Example sentences of "he [verb] [pers pn] with the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He got it with the cruel bonus of a broken jaw but took Tyson the distance . |
| 2 | Well he , he , he given them a free cup of coffee it 'll be alright , but he did n't , he gave , the machine took ten P pieces so he provided them with the ten P pieces to put in and then when it was full up he 'd empty it out and give them all ten P pieces back |
| 3 | No hearts were going to be broken , he told her with the frankest face , if he were to run off with a Protestant and have a dozen kids . |
| 4 | He followed it with the endearing Doorway ( Severe ) a year later . |
| 5 | Before others his attitude was deferential and circumspect but when they rode alone , he treated her with the easy familiarity of an equal . |
| 6 | He treated her with the greatest courtesy , concerned that she should not be tired , or bored ; that the holiday should be nothing less than perfect . |
| 7 | He was not looking forward to the events which he knew lay ahead of him that morning , but he dismissed all such thoughts from his mind : pleasant and unpleasant , most tasks were equal to him now : he viewed them with the same cold dispassion — so many tasks in each day , so many days in each week , so many weeks in each year . |
| 8 | Later , as he rode home in the cool night air , a vision of old Bert 's delighted face as he presented him with the larger fish invaded his mind 's eye , and filled him with contentment . |
| 9 | He splashed her with the grey-green ocean of his eyes . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He bandaged it with the remaining strip of cloth . |
| 12 | It had originally been called The Rest Cure but Eliot discovered that the title had already been used and , after some hesitation , he replaced it with The Elder Statesman . |
| 13 | The moon and man stepped up to Le-eyo together , and the god became confused , saying ‘ Man , die and remain away ; moon , die and return ’ as he sprinkled them with the reversed charms . |
| 14 | And he leaves us with the teasing comment : ‘ Weizmann 's fermentation process with regard to oil works ; but that , for the moment , is all that can be stated . |