Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] it 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 | The shirt was placed separately and Curtis jabbed at it with a thick , square forefinger . |
4 | We went through it with a fine tooth comb . |
5 | Then after a pause he took a letter at random from the middle of the stack ; he stared at it with an unfocused , an uncommitted eye . |
6 | It was too tempting a target , and the Zeppelin aimed for it with the last of its deadly cargo , but this time , they overshot the mark . |
7 | But whether there was actual fighting or not , the situation was obviously perceived as a military threat by the Roman administration , who reacted to it with a large-scale military response . |
8 | It was more or less at eye level , because I was on the floor at the time , and I crawled towards it with a muffled sensation of triumph . |
9 | He sat on it with the two little girls and gave them a big smile . |