Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb past] with [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I confess that I literally gasped with disbelief when I heard him calmly announce his determination to get rid of the poll tax at the first possible opportunity . |
| 2 | I just collapsed with laughter … . |
| 3 | The third summer I came across greenflies which I easily killed with malathion . |
| 4 | Nevertheless I always accepted with gratitude the milk which the shepherd offered me , as the expression of his love , but since , being pure spirit , I do not need the milk , I shared it with this little fox , who is very fond of milk . " |
| 5 | Then something suddenly occurred to me and I nearly cried with relief . |
| 6 | What we do know is that his full conversion to Christianity released in him a literary flow which only ceased with death . |
| 7 | Streets which once throbbed with dock and factory workers and their families were now deserted . |
| 8 | Thus in Israel associations were formed on an industry-wide basis which usually coincided with product and labour markets ( Shirom and Jacobson , 1975 ) . |
| 9 | The 1–0 League Cup win at City was the start of Tottenham 's revival , which also coincided with goalkeeper Erik Thorstvedt 's return . |
| 10 | ( I am still smarting at the MILLSTONE remark about poor little B , at which simply roared with laughter , told me to ignore it and that he , , was merely getting crabbit , old , critical and jealous … ) . |
| 11 | Mikaela von Koskull , who had originally been selected to sail on Martela OF but who eventually sailed with Maiden , will lead a group that includes Dawn Riley , Claire Russel , Jeni Munday and Nancy Hill . |
| 12 | She was attracted by the privation of the life , which she always linked with virtue , and she liked its sexual freedom . |
| 13 | She had never seen a dragon before , and now she nearly exploded with joy . |
| 14 | She nearly gasped with dismay at the shock that shivered down into her tummy . |
| 15 | ‘ So your zeide says , ’ agreed Bertha Cohen as she spread the hake , thoroughly washed and cleaned , on a wooden board and cut it into thick pieces which she liberally sprinkled with salt . |
| 16 | She now cooked with garlic , took an interest in wine and spoke of fricassees rather than fry-ups . |
| 17 | She almost fainted with shock , but had already learned that the edicts of the couturier ( one of the last true autocrats of the Western world ) were not to be questioned . |
| 18 | Olive had been expecting so many horrors that hearing the question she almost laughed with relief . |
| 19 | Then she almost collapsed with relief when she heard Julius 's voice . |
| 20 | She almost wept with relief as his strong fingers closed round her hand and guided her to the safety of a broad platform of stone , where at last it was possible to stand upright . |
| 21 | By comparison , Britain 's first lady , Norma Major , is a quiet , unassuming woman who almost squirmed with discomfort when her husband became Prime Minister . |
| 22 | We often began with antipasto : a selection of home-cured salumi . |
| 23 | We often cried with pain . |
| 24 | They also remarked with astonishment a sort of combat between God and her without being able to determine whether God was more occupied in seeking in the secrets of his wisdom the means of exercising her by suffering than she was disposed to suffer for his love ; for she showed an incredible avidity for crosses and an invincible patience over her trials and over every affliction which Almighty God sent to exercise her love and fidelity . |
| 25 | They also varied with respect to the loci of changes envisaged , and the relationship between the project initiatives and the past , current and proposed developments in the school 's curricular , extra-curricular and infrastructural dimensions . |
| 26 | They both looked with disgust at the men who came rolling drunk from the inns and ale-houses . |
| 27 | The population of this district had not been previously deeply dissatisfied ; but it was natural that they should wish well to people of their own class , supposed to be fighting for higher wages ; and they presently heard with truth that several employers hereabouts had begun to promise higher payments under the dread of seeing the population armed against them . ’ |
| 28 | Gideon 's wood and Red wood , two large game coverts , blocked the view to the north of the park ; they almost joined with Home wood , a coppice to the immediate north of the house . |
| 29 | The Leeds boss pointed the midfielder back on and had to be restrained by reserve official Brian Hill as he furiously remonstrated with referee Joe Worrall . |
| 30 | I brought my heel down on his instep , and then caught his forehead with my knee as he instinctively doubled with pain . |