Example sentences of "he [vb past] it with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He checked it with a shake of his head . |
| 2 | And he attacked it with a relish and enthusiasm which surprised even himself . |
| 3 | It was a defiant challenge , and he met it with a frown . |
| 4 | It was not a place to which he could take Maureen MacQuillan or any woman , and only partly because he shared it with a fellow MP . |
| 5 | He got it with the cruel bonus of a broken jaw but took Tyson the distance . |
| 6 | He prodded it with a toe . |
| 7 | He tried it with a pig but the pig just pissed everywhere , he was n't having it . ’ |
| 8 | He stroked it with the side of the whisky glass , smiled , drank . |
| 9 | ‘ He drew it with a piece of charcoal . |
| 10 | He dismissed it with a faint , scornful laugh as he moved towards the door . |
| 11 | He compared it with the scheme 30 years ago when Britain built tall chimneys to disperse pollution over a wide area . |
| 12 | Something sprang to the floor and he mashed it with a large flying-boot . |
| 13 | He secured it with the safety-pin . |
| 14 | He opened it with a click , holding it in his left hand . |
| 15 | He followed it with the endearing Doorway ( Severe ) a year later . |
| 16 | He returned it with a little bow . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Eventually MacPhie found he could break the spell of the magic thread if he cut it with the woman 's magic hatchet . |
| 19 | He employed it with the subtlety of a knuckle-duster . |
| 20 | And then he amended it with a feeble trace of his old Manner : ‘ I accept your offer . ’ |
| 21 | The change of term was not quick enough and he covered it with a grandiose sweep of his hand which nearly knocked over the Doctor 's goblet . |
| 22 | Then he took it with a brief word of thanks . |
| 23 | He took it with a courteous ‘ Thank you very much ’ . |
| 24 | Flustered , she handed him her case and he took it with a strong hand , his face hard . |
| 25 | The exception is a Scottish pig farmer who stands uneasily next to the carcass of Jamie , a pig he reluctantly slaughtered and to which he was so attached he credited it with the IQ of a three-year-old child . |
| 26 | Peter took the end of a candle from his pocket , and his hand was shaking when he lit it with a match . |
| 27 | He lit it with the air of a man considering big moves in the Irish tobacco market . |
| 28 | Yes , his victory at Doral was awesome , but he admits he did it with a suspect putter , wielded by a 49-year-old puttee , and a mind that focussed on golf to block out the loss in a fire of his $2,000,000 Florida mansion . |
| 29 | He and Stephanie both always won Kim 's game , the objects on a tray , but whereas she remembered them for their quiddity , naming and denoting them in language in her mind , he did it with a geometrical map and total spatial recall . |
| 30 | But he did it with a warming smile and a ready assumption of her allegiance and willingness , more as if he had asked a small current courtesy of his wife than given an order to a servant . |