Example sentences of "[vb past] the [adj] [noun] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately the use of a new gauge led to a simple practical problem — the break of gauge where the broad met the narrow gauge with the consequent need for transshipment of goods and passengers . |
| 2 | Then Stephen beat off two defenders in a run to the line and Dave Groves met the resulting cross with a diving header which was cleared in the goalmouth . |
| 3 | Then he went back to his mother , taking the Kings with him , and there he divided the whole spoil with the hidalgos and his other companions , both the Moorish captives and all the spoil of whatever kind , so that they departed right joyfully , being well pleased with what he had done . |
| 4 | When she was just about within striking distance , she flung the soaking bundle with all her might in his direction , shouted , ‘ Take that ! ’ and then ran , not waiting to see if she had hit the target or not . |
| 5 | ‘ First I want you to sit down over here and write down the names of all those who shared the stolen fruit with you . ’ |
| 6 | Devraux himself was sitting in the front beside his Annamese driver while Senator Sherman shared the rear seats with his sons and Paul Devraux . |
| 7 | Here the Unionists were challenged for the first time in many years but the NILP shared the anti-Unionist vote with Independents , who polled 4.5 per cent in North and 2 per cent in Waterside . |
| 8 | American Danny Sullivan went on to win a race which also saw Emerson Fittipaldi , of Brazil , who shared the front row with Mansell , knocked out in a separate accident . |
| 9 | In many states , the political framework could be described as ‘ constitutional monarchy ’ , but only Spain and Sweden shared the two-party conflict with which Great Britain seemed to make the system work . |
| 10 | Presumably its ancestors were not so different when they shared the marine habitat with the trilobites . |
| 11 | I made the long trip with my boys but the unit told me I should not be there . |
| 12 | His reward was a 69 , while Lanny Wadkins , that American warhorse , made the early running with a 65 , later equalled by Jeff Sluman . |
| 13 | Cork were playing into the strong wind in the first half but made the early running with a sixth minute goal from Barry Egan . |
| 14 | Billy Bingham 's men made the perfect start with a goal after just 14 minutes from Jim Magilton . |
| 15 | We made the necessary arrangements with the owner and viewed it the next day . |
| 16 | He made the simple introduction with formal precision . |
| 17 | He moved into Buckingham Palace when his mother became Queen and the Queen Mother made the reverse journey with Princess Margaret . |
| 18 | But I 'll I 'll have to find out from them , it may be that they do n't want me to send anybody else to it because I made the initial contact with them . |
| 19 | He ruled the new generation with a rod , boys who had worshipped the hero as kids and tried to emulate him in their tennis-ball pick-up games — ‘ Bags I be Washy ! ’ |
| 20 | Its outline may still be traced despite the extensive Victorianisation of 1836 , which clad the original structure with granite facings and extended upwards and sideways . |
| 21 | They were too eager for his hands , too ready to leap into a fierce throbbing as he groaned harshly in his throat with pleasure and delicately manipulated the rosy tips with his finger and thumb . |
| 22 | Stoddard Mercia carpeted the complete hotel with Custom Axminster and Chlidema Wilton designs in the public areas and contract quality tufteds in the bedrooms . |
| 23 | ‘ I expect he timed the whole thing with a stopwatch , ’ said Greg . |
| 24 | He read the green documents with pleasure . |
| 25 | Swiftly and with the minimum of noise , they laid the small table with heavy silver tableware and spread out the various dishes . |
| 26 | Foley therefore became the official winner with Alan Dawson second , Mervyn Miller third and Cullen and Mely in fourth and fifth places . |
| 27 | Simon Johnson , 13 , from Reading , became the English finalist with a score of 2,338 , while Philip Lee Marshall , 16 , from Holyhead , will represent Wales with 2,223 . |
| 28 | ‘ Say , ’ he asked the white-faced driver with a cheery grin . |
| 29 | Sheikh al Hassan asked the unfamiliar question with some distaste . |
| 30 | She scanned the drab office with its scarred furniture , scuffed paintwork and nicotine-yellowed ceiling . |