Example sentences of "[coord] [vb pp] with [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 She kicked out at him as he covered her body with his but he held her tight and rolled with her into the protection of the trees .
2 In the first chilly greyness of dawn , before the sun rose , Sergeant Comstock , of the uniformed branch , who came of a long line of native fishermen , not to say poachers , and knew his river as he knew the palm of his own hand , thankfully abandoned what he had always known was a useless patrol of the left bank downstream , and on his own responsibility borrowed one of his many nephews , and embarked with him in the coracle which was his natural means of personal transport on the Comer .
3 He was very kind to both of us , and played with us in the days when older brothers did not expect to play with ‘ little kids ’ .
4 She clicked her false teeth together , and announced with something of the normal snap in her voice that she was going to call Margaret right now .
5 People cease to be rational even when they 've known and worked with someone for the last ten years . ’
6 The companies which meet your criteria would be listed and reviewed with you before the shortlist in Stage 3 was compiled .
7 They spent the evening trying them in different places and ended with one in the hall and one in the window seat in the winter parlour .
  Next page