Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] with [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Be there — or you 'll really get fucked , ’ he hissed , jabbing a manicured index finger at my face and transfixing me with lifeless black eyes . |
2 | He said that he will be continuing with Mary 's work of dealing with residents ' worries and complaints — ‘ pointing them in the direction of the right person to help them ’ — and assisting them with official forms , etc . |
3 | He began gathering the books together , handling them with exaggerated care and opening them a second time to gaze at Melissa 's signature . |
4 | He made his way through the twisting streets of the harbour district , crossing the little squares where the market traders were spreading linen sheets on the ground before decking them with neat conical piles of vegetables and spices whose reds , yellows and greens shone out brightly against the white . |
5 | He has been a fantastic friend helping me with financial work . ’ |
6 | It seems right to see Hubble 's greatness in recognising splendid opportunities and pursuing them with utmost devotion and superb vision . |
7 | They stole the birdfood and embarrassed the cats , screaming imprecations while eluding them with flying leaps . |
8 | If we lose them as doubting teenagers by not stimulating them with well-made and provocative stories , what kind of audiences will we have left when they become adults ? ’ |
9 | At five o'clock in the morning Ada Neumann would have been in her kitchen , simmering the dozens of doughnut-shaped rolls in hot water for a few minutes before baking them in the oven , glazing them with egg-white and then showering them with sesame seeds . |
10 | Sunlight streamed through the arched windows , dusting her with pale gold as she hurried along the Aubusson carpet that stretched the length of the gallery . |
11 | He caught her up in his arms , carrying her through to the bedroom , disrobing her with eager , predatory fingers until she stood naked except for the glint of gold at her throat . |
12 | The slide of bodies bathed in perspiration ceased as Luke shuddered and stilled momentarily before moving to kneel over her , surveying her with glittering eyes , his shadow cast over her , and Maria fell back against the pillows with a hoarse sob , wordlessly pleading with him to end the torment , aching for him , needing to feel him inside her , hating him for prolonging her agony like this and resenting the control that enabled him to do it . |
13 | They were especially critical of the assumption that one can explain a form of behaviour simply by observing its incidence and correlating it with other variables . |
14 | Lake Windermere 's ranger 's annual report has accused boat owners of polluting it with raw sewage and spent fuel , leading to noxious smells in warm weather . |
15 | Weller is trying to make political idealism glamorous by linking it with being a stylist , and validate being a stylist by aligning it with political ideals . |
16 | Despite his desire to secure the dominance of holism by equating it with social scientific explanation , Miller 's argument only sustains a weaker claim ; for his distinction between holism and individualism suggests that there is a place for both types of explanation . |
17 | X owned an ox which , while his servants were driving it with due care through a town , entered the shop of Y , an ironmonger , through an open door . |
18 | As a change and to provide more nourishment , try pouring yogurt over them and topping them with fresh fruit . |
19 | England lost all three of their Tests and West Indies won two of theirs , but neither side liked the arrangement of interspersing them with one-day games that were part of the new Benson and Hedges World Series Cup . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | filling me with warm salt |
22 | This illusion was achieved by slightly blinding them with blue lamps facing them and lowering dummy bodies from the flies . |
23 | He wanted to finish reading the works of Walter Machin that were available , perhaps have a good look at Gerald Seymour-Strachey 's autobiography and other writings , talk to people who knew Machin — grilling senior citizens in pubs , as he put it to himself : filling them with weak beer to stimulate their weaker memories . |
24 | Toddler walks with her had been a superhuman test of patience as she squatted by every puddle , slowly stirring the water with sticks , and picked up myriads of stones , tenderly brushing them free of earth and inserting them with infinite laboriousness into pockets already grinding with pebbles . |
25 | ‘ We 're in the process of replacing them with beta-carotene and the packaging will be changed to indicate that . ’ |
26 | Fifthly , rebellion , giving up the conventional goals and means and replacing them with new ones . |
27 | Family and guests could be heard playing charades and blindman 's buff in the drawing room , and Mr Priddy snuffed out the candles , replacing them with new ones ready for tea at about ten in the evening when the table would again be laden with sweetmeats and delicacies . |
28 | The government ordered the dismissal of nearly all 3,000 of its customs inspectors in early December , replacing them with new recruits , in an effort to reduce bribery and corruption and improve efficiency . |
29 | Historical research has thus proved more successful in demolishing old myths and theories about the relationship between crime and social change than it has in replacing them with sustainable generalizations . |
30 | The British swept aside traditional food-and-agriculture systems in all the countries they ruled , replacing them with food-store and cash-cropping . |