Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] him with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By looking for faults in his behaviour , by constantly diminishing him with little criticisms — he neglected their boy ( at school in Randung ) , he was cold , he was selfish , he was an inadequate and clumsy lover ( did she dare ) , he never listened to other people , he had no sense of direction because he was always getting her lost in foreign capitals — she made him feel a kind of leper , different from and inferior to the run of men . |
| 2 | The touch of Asuryan was no longer so strong in his mind , and the Sword of Khaine no longer provided him with near limitless strength . |
| 3 | In the event , inhabitants of Štanjel , although they were certainly not unkind to him , did not exactly welcome him with open arms . |
| 4 | She could not associate him with any loss of dignity , or credit , or grace , not because he felt these too nearly and jealously , but because he wore and used them with as little thought as the breath he drew , and they were as natural a part of him , and like breath , when they left him they would leave him dead . |
| 5 | She could not provide him with small talk , or prod him to abandon his silences . |
| 6 | Political theories could not provide him with any answers . |
| 7 | It was as if , gasping out his last breath , that battered , bitter and vindictive old man had somehow injected him with some small portion of his own bitter resolve . |
| 8 | I just willed him with all my mind to believe me . |
| 9 | He was normally shown , holding a double axe and thunderbolt , standing on a bull , thus linking him with this important fertility image . |
| 10 | Determined not to present him with any more ammunition , she paused for a long moment , considering her words carefully before trying again . |
| 11 | Although Richard Baxter did n't die of tuberculosis , it nevertheless left him with much bodily weakness and pain for the remainder of his life . |
| 12 | Martinus , a just man , protested to Paulus , who promptly threatened him with instant imprisonment for his interference . |
| 13 | Life grew greyer by the day , but Gina could always surprise him with new horrors . |
| 14 | We can still charge him with reckless behaviour . |
| 15 | They were still watching him with fox-like concentration . |
| 16 | Importantly for Nicholson , this quirk in the social order was all that was needed to give him the kick-start he required , and it also provided him with more money than he had ever earned before . |
| 17 | And he remembered with satisfaction , because it proved that he was not at fault , that Miriam and Louise had both approached him with some wild tale about Miss Hughes leading their brothers into debauchery and sensuality . |
| 18 | Seeing the mist that deepened the dark grey of her eyes , the pale translucent cheeks , both so beautiful now in their glowing copper setting , it was all Benedict could do not to snatch her back into the heat of his embrace , and force his way to that intimate deep caress , the thought of which now fired him with passionate yearning . |
| 19 | But he told his bosses in London who have now provided him with round-the-clock protection for fear he could be in the sights of an IRA killer gang . |
| 20 | ‘ The Met have now provided him with round-the-clock protection as they fear the filofax could fall into the hands of the IRA , ’ said the source . |
| 21 | In short , life had really left him with little more than a reputation and a network of scars . |
| 22 | Local officers did n't immediately associate him with violent crime . |
| 23 | And the Earl of Warwick might well provide him with additional escort . |
| 24 | Cameron do n't poke him with long poles . |
| 25 | He was out again early ; too early even for the car to have been ticketed yet , as he found when he got in and turned the engine over to be sure that the cold and damp of the early hours would n't leave him with any last-minute problems . |
| 26 | The most he conceded was that Claire Fraser was nice and did n't pester him with silly questions . |
| 27 | His sanctimoniousness and hypocrisy make some people around here regard him with great distaste . |
| 28 | I knew I was n't the only victim because I had heard complaints from others ; the fruiterer who saw his apples disappear from the box in front of the shop , the grocer who unwillingly supplied him with free biscuits . |
| 29 | ‘ If you do n't ask him with 100 percent commitment and effort he wo n't do it , yet the feeling I got when it suddenly clicked was just amazing ! ’ |
| 30 | In fact MacDonald was as much a " gradualist " as the Fabians or as the cautious trade-union officials who initially regarded him with much suspicion . |