Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] with [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Trembling , he hugged the most worn and shortened of the punches to his heart , thumbing its point , and wrestled with the words of compliance that rose all too readily .
2 After his consecration as bishop of Argyll and the Isles in 1847 he lived in Lochgilphead and struggled with the problems of his diocese , Italy , Calvinism in Scotland , and factional struggles in the Episcopal Church .
3 These ladies in full flight scared the pants off the eunuchs who were standing guard on their tees , and who immediately dropped their balls and scarpered with the wives in hot ‘ pur ’ suit .
4 George stared at the bagpipes as I clambered into the passenger seat beside him and sat with the pipes on my lap .
5 The windows were black with night , but sheeted with the reflections of a thousand candles sparkling on ten thousand jewels .
6 Impliedly — when a leasehold property is conveyed into the name of one party , but purchased with the funds of two .
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