Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pron] with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A pickup truck passed us with three men in the back sheltering under a tarpaulin . |
| 2 | Beatrice was married now , with a family of her own , and because times were hard her sister helped her with surreptitious gifts of money ; and with clothes , toys , and treats for the children . |
| 3 | As his passion grew , to be answered in kind by her own almost overwhelming desire , his arms tightened their hold and his mouth sought hers with greater urgency . |
| 4 | His mouth met hers with bruising force , and the clamour inside her head rose to a deafening crescendo , the world twisted and turned , tossing her adrift with the turbulence of a whirlwind . |
| 5 | He fell about laughing when his agent phoned him with this news . |
| 6 | The indictment charged him with two offences . |
| 7 | I put on my coat and we went out to where the wind welcomed us with savage glee . |
| 8 | Nor was she in the gaming room with its low lights on green baize tables , circles of hands restless with chips , cards , cigarettes , while the tension adjusted itself with each soft call of the croupiers . |
| 9 | We do swear — ’ He paused , and a murmur followed him with some clearer , harsher voices audible amongst it : ‘ We do swear — ’ He went on : ‘ Never to swerve , ’ and they said it together , ‘ Never to swerve — from our present path — till we have cleansed the country — or this oppressive Act . |
| 10 | A Classification Research Group of the Library Association formed itself with great hopes of constructing the ultimate universal scheme which could be adopted by all libraries . |
| 11 | But her mind presented her with two stiff figures lying side by side , not even holding hands , perhaps not even saying a polite goodnight . |
| 12 | His great horse earned it with apparent ease — but lost 29lb in the process and came home to Ballydoyle more exhausted than after any of his previous races . |
| 13 | This decision filled her with profound gloom ; not only because her home had been so special and so very much loved , but also because the selling of Rose Cottage could do nothing but plunge her into financial disaster . |
| 14 | In 1973 the Ladies ' Committee concerned itself with this seat reporting ‘ It was a pity to leave it in the wet even if only there for the time being ’ . |
| 15 | As so often in the past , Our Lady blessed us with fine weather so that were able to hold our group procession on Wednesday morning , carrying her statue along the holy mile to the Shrine , singing hymns and reciting the Rosary . |
| 16 | But the last unspoken question consumed her with fresh guilt . |
| 17 | The youngster addressed him with condescending friendliness , and got a morose answer . |
| 18 | Bernhart Silberysen was the mayor in charge of the restoration , and the town council presented him with this bowl in thanks . |
| 19 | As events unrolled they sensed that the noisy disarray presented them with new opportunities . |
| 20 | The triumph of the Ulster Workers ' Council left it with huge prestige during the remainder of the summer . |
| 21 | His observation of the way in which after 1942 Churchill took on the role of Roosevelt 's faithful second left him with long-lasting suspicions of Britain 's priorities . |
| 22 | In the end , however , the Ukrainian decision to vote for full independence left him with little alternative but to withdraw from the USSR and in effect bring about its demise ( see pp. 179–85 ) . |
| 23 | Have we been expelled from an arcadia of fun where nature provided us with innocent automata , lowing and braying machines for our amusement ? |
| 24 | The fear that it might show on her face caused her to turn away from him and hasten towards the food hampers , and as she did so a shock revelation hit her with full force . |
| 25 | Economic pressures belong with Joanna 's mother , whose husband left her with three school-going children ; Helen 's lecturing post in another country is a career move . |
| 26 | One Keighley mill warper 's wife found herself with four to care for ; and even one could stir up great resentment . |
| 27 | Mould lifted them with great effort . |
| 28 | The factor showed them with fussy gestures where to set it . |
| 29 | Three sides of a square surrounded them with high walls and rows of windows . |
| 30 | But they remained second-class citizens as the Service restocked itself with young men of the right background from Oxford and Cambridge . |