Example sentences of "he [vb past] it with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His hotel room had three beds , and for a few days he shared it with two German boys , students , who had enormous rucksacks and bulky guidebooks , and who were eager for Tim to go round with them . |
| 2 | He read it with less pleasure … |
| 3 | The ultimate synthesis of a design was never revealed in a flash ; rather he approached it with infinite precautions , stalking it , as it were , now from one point of view , now from another , and always in fear lest a premature definition might deprive it of something of its total complexity . |
| 4 | He lifted it with both hands to take a bite , glancing wistfully at his cigarette in the ashtray . |
| 5 | He ate it with some biscuits , getting it down fast , his face close to the plate , his fork-hand hooking round to beat illness to the punch . |
| 6 | He studied it with growing distaste . |
| 7 | He endowed it with vast lands and rights , including tithes of silver and other rights of tribute from the Slavs . |
| 8 | His supple skin had no lines to speak of ; he preserved it with various expensive creams and face masks . |
| 9 | He returned it with this comment : ‘ I have never been to a Wesleyan school nor been at the bottom of my form ! ' |
| 10 | The box having been placed upon the table , he ordered it with great eagerness to be opened . |
| 11 | We 're going to survive by being violent' — he expressed it with passionate intensity . |
| 12 | He was most terribly afraid of the ferret , but he loved it with all his heart . |
| 13 | He repeated it with some commentary in an issue of the Times Educational Supplement . |
| 14 | He watched it with intense concentration for a few moments , then left the room . |
| 15 | His skill at hunting living prey increased each day until he could stoop on a hare from half a mile away , judging its path and speeding his attack so that he hit it with such force that it was dead before his talons fully closed on it . |
| 16 | For a long time Roe has harboured a desire to do some commentating so when he had the chance at the European he took it with both hands . |
| 17 | The Buller of Buchan had more appeal , and he summarised it with glittering accuracy : ‘ It has the appearance of a vast well bordered with a wall . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Court proceedings could be long and drawn out , and how do you prove when a player went in for a tackle he did it with intent to harm his opponent ? |
| 19 | He had come to it relatively late in his short life , having dulled the joys of promiscuity , music and organization early on , and like everything else he took an interest in , he did it with terrifying brilliance . |
| 20 | He managed to turn Llewelyn 's imposing new title , compounded of the old sacred name for a reassurance to the Welsh , and the added flourish for English ears that had scarcely heard of Aberffraw , into a satirical comment , but he did it with great delicacy . |
| 21 | He , he mixed it with hot milk ? |
| 22 | He said it with absolute certainty . |
| 23 | He said it with such heartfelt force that I believed him . |
| 24 | He said it with extraordinary force , his face reddening below the dark skin and the eyes gone black again with anger . |
| 25 | You would n't call it the best buildup you ever seen and after a little bit of scrappy play which Pisa failed to get the ball away , it fell inviting on the edge of the area , and he struck it with all the confidence and aplomb a a player who 's been planting 'em in the back of the net all season . |
| 26 | He spotted it with two teenagers inside while meeting children from a school outing . |
| 27 | He steadied it with one hand whilst with the other he slammed the doors , then holding the handle of the basket , he tottered away . |
| 28 | Helen and Edward now met frequently on the Common , and she visited her father 's grave with him as he tended it with wild flowers . |