Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] with [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But their efforts to collect the money from Germany met with little success ; and when French and Belgian troops occupied the Ruhr in 1923 in an attempt to force payment , the German economy collapsed amidst wild inflation ( CORE , pp. 6–7 ) . |
| 2 | For his part Humphrys maintained with some justice that any binding provision would not be compatible with Iraq 's future independent status . |
| 3 | ‘ A great deal , ’ Hari spoke with more confidence than she felt , indeed , she was trembling inside and she could only hope her nervousness did n't show . |
| 4 | Mrs Laughton resigned with much regret , saying as she went that Orkney Islands Council did n't appear to know what the role of the Reporter to the Children 's Panel should be , and determined to make her concerns public . |
| 5 | Only Lee Ellison and goalkeeper Mark Prudhoe emerged with any credit . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , keep it dark , Private Carrots , ’ said Joe , and Linda departed with more giggles . |
| 7 | Richard shrugged with some diffidence . |
| 8 | Therese said with some ferocity , ‘ They think of themselves . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm going to have to travel up to London every day of the week , ’ Meredith said with some regret . |
| 10 | … They have inherited … both the ‘ African personality ’ that President Nkrumah sought with such labour , and the sophistication of the ‘ Black Europeans ’ . ’ |
| 11 | Although it had been conceived originally as a means of reducing illegal practices during the process of distillation , the ‘ Coffey still ’ had obvious commercial advantages , but his efforts to introduce it in Ireland met with little success , and it was in Scotland that it first became popular in the 1840s . |
| 12 | Nigel Barnes agreed with this point . |
| 13 | HWIM experimented with several strategies ( Woods 1982 ) , some designed to process left-to-right , others designed to work with island-driving strategies . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , God , ’ Ruth breathed with such distress that Fernando tightened his grip around her , folding her so hard into his tense body that she clung to him hotly . |
| 15 | Abrams himself , North remarked with some heat , did not need to ask ; he knew ; but at a certain point , knowledge became uncomfortable . |
| 16 | Boxing almost fortnightly demanded minimum training and Lynch thrived with this pattern of exercise . |
| 17 | Oxford Crown Court heard how Reynolds collided with another car and mounted the kerb at St Mary 's Road in Oxford , after driving at speeds of around 45 to 50 mph . |
| 18 | The railways were , as Charles Dickens noted with some distaste , ubiquitous : |
| 19 | Beardsley combined with former Liverpool team-mate Gary Ablett to put Everton through to a lucrative home tie against Chelsea in the last 16 of the Coca-Cola Cup . |
| 20 | During her service , Hazel dealt with all managers throughout the Group , and was well known and admired for her cheerful efficiency and careful interpretation of the company vehicle policy . |
| 21 | Scheilenberg waited , desperate for a cigarette , but aware also of how totally Himmler disapproved of smoking and then the door opened and Rossman appeared with another man . |
| 22 | Twelve months ago Fermanagh stayed with All Ireland champions Donegal until the half way stage before being eventually well beaten . |
| 23 | Jessamy asked with some interest , moving closer . |
| 24 | Darius checked with some friends and learned that the heavies were seen again Sunday evening . |
| 25 | Memories of the S.S. Oarsman lost with all hands in 1932 |
| 26 | The first reason why Jesus talked with this woman was very simply because he liked her ! |
| 27 | The reason that Jesus talked with this woman was that he wanted to save her . |
| 28 | ‘ I am practical , ’ Jessamy insisted with some annoyance . |
| 29 | Danzigers felt with some justification that they had been left to the mercy of the Polish military and were now chained to what Molotov called the monstrous bastard of Versailles — the backward Polish state and economy . |
| 30 | The first edition of the Buildings of England , Lincolnshire volume , published in 1964 , was the first volume in which Nikolaus Pevsner collaborated with another author , in this case John Harris . |