Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pron] with an " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ruled us with an iron hand and , while he was a very fair man , woe betide any officer who crossed him . |
| 2 | He approached them with an offer to train them . |
| 3 | He stopped her with an impatient gesture . |
| 4 | He roused himself with an effort , sniffed and shook his head vigorously . |
| 5 | He followed her with an easy stride , blocked her escape , looming very tall and dark above her . |
| 6 | He built his dragons a garden , the most beautiful garden in the world , and although he surrounded it with an iron wall which he believed they would not cross , he made the wall beautiful for them , lavish with filigree work and sweet with hanging plants . |
| 7 | He kissed her with an expertise that was outside her experience , with a knowledge that was never learned from any book , and , much to her surprise , she felt a stab of jealousy for all those other women who must have stood as she stood now , arms round his strong frame , mouth ravaged by his skill . |
| 8 | He kissed her with an ardour that left her breathless . |
| 9 | He watched me with an anxiety and a pity so powerful I walked away . |
| 10 | ‘ My father ruled us with an iron fist and he hit us with an iron fist too , ’ Joe recalls . |
| 11 | He claimed he associated himself with an abnormality that characterised the outstanding personalities of history , such as Confucius , Jesus Christ , Julius Caesar and Hitler . |
| 12 | He presented them with an axe , and set up a log to split . |
| 13 | He said it with an odd , teasing leer , as though he were asking for something very difficult , and when the boy spoke he sounded awkward , his voice high and polite . |
| 14 | He had said and done nothing that was not polite , yet he left them with an inexplicably awkward feeling , as though something unpleasant had taken place . |
| 15 | I shouted at him , ‘ Ya , Zebbie the Coalpicker ’ , and he chased me with an axe to our back door . |