Example sentences of "[vb past] me with [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She met me with a friendly smile , shook my hand and introduced me to the class : ‘ This is Wanda , our new pupil who has come to live in our village . |
| 2 | you met me with an exalted smile |
| 3 | When it came to boxing , Reg Witter paired me with a bigger boy called Charlie Featherstone , who happened to be quite a friend of mine . |
| 4 | Wyndham Lewis kindly provided me with a similar introduction to James Joyce . |
| 5 | The work ranged from small debt collection to very large acquisitions and disposals for the four main divisions of the company , and provided me with a great variety of work which was predominantly commercial . |
| 6 | THIS OPPORTUNITY PROVIDED ME WITH A WELCOME BREAK FROM THE PURELY BOTANICAL WORK TO WHICH I WAS ACCUSTOMED . |
| 7 | And when , as shadow education spokesman , I was a frontline campaigner in the nineteen eighty seven election , it was the G M B which provided me with the necessary facilities to carry out that role , and I thank them for it . |
| 8 | She fixed me with a big smile and gave a flirtatious wink from behind her diamond encrusted specs and said : ‘ But I would be happy to invite YOU in Tony . |
| 9 | I must have said that several times already because Ma fixed me with a glittering stare and exclaimed , ‘ If you say that word once more , Andrew , just once more , I 'll send you to the Science Museum again … with Annabel . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Next ! ’ she plainsonged and fixed me with an old-fashioned look from behind her lorgnette . |
| 11 | She was a scrawny red shorthorn with a woolly poll and she regarded me with a contemplative eye as I bent down . |
| 12 | He just leaned on me and when he caught me with a left hook I was given a standing count . |
| 13 | However , Will Purser helped me with a few defensive sentences such as , ‘ Please talk slowly , I have only just begun to learn Burmese . ’ |
| 14 | Elizabeth helped me with the flapping chair . |
| 15 | Elsie B graced me with a long chat which made me feel as if I 'd been in the presence of royalty , though I suspect not too many members of the Royal Family are at their desk as early as Elsie . |
| 16 | In that case , he told me with a grim expression , there was something he had to warn me about . |
| 17 | The Queen received me with the greatest kindness and consideration . |
| 18 | I stepped back to avoid the overpowering closeness of his face and a little man on the inner circle of the crowd startled me with a friendly smile , but I could not find him again when I looked for him . |
| 19 | He acknowledged me with a flat palm upraised . |
| 20 | Thus midday discovered me with a second scotch in my hand , a Pakki nightie round my waist , and a half-naked sex-stewardess straddling my thighs . |
| 21 | Bonanza favoured me with a full-face view of him now . |
| 22 | McIllvanney favoured me with a jackal-like smile . |
| 23 | He rewarded me with a puzzled smile , as if he wanted to show he did not quite believe me , then with a kiss from sun-blistered lips , dry and firm . |
| 24 | One upper-class motherless boy moved to live with a great-uncle who ‘ treated me with the same affection which he would have given to a son . |
| 25 | They viewed me with the same puzzled look as I later saw on the faces of nomads miles from civilization . |
| 26 | Persuaded me with a fatherly kiss . ’ |
| 27 | We were faced , as you reminded me with a projected twenty-four million pound shortfall . |
| 28 | ‘ I travelled down to Kent to stay with Donald , and he presented me with a cardboard box which contained this tiny puppy . |
| 29 | Another door opened to me last year when my daughter presented me with a gorgeous grandson , Simon , the same daughter who was instrumental in my first joining the Brownie Pack so many years ago ! |
| 30 | I bought another dress in Barnard Castle made from very fine material with a flared skirt , and the Daily Mail kindly presented me with a broad-brimmed floral hat and a pair of white gloves to take some very nice photographs . |