Example sentences of "had [vb pp] him with a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as if she had shot him with a tranquillising dart . |
| 2 | During his first week , Mrs Jordan had visited him with a homemade fruitcake . |
| 3 | The Minister of War probably had the most influential voice , for one of his officials , Dmitrii Miliutin — older brother of Nikolai , the " enlightened bureaucrat " who had redesigned St Petersburg 's municipal administration in 1846 — had armed him with a wide-ranging and incisive brief entitled " On the danger of continuing military action in 1856 " . |
| 4 | Sylvie had told him with a dreamy insouciance that Katherine was away in Boston , staying with a charming man called Thomas Sachs . |
| 5 | Herluin had opened his mouth and drawn breath to ride over his presumptuous novice with a torrent of indignant words , but then held his breath even before the abbot had cautioned him with a peremptory hand . |
| 6 | In the process Kurt had graduated from business adviser to trusted friend ; Hugo had rewarded him with a fifteen per cent share of the business and never regretted it . |
| 7 | Pip 's servant at Barnard 's Inn , whom he nicknames ‘ the Avenger ’ because ‘ after I had made the monster ( out of the refuse of my washerwoman 's family ) and had clothed him with a blue coat , canary waistcoat , white cravat , creamy breeches , and [ top boots ] , I had to find him a little to do and a great deal to eat ; and with both of those horrible requirements he haunted my existence ’ . |
| 8 | Town rallied and had a good effort from Kenny Campbell , well saved by keeper , Andy Hopping , after Roger Charles had found him with a great cross , but Harefield went in at half time with a deserved one nil lead . |
| 9 | Like Paul , he had trained for the law in youth , and it had left him with a certain accuracy . |
| 10 | It had left him with a pronounced limp in his left leg . |
| 11 | Mario described himself to me as a hungry kid , adding that maybe those early experiences had left him with a permanent sense of insecurity . |