Example sentences of "he [verb] i [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He received me with grave courtesy and enquired after my family . |
| 2 | He told me with simple gravity , as a matter decided and not to be discussed , that he had decided to resign his office . |
| 3 | ‘ To see the trash ! ’ he told me with childlike frankness . |
| 4 | He acknowledged this when he told me in fluent English that he wanted to do a post-graduate degree in biology in the States . |
| 5 | But we forgot to dispose of the discarded furnishings , and six months later when I went to spend a few days with a senior Burmese colleague , he showed me with great satisfaction his small-town church , furnished with the discarded pews , pulpit , litany desks , with the collection bags being changed according to the ecclesiastical season ! |
| 6 | On the contrary , he greeted me with easy cordiality and asked : ‘ What do you think of cigars ? ’ |
| 7 | He greeted me with scrupulous courtesy and a welcoming smile . |