Example sentences of "she [vb past] [pers pn] with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turning abruptly , she flung it with a clash into the fireplace ; then she went out and got into the car . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ They 've got no consideration , ’ Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke stormed as she met us with a supply of dusters and aerosols and impregnated cloths . |
| 4 | She met it with a puzzled look in her eyes . |
| 5 | When she attacked him with a 12-inch butcher 's knife , he punched her , and that brought that troubled relationship to a troubled end . |
| 6 | She menaced me with the extinguisher 's nozzle and , because I knew Ellen did not make idle threats , and because I knew she despised all displays of macho violence , I obediently stepped backwards and watched as she transferred the extinguisher 's aim to Sweetman . |
| 7 | She passed him with a fractional quickening of her pace . |
| 8 | She was a scrawny red shorthorn with a woolly poll and she regarded me with a contemplative eye as I bent down . |
| 9 | From time to time , as she looked up , specks of gritty plaster landed in her eyes and , putting her broom down for a moment , she dabbed them with the corner of her shawl . |
| 10 | She bore it with a little smile of amusement that began to enrage me . |
| 11 | ‘ Then when she caught me with a cigarette she went really mad and tried to grab it off me . ’ |
| 12 | She dismissed me with a jerk of her head and took the call . |
| 13 | She dismissed it with a regal gesture . |
| 14 | Then , as she skewered him with a look of pure detestation , he reached out suddenly and caught her by the wrists . |
| 15 | But she stopped me with a look . |
| 16 | ( One of the teachers whom I interviewed , and who did not comment on this question , has since told me that she used it with a class . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | She fixed me with a look of vengeance and demanded the home phone number of the President of the Academy of Motion Pictures . |
| 19 | She fixed him with a stare , defying him to think otherwise . |
| 20 | She fixed him with a glittering emerald stare . |
| 21 | She fixed him with a look and shifted her weight . |
| 22 | She mimicked him with an Italian accent which always made him laugh . |
| 23 | Then she woke him with a cup of tea . |
| 24 | She filled him with a kind of exultation he had never experienced before and he found himself shaking his head . |
| 25 | The prosecution claim she blasted him with a shotgun because he was having an affair . |
| 26 | ‘ I think he 'd like to be Pope , ’ she told them with a sort of weary insight . |
| 27 | ‘ Now , I want you both to just relax and take it easy , ’ she told them with a warm smile . |
| 28 | ‘ My only desire is to ensure that I remain dry-eyed , ’ she told him with a detachment she certainly did n't feel . |
| 29 | ‘ Your picnic is ready , ’ she told him with a beaming smile . |
| 30 | ‘ Yes — keep your fingers crossed — I think I 've actually found someone at last , ’ she told him with a thankful sigh . |