Example sentences of "[vb past] him with an [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | His detailed and systematic accumulation of electoral information provided him with an unsurpassed knowledge of constituencies and candidates and greatly contributed to the efficient Conservative organization which triumphed in 1841 . |
2 | The plebiscitary acclamation which could always be mobilized by Hitler provided him with an unassailable base of popularity , and as such offered the regime legitimation both within Germany and in the eyes of foreign powers , allowing the scope for further mobilization and a gathering momentum of Nazi policy . |
3 | The rebuilding of the town of Warwick after the fire presumably provided him with an initial opportunity , and he was later responsible for a further group of churches and other public buildings ; but the predominant element in his practice was the building of country houses for the midlands gentry . |
4 | When I saw my friend Bob Hope in some comedy or other at the age of six I provided him with an imaginary wife , who was called ‘ Nothing ’ . |
5 | She mimicked him with an Italian accent which always made him laugh . |
6 | But before he could , the Company Manager stopped him with an admonitory ‘ Incidentally , Mr. Paris … ’ |
7 | In addition to being a hunchback the painter Toulouse-Lautrec suffered from a condition which endowed him with an oversized penis . |
8 | Complaining that a recent photograph showed him with an unrecyclable styrofoam coffee cup , he denounced it as ‘ politically incorrect ’ . |
9 | Len Seager had been conscious throughout the entire rescue operation and as Rachel joined him briefly in the back of the ambulance and covered him with an extra blanket he managed another smile . |
10 | Ruth interrupted him with an embittered laugh . |
11 | The appointment , held until 1670 , associated him with an energetic department and Duncombe here acquired a modest reputation for administrative skills . |
12 | She was 15 at the time of the wedding , and was to present him with seven children , among them the future Charles I. She also presented him with an embarrassing situation by deciding after a while to become a Roman Catholic . |
13 | He thanked John Edelsten for his ten years of service as treasurer and presented him with an engraved tankard as a token of the Chamber 's gratitude . |
14 | To mark the occasion , the company presented him with an engraved watch and from his colleagues and friends he was given a number generous gifts , including an envelope containing £100 from the Axminster Darners , a magnum of sherry , a shirt and a birthday cake . |
15 | Vice-chairman Violet Durkan presented him with an inscribed gold watch on behalf of the members . |
16 | It also presented him with an interesting little self-discussion about his future prospects because it came when he was on the cusp between low-key acting roles and moderate fame . |
17 | They parted at dawn but when he approached her later the same morning she froze him with an icy gaze and said , ‘ In the circle in which I move , sleeping with a man does not constitute an introduction . ’ |
18 | It flashed from the woodwork and the walls ; it smote him with an awful , total power , as if generated by a vast mill . |
19 | On the day of Mussolini 's arrival in the city Il Piccolo greeted him with an enigmatic front-page headline : ‘ Duce , Duce , Duce ! |