Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] with the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The Hong Kong Rugby Football Union , in a shock move — one which stems from desperation — saddled Simpkin with the post of national coach at the last meeting of its executive committee in March .
2 The adjutant found Woolley with the armourer , checking ammunition before he allowed his machine-gun drums to be filled .
3 In the morning Anne helped Marilla with the housework .
4 He charged Sewell with the maintenance of discipline in the College ( which led to Sewell recommending the expulsion of only one pupil , although some students paid too much attention to tavern and skittle-ground ) .
5 Cajun and Creole cooking 's roots are reflected in the foods of France , Spain , Africa and Germany , as Roz Denny discovered when she visited Louisiana with the Food and Drinks team
6 At this point the hard work began , Anne-Marie Brogan , Lay Chaplain at Lancaster University and Rev. Paul Marley , Vice Principal at Lancaster and Morecambe College helped Anne-Marie with the organisation of this event .
7 This deal provided GM with the entry to the luxury car market that it had sought — Saab was promised access to GM 's resources and dealership network .
8 If Italy provided Ramsay with the polish of sophistication and a kind of classical elegance , it was from the French that he learnt a quality he was to make quite his own : gracefulness .
9 Madra helped Ratagan with the fire , and when Riven had done the best he could with his ripped clothing he wandered about the campsite looking for firewood .
10 A man in a bowler hat helped Emma with the pram .
11 In the months Nicholson had been involved in the writing and filming of The Trip , flower-power had reached its peak and the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco had become the Mecca of hippiedom , where all the children with flowers in their hair were at ; naturally enough , this prevailing situation provided AIP with the backdrop for another psychedelic experience called Psych-Out .
12 Now it 's finally open , nearly two years after De Niro first approached Nieporent with the idea , the Tribeca Bar and Grill will need to turn over more than £1.2 million a year just to break even , something that may prove difficult , given that the average bill for the restaurant 's simple fish and pasta dishes is around $40 a head .
13 The Knack also provided Crawford with the opportunity to do the sort of daredevil stunts for which he would later become famous .
14 ‘ What kind of reading , Gran ? ’ asked Bruce with the whisky bottle .
15 Panic-struck once she saw her mistake she immediately confronted Bernard with the truth , apologized and offered her resignation .
16 In the new chapter , Morton is believed to tell how the Palace confronted Diana with the tape .
17 She started Mozart with the press of a button and kept on her fingerless gloves against the cold .
18 Katharine tickled Benji with the whip to keep the activity and the bend until he was back on the track .
19 However , Julie Mendies , an adviser from within the University , buttonholed Peter with the announcement that she was a vegetarian .
20 She furnished Eliot with the title and central concept of his poem , but was otherwise more important for summarizing and reminding him of other people 's ideas , such as those of E. K. Chambers speaking of literary forms encompassing ‘ fragments of forgotten cults ’ .
21 The archbishop rewarded Wolfgang with the title of konzertmeister .
22 = Mary hit John with the pillow .
23 ( Expected answer : Because Mary hit John with the pillow ) .
24 ( Expected answer : Mary hit John with the pillow ) .
25 It connected Mitcham with the City , instead of Victoria .
26 Leslie contrasted Zuhra with the Government papers like Mwangaza , stating that the former was more sought after ; Mwangaza was dull and heavy going .
27 He also carried out fibre and hair tests , but found nothing that connected Nichol with the crime .
28 For his part , Alexei treated Jehana with the kind of respect a man might give to an aged relative , polite and always attentive , but there was a careful absence of warmth every time he spoke to her .
29 When American writer Lester Bangs toured England with The Clash , Bernie Rhodes tried to set him on fire .
30 The catalyst had been the choreographer Sir Kenneth MacMillan who presented Paul with the dream commission after seeing his student work in a degree show .
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