Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pron] with " in BNC.

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31 This call from the black side equips us with a challenge to put to the whites .
32 He took her mouth again , but this time his mouth punished her with sudden erotic savagery and she felt the treacherous swift ache of desire , the longing for more , for all of him , deep in the pit of her stomach .
33 Protestantism concerned itself with the inscription of dogma , attention to the text , was more emphatically scriptural .
34 The Mineral Intelligence Programme is largely funded by the Department of Trade and Industry to provide it with information and authoritative advice on economic minerals and many aspects of the minerals industry .
35 He fell about laughing when his agent phoned him with this news .
36 To flesh out the story , the DIA provided him with a German mailing address , Postfach 1151 , Geilhausen 6460 , from which all correspondence , including anything from the DIA , would be readdressed to Coleman 's maildrop in Barrington , Illinois .
37 Sorrel excelled herself with the meal , although her father never mentioned it .
38 This study provided us with an opportunity to identify some of the myths that predominantly unskilled workers hold about life in their work environment .
39 In January 1990 the Education Department provided her with a new tutor .
40 No wonder the police had given Wheeler a roasting about security ; it was amazing they had a piece of altar silver to bless themselves with .
41 Labour needs someone with whom it feels thoroughly unsafe , someone who can overcome its sentimentality about itself .
42 ‘ The portacabin provided us with a way to offer them the best possible service under the circumstances . ’
43 A figure approached him with its arms wrapped around its chest .
44 Helping parents in this way is an attempt to provide them with child-management skills for life so that they can generate solutions to many of the problems they face without reference to professionals at all .
45 It is highly probable that by early in the next century it will require no more than ten per cent of the labour force to provide us with all our material needs — that is , all the food we eat , all the clothing we wear , all the textiles and furnishings in our houses , the houses themselves , the appliances , the automobiles , and so on .
46 The indictment charged him with two offences .
47 That morning , as he galloped along the ride between the trees in the Tiergarten , his horse 's hooves kicked up the powdered snow filling him with a fierce joy .
48 It can not have helped him , but the restored democracy had treated the leaders of that attempt to destroy it with , if anything , excessive leniency .
49 The thought of his short , strong , hairy body and his evil , cruel , wholly selfish mind filled me with horror .
50 One particular Easter , a beautiful day , I remember an overwhelming fear filling me with absolute terror as we stood outside the ticket office after returning from a journey .
51 An actress cornered her with snippets of information about herself which she hoped Rain would publish .
52 His mind busied itself with images of what this news could do to his investigation if it ever became public ; the newspaper headlines ; the half-amused speculation of the cynics ; the crowds of sightseers , the superstitious , the credulous , the genuine believers , thronging the church in search of … what ?
53 The League ruled that the striking off of Grima from the Widnes register and an attempt to replace him with the Tongan forward , Boblyn Tuavao , was ‘ unacceptable ’ .
54 The bizarre absurdity of his action filled her with amazement and wonder , for it seemed to disprove so many meannesses and preconceptions .
55 [ William Golding , The Inheritors ] It requires careful attention to realize that here we are seeing , through the uncomprehending mind of Lok , a man 's attempt to shoot him with an arrow .
56 While cladding can be fixed directly to existing masonry walls , it is good practice to cover them with waterproof building paper first to prevent any moisture that gets behind the cladding from penetrating the wall itself .
57 Complaining that a recent photograph showed him with an unrecyclable styrofoam coffee cup , he denounced it as ‘ politically incorrect ’ .
58 The priest measured him with a pitying look .
59 I put on my coat and we went out to where the wind welcomed us with savage glee .
60 It had not been her intention to favour him with a compliment .
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