Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All I can remember is having a pickled onion and my sister stabbed it with a fork and the middle shot across the room . |
| 2 | He more than filled the gap left by Alex ; his presence animated her with a mysterious excitement . |
| 3 | He is also firmly committed to proactive management : ‘ This is n't the kind of business environment in which we can set targets and expect something to happen , and we 're not waiting for an economic turnaround to provide us with the kind of results we want to turn in . |
| 4 | THIS OPPORTUNITY PROVIDED ME WITH A WELCOME BREAK FROM THE PURELY BOTANICAL WORK TO WHICH I WAS ACCUSTOMED . |
| 5 | The fact that he had never asked the man if he 'd been able to fix the problem , Folly suddenly realised , was proof enough that the supposedly leaky tap was just an excuse to provide her with a chaperon . |
| 6 | Certainly when you arrive at the school they are committed by their contract to provide you with a desk office and and telephone facilities for two to three week or the duration of the assignment . |
| 7 | Within a day the vet phoned me with the news that the dog had two intact testicles ( a matter I 'd hardly been musing upon ) and was suffering from a bit of diarrhoea — but had been put on a milk diet which would soon clear it up . |
| 8 | His mouth feathered hers with the softness of thistledown and then , incredibly , as her lips would have clung , he moved away from her , and it was like the sting of rejection , the icy dash of water cascading over her heated flesh . |
| 9 | His hand moved more purposefully across her thigh , his mouth sought hers with a more impatient and insistent desire . |
| 10 | With Dara once more clinging firmly and rather painfully to her arm she was walked back to the small , intimate table they had been sharing on the edge of the small dance-floor , but Ace was quickly on to his feet , side-stepping Dara 's attempt to greet him with a kiss . |
| 11 | Barclays Bank is one of the cheapest widely-available sources of travellers ' cheques , charging 1 p.c. to issue them with a minimum fee of £2 . |
| 12 | This call from the black side equips us with a challenge to put to the whites . |
| 13 | To flesh out the story , the DIA provided him with a German mailing address , Postfach 1151 , Geilhausen 6460 , from which all correspondence , including anything from the DIA , would be readdressed to Coleman 's maildrop in Barrington , Illinois . |
| 14 | This study provided us with an opportunity to identify some of the myths that predominantly unskilled workers hold about life in their work environment . |
| 15 | In January 1990 the Education Department provided her with a new tutor . |
| 16 | ‘ The portacabin provided us with a way to offer them the best possible service under the circumstances . ’ |
| 17 | That morning , as he galloped along the ride between the trees in the Tiergarten , his horse 's hooves kicked up the powdered snow filling him with a fierce joy . |
| 18 | The League ruled that the striking off of Grima from the Widnes register and an attempt to replace him with the Tongan forward , Boblyn Tuavao , was ‘ unacceptable ’ . |
| 19 | [ William Golding , The Inheritors ] It requires careful attention to realize that here we are seeing , through the uncomprehending mind of Lok , a man 's attempt to shoot him with an arrow . |
| 20 | Complaining that a recent photograph showed him with an unrecyclable styrofoam coffee cup , he denounced it as ‘ politically incorrect ’ . |
| 21 | The priest measured him with a pitying look . |
| 22 | It had not been her intention to favour him with a compliment . |
| 23 | And yesterday the story had a happy ending when the man who bought the ring returned it with a mumbled apology . |
| 24 | Jake leaned forward in his seat to fix her with a look . |
| 25 | Bonanza favoured me with a full-face view of him now . |
| 26 | And the Monster commanding her with a series of little short , bad-tempered grunts . |
| 27 | The man with the shotgun hit him with the butt of the weapon , driving it deep into his stomach , doubling him over , dropping him to the floor . |
| 28 | As she watched him striding up the beach she tried to consider what he had said but with his loss the full weight of her grief hit her with a thud that stopped her eyes , her ears , her brain . |
| 29 | The teaching and life style of John the Baptist identifies him with the prophetic tradition in Israel . |
| 30 | ‘ So your mummy saw me with the boys , did she ? |