Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] with [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All of them lived with a nervous expectation that it could happen to them . |
| 2 | Four years ago , I argued with the then Secretary of State for Health and Social Security about the Fowler review , which led to cuts in income support . |
| 3 | After that the jug of water was empty and I was full , but the waiter was smirking in an enigmatic Eastern way , so I toyed with the final concoction , just to prove I could if I wanted to , and that any I happened to leave was just for manners . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I lived with an elderly lady in a little thatched cottage which looked like something out of Hansel and Gretel . |
| 6 | This was the last time I met with the Harlequin Bronzewing . ’ |
| 7 | I agreed with the thoughtful contribution by the hon. Member for Pontypridd ( Dr. Howells ) about the problem of a shortage of gas . |
| 8 | I agreed with the other hon. Member who mentioned radios in cabs — they are being introduced into all new cabs and into existing cabs . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | There were points of Government policy where I disagreed with the official line . |
| 11 | ‘ I trained with the great Harry Houdini , escape artist extraordinaire . ’ |
| 12 | My brother and I behaved with an immune princeliness that was galling . |
| 13 | Erm when I came on to the flats I came with an open mind and I was gon na you know take things as I as I met them . |
| 14 | I played with the dumpy stem of the brandy glass , smirking at Ashley through the candle flame . |
| 15 | There was a small gymnasium , squash and archery for Richard to choose from at the Club , and just down the road he could go windsurfing or waterskiing , whilst I lazed with the other guests . |
| 16 | Gandalf says as much at II , 99 , though he is laconic about it — ‘ I sat in a high place ( the great tree in Lothlórien ? ] , and I strove with the Dark Tower ’ — since Aragorn and the others he is addressing can have no idea what is being referred to . |
| 17 | But if you compare the results I obtained with the two examples shown , you 'll understand my confusion . |
| 18 | There was a chap there I danced with a great deal . |
| 19 | I was so overjoyed with the diagnosis that I celebrated with a huge meal , a bottle of champagne and a large cigar . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 ! ) . |
| 21 | I heard them no sooner I turned to walk away which I did after a brief moment 's hesitation when I wrestled with the foolish notion of somehow eliciting a confession out of the florid man that he was lying and that Leicester Square did indeed exist ; not realizing then that he was right , and that there really was no such place as Lei-cester Square . |
| 22 | I did n't begin here , with you and Dad , I began with an unknown woman called Elaine , a girl really , and a father who is n't in New Zealand after all , but who might be in the next street , the next house . |
| 23 | It was a large field and I could see the barn at the far end as I walked with the tall grass brushing my knees . |
| 24 | They were trying to insinuate that I belonged with the psychiatric patients . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | If I stuck with the basic training and did well I too could be one of them . |
| 27 | ‘ I served with the irregular forces of the Crown in an Intelligence capacity , against the Irish guerillas . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | I lay there trying to square what I heard with the new enthusiasm derived from Edward and Laura , for I 'd left the Lodge around two in the morning , ready to set off with them the next day in search of the horizon . |