Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] with [art] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His old friends the overseers did him proud to the very last : in their generosity they provided him with a 14s. funeral . |
| 2 | A gun barrel thrust into the fireplace provided him with the means of heating substances to high temperatures . |
| 3 | Educational success provided him with the means of breaching the barrier of his lowly birth and enabled him to gain access to the lower echelons of the petty bourgeoisie as an engineer in the French railway system . |
| 4 | When I used it with a 50lb rucksack there were no sweaty damp patches . |
| 5 | The pensioner tackled him but was overpowered when the raider threatened him with a 6in kitchen knife , before escaping . |
| 6 | This tune has been requested by Mr. Peter Williams , who kindly furnished me with a 45rpm record of the tune , by the Krew Kats , featuring Jim Sullivan and recorded 31 years ago ( HMV 45-POP-804 ) . |
| 7 | I wore them with a pair of black leather gloves trimmed with fake fur , and the jacket , which has padded shoulders and is trimmed with feathers . ’ |
| 8 | She wore it with a pair of new white sandals and a lacy white cardigan her mother had knitted for her . |
| 9 | At our last meeting he presented me with a pair of small Tibetan scrolls . |
| 10 | I think I did it with a pair of tweezers to , so I could stick the |