Example sentences of "she [vb past] it with [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She made it with thirty seconds to spare . |
| 2 | He pushed the invitation over to her : she regarded it with mock distaste . |
| 3 | In fact , she dismissed it with one word — ‘ rubbish ’ — but we 'd just started the show when there was a loud bang . |
| 4 | Abruptness was her most familiar mode , and Liz sometimes fancied that she practised it with peculiar pleasure on Charles , whenever she got the chance : and Charles , accustomed to being listened to with reverence , took it in good part . |
| 5 | She filled it with sweet oils and bubbles , shrugged her clothes off , and got in . |
| 6 | She flooded it with electric light . |
| 7 | She watched it with mild curiosity ; it seemed to have a life of its own . |
| 8 | It had hardened slightly and she moistened it with icy water , kneading it until it shed a film of white liquid . |
| 9 | Mrs Browning handed her Ellen 's missive as though it were hardly fit to handle and she took it with equal reluctance . |
| 10 | Out of the corner of her mouth — and she did it with great flair — Sorrel said : |
| 11 | Like the prophets of the Old Testament , she was compelled to reprove sinners , especially those in high places , such as the Archbishop of Canterbury ; and , like the prophets , she did it with immense tactlessness . |
| 12 | She gave a tiny giggle as a little dollop of cream adhered to the tip of her nose ; she removed it with one finger , licked the pinky , then wiped her nose with her napkin , glancing round the restaurant through the confusing topography of slats and uprights of the seats and screens , apparently worried that this minor lapse in hand-mouth coordination was being critically observed by any of the surrounding middle-class matrons , perhaps with a view to passing on the scandalous morsel to their opposite numbers in Gallanach and having mother black-balled from the local bridge club . |
| 13 | And she said it with such pride and such display that Clara did not feel at all obliged to conceal the amazement and delight that she felt , as she might , if confronted with a more worldly modesty , have done : for Clelia 's manner declared , this is singular this is beautiful , this may legitimately amaze , you betray no innocence in admiring this . |
| 14 | ‘ You 're such a stick sometimes , ’ Mandy said , but she said it with easy affection . |
| 15 | She remodelled it with careful fingers , then held it close to the flame . |
| 16 | She held it with one hand while the other went to her throat , as Nellie 's face appeared at the door . |