Example sentences of "[to-vb] she with [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that he had never asked the man if he 'd been able to fix the problem , Folly suddenly realised , was proof enough that the supposedly leaky tap was just an excuse to provide her with a chaperon . |
| 2 | Armed with a loaded airgun , two smoke bombs and a knife , he held up a building society to provide her with a nest-egg . |
| 3 | France and Belgium were the two lesser industrial powers and although France had been a big eighteenth-century producer of coal , her resources were unable to provide her with the fuel she needed for industry on the German scale . |
| 4 | She obviously had n't expected Jessamy to provide her with an excuse for staying longer at the house . |
| 5 | The two newspapers reporting this case both focused on his claim that sex taunts from his 56-year-old wife over his impotency provoked him to strangle her with a flex . |
| 6 | An RIB ( Rigid Inflatable Boat with a ninety-horsepower outboard engine , capable of nearly forty knots ) races out to meet her with the operations captain and a customs officer on board . |
| 7 | I sometimes did little unexpected kid things out of my tenderness for her , and was always glad to be the one to take up tea for her if she was unwell , and so on , or to help her with the housework when she was servantless . |
| 8 | Every Saturday morning Stuart went with his Mum to the big William Low supermarket to help her with the shopping . |
| 9 | He 'd not offered to help her with the Christmas preparations and she had n't felt like asking him . |
| 10 | and the fact you 're going to help her with the dinner , huh |
| 11 | The conductress tried to console her with a glass of sweet , strong tea but without much success . |
| 12 | Jake leaned forward in his seat to fix her with a look . |
| 13 | And he had been a healthy influence on Clare when she most needed it — when that creeping Jesus of a Damien had threatened to infect her with the mildew of his own damp piety . |
| 14 | She yanked her seatbelt free then gave a squeak of protest as Penry pulled her into his arms to kiss her with a ferocity she fought against at first . |
| 15 | But before writing to her friend of the matter , the queen-dowager debated whether or not it was necessary to burden her with the knowledge . |
| 16 | The residents could have been waiting to mug her with a Zimmer frame . |
| 17 | And I was very worried because the lady that was going to be paying for the job was just down there and if we were n't careful we were going to kill her with the wardrobe . |
| 18 | Merely to connect her with the Battle of Trafalgar liquefied him a little further because it moved him . |
| 19 | First he 'd been crazy enough to subdue her with a kiss which , though it had begun in anger , had aroused a need for her so hot and instant that it had stunned him more than her slap , and now this . |
| 20 | When he thought about that voice he felt he would like to murder her with a knife himself . |
| 21 | It 's an honour to be able to present her with a plaque . |
| 22 | It has been a difficult day for the Queen and tonight she 's been snubbed following the decision by the municipality of Limassol not to present her with the keys to the town . |
| 23 | Three masked men broke into her bungalow , and threatened to beat her with a club . |
| 24 | He swivelled to face her with a look of forced tolerance on his face . |
| 25 | I was going to threaten her with the law . |
| 26 | Expecting it to be someone high up in one of the many companies she had dealings with — though it was unusual for Jimmy not to supply her with a name — she announced efficiently , ‘ Leith Everett . ’ |
| 27 | I expect the Establishment Division refused to supply her with a tape-recorder ( and for good reason , one might think ) , so she 's brought one of her children 's instead . |
| 28 | Guido turned and paused to confront her with a smile in the doorway of his bedroom . |
| 29 | Juliet had an awful suspicion that she was about to strike her with the plastic colander , and she stepped back . |