and joined in with her after the first few phrases . |
| 25 | The children skipped along with him for a few yards and he saw how beguiling their faces were , the large dark eyes , the straggle of thick black hair , the earnest looks of desperate innocence . |
| 26 | She walked out with him to the car and said : ‘ I was sorry about your aunt — sorry for you , I mean . |
| 27 | Dalgliesh walked out with him to the car . |
| 28 | He carried her glass across to the mini-bar , re-filled it and walked back with it to the bed . |
| 29 | Late in the afternoon , Ranulf returned with Sir James and a small convoy of cavalry and , without further ado , Corbett saddled a horse and rode back with them to the castle . |
| 30 | He fought back with one for the record books … or should I say , one hundred . |