Example sentences of "he [vb past] with [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Towards the end of his life he bought Wood House with its estate at Wood Lane , Shepherd 's Bush , where he lived with two cousins , Amelia and Maria Bridge . |
| 2 | Lynagh missed half-a-dozen kicks at goal but he succeeded with one conversion and five penalties . |
| 3 | Leith was still gasping at his audacity as well as at his discernment when , flicking a glance at the way her chestnut hair was fastened in a repressive knot , he inserted with another glance at her severe hairstyle , ‘ Now why would a beautiful woman , with equally beautiful hair , try to hide her beauty behind glasses which she clearly does n't need , try to minimise the beauty of her splendid hair , and also try to detract attention from what I clearly recall is a figure of delightful shape and proportions ? ’ |
| 4 | He attacked with equal vigour the indulgence shown to dissenters and Roman Catholics , the French alliance , and the venality of placemen . |
| 5 | ‘ Dear , oh , dear , ’ he drawled with mocking disdain , ‘ what am I thinking ? |
| 6 | ‘ Sorry , ’ he drawled with blatant insincerity . |
| 7 | ‘ How generous of you , ’ he drawled with heavy sarcasm . |
| 8 | He upset the Tories , who had so vigorously defended his right to the succession , by attacking the Anglican monopoly in worship and education , and then by punishing recalcitrant Anglicans in a specially erected Commission for Ecclesiastical Causes ; he enlarged his standing army , appointing a number of Catholics to prominent positions of command ; and he interfered with local franchises and borough corporations in order to try to secure the election of a Parliament which would be subservient to his wishes . |
| 9 | And in view of the information he had when he went to London for a meeting last Wednesday and that was when he consulted with other people deciding that he should offer a nought percent increase . |
| 10 | Li visited Singapore on Aug. 11-13 , where he agreed with Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew to conclude negotiations on establishing diplomatic relations " as early as possible " . |
| 11 | I put this theory to Walter Avrili , mortgage expert with John Charcol and he agreed with one proviso . |
| 12 | He agreed with that proposition and stated : The reason is that the third party recipient may be subject to some additional and conflicting duty which does not affect the primary confidant or may not be subject to some special duty which does effect that confidant . |
| 13 | Mr Klein said he agreed with initial City reaction yesterday that the onus was on Owners Abroad to perform . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , I 'm very sure of that , ’ he agreed with biting derision . |
| 15 | ‘ No , not at all , ’ he agreed with another twinkle . |
| 16 | ‘ And now it 's mine , ’ he agreed with quiet satisfaction . |
| 17 | ‘ Forgive me , my darling , ’ he requested with such charm that she was ready to lie down and die for him . |
| 18 | When the British civil servant Sir Robert Armstrong struggled in the Spycatcher trial to deny that he had lied by claiming that he had been ‘ economical with the truth ’ he met with well-earned derision . |
| 19 | On the first day of a six-day visit to London ( April 10-15 ) he met with Prime Minister John Major and leading bankers and businessmen ; his tour afterwards included visits to the Netherlands , Italy , the European Parliament in Strasbourg , the Vatican and four German cities . |
| 20 | On his return from China on Dec. 30 Herzog stopped over in Kazakhstan when he met with that country 's President , Nursultan Nazarbayev . |
| 21 | ( 72 ) Though the city was " full of idols " and he dared argue against paganism in the agora " with those who chanced to be there , " he met with intellectual curiosity rather than charges of impiety . |
| 22 | The sheriff of Lincoln was sent to Stamford , but he met with considerable resistance , and Peck , quoting John Selden , suggests the king himself came to the town because of the students ' stubbornness . |
| 23 | ‘ How dare you come here trying to put me off my guard with some absurd story ? ’ he countered with simmering hostility , regarding her belligerent stance with brooding interest . |
| 24 | ‘ And just when do you expect the cavalry to arrive ? ’ he countered with heavy irony . |
| 25 | He argued with tremendous vigour , and when he demolished his victims it was with evident relish . |
| 26 | Justin 's pupil Tatian from Mesopotamia developed with a sarcastic pen the philosophers ' dependence on Moses , which he argued with elaborate synchronisms from ancient chroniclers proving the priority of Moses . |
| 27 | She was sitting turned in against his chest , and he rode with one arm around her , supporting her . |
| 28 | Five Bellies was arrested last month at the terraced home he shared with blonde Joanna in Gateshead , Tyne and Wear . |
| 29 | It is ironic that Holmes 's acceptance of the meritocratic possibilities of democratisation should have led to an Act which allowed for the creation of the comprehensive school — but in fact the ideology he shared with other administrators was one that could embrace the comprehensive , which was , at times , argued in the context of a more successful way of providing a selective education . |
| 30 | This would be the last call , and after that the heat of the office at Century that he shared with two others . |