Example sentences of "he [verb] it with [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Although the Daily Telegraph 's reviewer thought the twenty-year-old too young for the role of Buddy , he conceded that ‘ he plays it with an infectious sense of fun .
2 It was not a place to which he could take Maureen MacQuillan or any woman , and only partly because he shared it with a fellow MP .
3 He got it with the cruel bonus of a broken jaw but took Tyson the distance .
4 He dismissed it with a faint , scornful laugh as he moved towards the door .
5 He fills it with a restless , bristling energy , as if he might clamber out of the frame and into real life .
6 Something sprang to the floor and he mashed it with a large flying-boot .
7 He followed it with the endearing Doorway ( Severe ) a year later .
8 He returned it with a little bow .
9 And then he amended it with a feeble trace of his old Manner : ‘ I accept your offer . ’
10 The change of term was not quick enough and he covered it with a grandiose sweep of his hand which nearly knocked over the Doctor 's goblet .
11 Flustered , she handed him her case and he took it with a strong hand , his face hard .
12 Then he took it with a brief word of thanks .
13 He took it with a courteous ‘ Thank you very much ’ .
14 He and Stephanie both always won Kim 's game , the objects on a tray , but whereas she remembered them for their quiddity , naming and denoting them in language in her mind , he did it with a geometrical map and total spatial recall .
15 But he did it with a warming smile and a ready assumption of her allegiance and willingness , more as if he had asked a small current courtesy of his wife than given an order to a servant .
16 At the last Christmas party he proved it with a stunning virtuoso performance in the restaurant , where he mimed to Abba records using a salt cellar as a microphone .
17 Whenever the tension mounted , he defused it with a razor-edged comment , as often as not directed at himself , and so they were able to keep the rising tide of passion at bay .
18 He said it with a faint smile .
19 He said it with a heavy emphasis which brought them all close to tears but the mood was soon scattered by all the joyful preparations Rose had planned .
20 He said it with an odd , teasing leer , as though he were asking for something very difficult , and when the boy spoke he sounded awkward , his voice high and polite .
21 The young man — not a man at all , in fact , but a boy dressed like a man , bearing himself like a man — made a strange gesture : holding one hand at head-height , he struck it with the other , palm against palm , a glancing blow .
22 He bandaged it with the remaining strip of cloth .
23 Again he froze it with a quick stare , and was able to repeat this process time and again .
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