Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pron] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | A pickup truck passed us with three men in the back sheltering under a tarpaulin . |
| 2 | All I can remember is having a pickled onion and my sister stabbed it with a fork and the middle shot across the room . |
| 3 | He more than filled the gap left by Alex ; his presence animated her with a mysterious excitement . |
| 4 | ‘ I think all the things that I initially tried to recruit carers were n't successful — I went to talk to vicars and community centres and the job centre , and wherever — none of these provided me with … well one vicar provided me with somebody . |
| 5 | The state medical registration board charged her with failing to conform to accepted standards of medical practice and passed the case to the state Division of Administrative Law Appeals for a formal hearing . |
| 6 | THIS OPPORTUNITY PROVIDED ME WITH A WELCOME BREAK FROM THE PURELY BOTANICAL WORK TO WHICH I WAS ACCUSTOMED . |
| 7 | Beatrice was married now , with a family of her own , and because times were hard her sister helped her with surreptitious gifts of money ; and with clothes , toys , and treats for the children . |
| 8 | Within a day the vet phoned me with the news that the dog had two intact testicles ( a matter I 'd hardly been musing upon ) and was suffering from a bit of diarrhoea — but had been put on a milk diet which would soon clear it up . |
| 9 | His mouth feathered hers with the softness of thistledown and then , incredibly , as her lips would have clung , he moved away from her , and it was like the sting of rejection , the icy dash of water cascading over her heated flesh . |
| 10 | As his passion grew , to be answered in kind by her own almost overwhelming desire , his arms tightened their hold and his mouth sought hers with greater urgency . |
| 11 | His hand moved more purposefully across her thigh , his mouth sought hers with a more impatient and insistent desire . |
| 12 | His mouth met hers with bruising force , and the clamour inside her head rose to a deafening crescendo , the world twisted and turned , tossing her adrift with the turbulence of a whirlwind . |
| 13 | Protestantism concerned itself with the inscription of dogma , attention to the text , was more emphatically scriptural . |
| 14 | He fell about laughing when his agent phoned him with this news . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Sorrel excelled herself with the meal , although her father never mentioned it . |
| 17 | This study provided us with an opportunity to identify some of the myths that predominantly unskilled workers hold about life in their work environment . |
| 18 | In January 1990 the Education Department provided her with a new tutor . |
| 19 | ‘ The portacabin provided us with a way to offer them the best possible service under the circumstances . ’ |
| 20 | A figure approached him with its arms wrapped around its chest . |
| 21 | The indictment charged him with two offences . |
| 22 | The thought of his short , strong , hairy body and his evil , cruel , wholly selfish mind filled me with horror . |
| 23 | An actress cornered her with snippets of information about herself which she hoped Rain would publish . |
| 24 | 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 ? |
| 25 | The bizarre absurdity of his action filled her with amazement and wonder , for it seemed to disprove so many meannesses and preconceptions . |
| 26 | Complaining that a recent photograph showed him with an unrecyclable styrofoam coffee cup , he denounced it as ‘ politically incorrect ’ . |
| 27 | The priest measured him with a pitying look . |
| 28 | I put on my coat and we went out to where the wind welcomed us with savage glee . |
| 29 | Nor was she in the gaming room with its low lights on green baize tables , circles of hands restless with chips , cards , cigarettes , while the tension adjusted itself with each soft call of the croupiers . |
| 30 | What passed for reality on the discworld reasserted itself with a rush of sound . |