Example sentences of "[vb past] with [pers pn] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He joked with them like a cheerful , older brother and sang one or two shockingly rude Army songs that made them both giggle . |
| 2 | Manville toyed with it for a few moments , imagining the corridors of the Pentagon and White House alive with zooming figures , grey-flannel covered asses farting tongues of flame . |
| 3 | At closing time , a friend walked with her to a nearby nightclub , Pasha 's . |
| 4 | Will talked with him for a few minutes , then gave him a penny . |
| 5 | On Friday evening , we were visited by six or seven of the Chinese participants in the Friendship Hotel , and chatted with them in a relaxed manner , although they did n't seem keen on accepting whisky ! |
| 6 | He chatted with her for a few minutes , then placed the bag of clothes into the boot of his car , and headed for home . |
| 7 | Eleven years later I worked with him as a local newspaper reporter when he was a club manager at Ayr United . |
| 8 | Laura shared rooms in the small terraced house with Alice Cox , a young lady who worked with her at a local Post Office . |
| 9 | Obviously unwilling , he asked for an absurd sum for doing so , but eventually Omar settled with him for a reasonable amount . |
| 10 | They include happy shots of her friend , Julie Godwin , also 30 , who died with her in a vicious panga-knife attack . |
| 11 | Many remonstrated with him for a howling storm was raging outside , it was night and the journey was a dangerous one . |
| 12 | He lay with her for a little while as if all had been for the best and when , with a sudden , slithering movement , she was off the bed and into her dress , he thanked her , wished her good night . |
| 13 | The children also presented with her with a This Is Your Life book about her career . |
| 14 | So it 's a thing that stayed with me for a long time . |
| 15 | Felipe sat with me for a long time . |