Example sentences of "he was [verb] with the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until recently he must have lived at Horton in Ivinghoe , where he had £2 a year in land , for the entry there concerning him was cancelled with the gloss ‘ quia in Edlesboro non computetor ? ’ |
| 2 | He was toying with the idea of bifocal spectacles on the eve of his appointment as Ambassador to France , and the future held a key role for him in the drafting of the American Constitution . |
| 3 | The Jungian concept of synchronicity was much on his mind because he was toying with the idea of using it to underpin the narrative structure of London . |
| 4 | He was retired with the rank of captain in 1855 . |
| 5 | Balder was a son of the most senior god , Odin , and one version of the legend says he was blessed with the gift of immunity from harm . |
| 6 | Roberts started work as an assistant to ( Sir ) Ralph Freeman [ q.v. ] of Sir Douglas Fox & Partners on the design of the Sydney harbour bridge for Dorman Long & Company , and when they were awarded the contract in 1924 he was transferred with the rest of the design team to their office in London . |
| 7 | It looked as if he was copulating with the ice . |
| 8 | Given that Boswell does not record any singularly new form of felicity in Johnson 's speech , perhaps he was struck with the contrast between Johnson 's mode of speech and the Doric accents of Aberdeen . |
| 9 | He was possessed with the desire to discover the very secret of life itself . |
| 10 | When he returned from exile , he was fired with the wish to help his country catch up with the advanced industrial countries of the west , so he set up the Czech Industrial Museum in his family brewery . |
| 11 | At only 11 he was burdened with the responsibility of helping his mother cope while trying to support his younger brother . |
| 12 | A most unforeseen occurrence cut short the Revd Dr William Dodd 's participation in this crusade when , a few years after he wrote his Account , he was charged with the capital offence of forgery . |
| 13 | Actually when you consider that particular kind of situation , what type of person would , in a crucial decision , knowing he was charged with the responsibility for the direction of his family , say ‘ I consider my plan to be the most effective , but we 'll do it your way to keep peace ’ ? |
| 14 | The man , thought to be about 30 , appeared at Darlington Magistrates Court on Monday where he was charged with the theft of jeans from Marks and Spencer . |
| 15 | He was charged with the murder of Sara Hart and then escorted to Aylesbury Prison to await trial . |
| 16 | He was charged with the murder of his wife Jenny , who was thirty seven . |
| 17 | But in that time he was credited with the discovery of three rarities the spring gentian , the mountain avens and the bog orchid , which was then lost again and only recently rediscovered . |
| 18 | Although during the 1987 congressional inquiry into the affair Poindexter shielded Reagan ( then President ) from any responsibility for the operation , his defence strategy against the criminal charges rested upon the claim that he had believed that he was acting with the President 's authority . |
| 19 | ‘ ( a ) destroys the goods , or disposes of the goods in a way giving a good title to the entire property in the goods or otherwise does anything equivalent to the destruction of the other 's interest in the goods , or ( b ) purports to dispose of the goods in a way which would give a good title to the entire property in the goods if he was acting with the authority of all co-owners of the goods . ’ |
| 20 | Now the new pope , Innocent , was escorted to the front of the basilica where on a platform in full view of the people , he was crowned with the tiara , the senior deacon ( i.e. the archdeacon ) removing the mitre from the pope 's head and replacing it with the tiara . |
| 21 | By the time he had climbed out of the valley and over the pass on a day which was fretting for a thunderstorm , he was boiling with the need to act . |
| 22 | In 1989 he was presented with the Institute 's own International Award for his contribution to the international development of accountancy . |
| 23 | In 1922 he was presented with the gold medal of the English Folk Dance Society at the music festival held in the gardens of New College , Oxford , with the professor of music , Sir Hugh Allen [ q.v. ] , presiding in a smock and a garlanded top hat . |
| 24 | Sarazen was so sure that Daniels had been the key to his win that he asked for the old boy to be with him when he was presented with the claret jug , saying it was a ‘ team victory ’ . |
| 25 | Now he was wrestling with the bit about ‘ God leading thee into the w-w-wilderness for forty years to humble thee and to p-p-prove thee . ’ |
| 26 | In the 1760's when Wilson was asked to paint Welsh landscape , perhaps in response to the Celtic revival , he was faced with the problem of how to paint bare mountains . |
| 27 | Now he was faced with the problem of how to promote an airline which was forbidden under US law to sell tickets or advertise its service until the CAB and Federal Aviation Authority had given their approval . |
| 28 | Now , having already risked a considerable outlay on refitting and storing the ship , he was faced with the possibility of having to sail from Polruan with several hands short of a full complement . |
| 29 | Well he was moving with the forklift , their forklift and he come back and he says |
| 30 | He was churning with the desire to get Pete back . |