Example sentences of "[vb past] the [noun] [verb] [pron] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went and got the pressure-cooker to brain him with and was just about to bring it crashing down on his bonce when I heard Mike calling from the next room . |
| 2 | Her lack of caution led the trackers to sting her with rubber bullets , and since the summer , she has been much more shy . |
| 3 | I used the gun to balance myself with on the tighter corners ; the grass and the ground were both dry , so it was n't as risky as it might have been . |
| 4 | The only thing he knew for certain was that the law forbade the Trunchbull to hit him with the riding-crop that she kept smacking against her thigh . |
| 5 | He loved the appearance of our old pubs , but deplored the tendency to cram them with the hellish gadgetry of the technological age . |
| 6 | Her voice trailed off as she noticed the boy watching her with grey , expressionless eyes . |
| 7 | ( It may be inquired whether , if the wife knew of the VD , the law permitted the husband to infect her with it on the grounds that she consented to his occasioning actual bodily harm to her . |
| 8 | At the time , the Board was primarily concerned with accounting standard-setting for business organizations , but it saw the need to involve itself with non-business organizations as well and this research study was its first move in that direction . |
| 9 | And yesterday the story had a happy ending when the man who bought the ring returned it with a mumbled apology . |
| 10 | Did the did the port supply you with any protective clothing at all ? |
| 11 | Coun Brady said his action would be similar to that taken after MP Douglas Fairbairn 's outburst at the weekend and said the committee disassociated itself with the remarks . |
| 12 | Secretly , she resented the Doctor leaving her with him . |
| 13 | ‘ What 's lucky is that Harry had the sense to take you with him . |
| 14 | Clencing her teeth until her jaw ached , she gave him a baleful stare while she wondered if she actually had the courage to hit him with the trowel . |
| 15 | It seemed Noah wanted the magistrate to find nothing with which he could possibly take issue . |
| 16 | The masters , when they punished , instructed the prefects to slog you with a gym-shoe ; one prefect would hold you like a trussed chicken and the other would give you six of the best . |