Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] with a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All of them lived with a nervous expectation that it could happen to them . |
| 2 | This figure declined slightly for older children , a growing proportion of whom lived with a natural parent and a step-parent . |
| 3 | For the first two months I lived with a French family in Fontainebleau and studied with a Commandant Lettaure , who was coaching fifteen other young Englishmen . |
| 4 | I was n't positive on this one , so I checked with a leading manufacturer who said it was not wise to mix , as the addition of stain could upset the drying time . |
| 5 | There was a chap there I danced with a great deal . |
| 6 | I was so overjoyed with the diagnosis that I celebrated with a huge meal , a bottle of champagne and a large cigar . |
| 7 | ‘ If it 's as big as your mouth , you 're on , ’ I replied with a cool nonchalance that belonged to someone else ( that was me , you fool ! ) . |
| 8 | One chub in the following thirty minutes and I was back on the feeder , four good chub and a few bits followed , no more barbel , and I finished with a total weight of 14lb . |
| 9 | I escaped with a few scars and I have no doubt that my greatest support was the knowledge that I was n't economically dependent on my family . |
| 10 | I was driving my car along an unlit street in Bristol , England : all of a sudden the two inner wheels of the car had left the road and I travelled for quite a few yards at an angle of 45 degrees , after which I landed with a large bump . |
| 11 | In 1987 I worked with a chief inspector who had just returned from university having read for a Bramshill scholarship in what he called ‘ black letter law ’ . |
| 12 | Yeah , I worked with a voluntary group for a while and I remember helping one lady go through , she was raped , and go through the courts , and all her past life was brought up , I mean I was so upset for her and yet the fact that he had actually raped twice before was n't brought up , but her past life was brought up and the man actually got off in the end because she just could not cope with being on the stand and dealing with it all and it was just so terrible that , that , that the , the ina , |
| 13 | I spent the first eighteen months working in all the factory departments , so I started with a good knowledge of precisely how the product was made and did all the jobs that then existed in the production of confectionery . |
| 14 | ‘ I started with a whole lot of ideas and a plan . |
| 15 | Last Sunday I talked with a white farmer whose land is in what Rhodesians call ‘ the sharp end ’ , where the fighting is . |
| 16 | I struggled with a makeshift skipping rope and tried to do a few more press-ups each day ; it was not much fun . |
| 17 | I burnt with a thin black flame |
| 18 | And , at first opportunity , I went with a fellow Clare admirer to look for John Clare 's birds . |
| 19 | They offered me soup I was desperate for but took no notice of , asked me questions I answered with a catatonic silence and a stare . |
| 20 | ‘ Called to see a friend , ’ I said with a dry mouth . |
| 21 | " Right , Mr Bailes , " I said with a twisted smile . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's an easy enough error to have made , ’ I said with a small smile . |
| 23 | " Ah well , " I said with a light laugh . |
| 24 | But , oh , Doctor , ’ I said with a happy smile . |
| 25 | Preferably the something , ’ I said with a hopeful smile . |
| 26 | ‘ That 's what I was hoping , ’ I said with a deliberate leer . |
| 27 | ‘ I slept with a few . ’ |
| 28 | I really had nothing useful to say , so I responded with a sympathetic noise that only made Robin-Anne shake her head impatiently . |
| 29 | I had them to dinner at my principal residence , having prepared a tagine of lamb with apricots , which I teased with a husky Australian Shiraz from the Mudgee River . |
| 30 | We had left John last night at the club , and I wondered with a quailing sensation when he had got home . |