Example sentences of "plied [pers pn] with [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was also warned to stay away from the tennis court if anyone was playing , but on one Saturday , a party was in progress and Miss Betty Farr , who must have been in her early twenties , spotted me trying not to be seen , called me over and plied me with cakes and lemonade . |
| 2 | I then waited until midnight in a tiny village where the local people plied me with beer and chickens until I could barely move . |
| 3 | The station staff plied me with penguin biscuits and saucers of sweet tea in an attempt to discover my embarkation point , but the only information I would part with was my Grandfather 's address and place of employment . |
| 4 | She 's lonely and she plied me with tea and scones and the rest , and gave me information about her neighbours , whom she seems to like quite a bit . |
| 5 | He plied her with chicken chop suey from Chang 's in East Ham High Street for two months before they consummated the affair on the grass of Littlewood Common , a few yards away from Shrimpton 's parents ' farm . |
| 6 | Undaunted , Marr and Morrissey went to see Shaw at her home and plied her with spiel . |
| 7 | Theodora watched as the woman whose voice would carry across a couple of ten-acre fields , and who could bring a rowdy committee to heel by clearing her throat , murmuring intimately into the mare 's ear and made little clucking noises as she plied her with carrots . |
| 8 | While he unsaddled and fed his horse , she plied him with questions about his visit to Tamar 's home . |
| 9 | Maureen hid her feelings and plied him with tea and food from the trolley which Helen had wheeled in . |
| 10 | We sat on a sofa beneath the doleful gaze of these trophies while Hasan plied us with drinks and an array of Egyptian delicacies which he brought simmering from the kitchen . |