Example sentences of "to [verb] [pers pn] with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is reduced to wooing her with honeyed words on behalf of his handsome but tongue-tied young friend . |
| 2 | Having got rid of his shirts in this way , he was reduced to replacing them with crude garments made out of sacking . |
| 3 | Anyway , all that — and the Rogan Josh , which I 'd took real sweat over right down to serving it with iced bottles of Kingfisher lager and quarters of lime and rice fried with egg and to hell with the risk of salmonella — was before Billy Tuckett dropped in . |
| 4 | Although a minor error in the recitation of the Vedas was looked upon with strong disapproval , passing events were regarded by the Hindus as devoid of real significance and so it is not surprising that no importance was attached to providing them with accurate dates . |
| 5 | David Rosser of Ammanford , Dyfed , carries a small water pistol that he squirts into dogs ' eyes , and also confesses to bombarding them with small pebbles . |