Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] with a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Well George got on with a lot of people like that but of course , he was a Mason you see .
2 That 's basically when I got in with a guy in Memphis and we started Fernwood Records , and I got interested in the engineering side of it .
3 The following evening , 31 October , Pierre Salinger of ABC News , weighed in with a story of his own :
4 The hard work payed off with a total of 36 units being sold .
5 They drew up with a rasp of gravel just behind the trailer , and Sergeant Allen 's head popped out as if on a string .
6 There was something in the speed , as they rounded corners on two wheels , that shook her out of her bad mood , and when they drew up with a squeal of brakes in the narrow road just by Pepe 's Bar , she was laughing at Miguel 's uncharacteristic recklessness .
7 The grey tracksuited Apostle , who had come up to make a routine check of the sleeping quarters , doubled over with a grunt of agony .
8 New Scientist sailed on with a discussion of the Roman Catholic Church 's acceptance of science as long as science accepted miracles and where did that leave both sides .
9 The Australian trainer came on with a bucket of water to try to revive the apparently comatose Fulton .
10 Rico came in with a couple of white towels , which he threw on the table .
11 She thought he was going to kiss her , but it did n't happen , because the door was pushed open and the clerk came in with a pile of reports from other departments .
12 He came in with a teacup in one hand and a piece of bread-and-butter in the other hand .
13 And when the sh when the relief came in the ship lay about a mile off the never came near the rock at all because it was just a mass of reefs you know and the ship lay about a mile off and then the launch came in with a crew of about half a dozen men and the officer the second mate usually in charge .
14 They were a bit big for me but they were lovely and dry and I was feeling great when he came in with a bottle of champagne .
15 The orderly came in with a pot of tea .
16 They brought me down that day from Edinburgh , bundled me into a transit van with seats but no windows , handcuffed to a big quiet London lad who would n't talk to me at all and did n't even say much to the other two cops in the back of the transit just sat staring ahead and we seemed to drive all night just stopping once at some service station on the Ml , took a while to arrange everything , then they came in with a selection of cans of soft drinks and sandwiches and pasties and pork pies and chocolate and we all sat there munching then they asked me did I need the toilet and I said yes and they opened the door and it was straight over the grass into the gents ' toilets , two cops guarding the door and some men , looked like truckers , standing watching me , waiting for their turn after I 'd had my private visit ; only wanted a pee but I could n't do it even though the big lad was n't actually watching just having him standing there handcuffed to me was enough so they checked the stalls and then took the cuffs off me and I had to leave the door open a crack while I went , then back out and I see the other cop cars Christ a Range Rover and a Senator too I 'm a fucking VIP , then it 's into the van and on with the journey to London where the questioning starts ; they 're concentrating on Sir Rufus 's murder , for now , because they found a card a fucking business card in the woods near the burned cottage ; not mine that would have been too obvious but a card from a guy I know on Jane 's Defence Weekly with some scribbled notes on the back :
17 I was standing in front of the tray of toffee-applies trying to make out which one was the biggest when Barbie came in with a jug to be filled with ginger-beer .
18 Came in with a face like thunder . ’
19 The Frenchwoman who ran the hotel came in with a crowd of people and sat at the only other table .
20 Twenty five minutes behind Pat at the finishing line was Personnel Training Adviser who came in with a time of three hours 40 minutes .
21 Chrissie came in with a tray of coffee , biscuits and cups .
22 Perhaps , ’ he said , turning as Peter came in with a tray of tea , ‘ perhaps being a monk is bad training for the handling of possessions .
23 Emily came in with a tray of tea .
24 Rose came in with a tray of glasses and bottles .
25 A week before Christmas she was icing the cake one evening when Mark came in with a letter in his hand .
26 And half these buggers would n't recognize him if he came in with a label on Rugby supporters , pah !
27 Her father rocked her in his arms , just as he had done when she was little , and when her mother came in with a cup of hot milk and one of her soothing tablets , she swallowed it obediently , a child again .
28 Then her door was opened , and Gran came in with a cup of tea for her .
29 One day a guard came in with a bunch of roses .
30 The sergeant noticed her movement , and came over with a canteen of water , which he offered wordlessly , but with a kind look .
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