Example sentences of "he [vb past] with a [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Increasingly , he realised with a certain satisfaction that this was a family of shame and scandal . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , I 'm all ears , Miss Swift ! ’ he drawled with a cool gesture from one strong tanned hand before replacing it below his hard jaw . |
| 3 | ‘ If you say so , ’ he drawled with a smug expression . |
| 4 | ‘ And what exactly , ’ he drawled with a hard smile , ‘ has your uncle told you about me ? ’ |
| 5 | He glowed with a rich and handsome flush of compassion . |
| 6 | Just another bloody journalist , a dilettante with a ragbag mind , who thought that because he had a smattering of scientific language , which he produced with a glib assurance that made George want to choke him , he was qualified to question him , a serious scientist with an intellectual grasp that Gerrard could never understand , let alone achieve . |
| 7 | ‘ Of course , ’ he agreed with a wide grin . |
| 8 | ‘ If I have to , ’ he agreed with a cool arrogance that utterly appalled her . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , yes , ’ he agreed with a bitter little smile . |
| 10 | ‘ No , ’ he agreed with a wicked smile . |
| 11 | The cheerfulness with which Rose greeted him he met with a deep reserve . |
| 12 | The court admitted that it was giving an unusual meaning to the word , for a historian who described the end of Rizzio by saying that he met with a fatal accident in Holyrood Palace would fairly be charged with a misleading statement of fact . |
| 13 | And he rode with a jewelled twinkle , |
| 14 | His boots were up to the thigh , and he rode with a jewelled twinkle , his pistols but a twinkle , his rapier hilt a twinkle under the jewelled sky . |
| 15 | This deficiency he shared with a whole crew of leaders of third-world or so-called ‘ non-aligned ’ countries , who like him had gained power because they were against foreign rulers , not because they had any idea of what to put in place of foreign rule . |
| 16 | He realized with a vicious clarity that he had never considered the possibility of discovery . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm dog-tired after that trek this afternoon , ’ he announced with a brief compassionate glance at Sarella . |
| 18 | ‘ So what now ? ’ he asked with a slight uneven laugh . |
| 19 | He asked with a pronounced Welsh accent whether Blanche had interviewed Nicola 's husband . |
| 20 | ‘ All ready ? ’ he asked with a faint smile . |
| 21 | ‘ How can I help ? ’ he asked with a faint American or Canadian twang . |
| 22 | ‘ What can I do for you , gentlemen ? ’ he asked with a worried frown . |
| 23 | ‘ And is n't that just the worst of all ? ’ he asked with a bitter smile . |
| 24 | ‘ Oh , you want me to leave , do you ? ’ he asked with a devious smile , at the same time drawing a large scroll from inside his waistcoat . |
| 25 | ‘ What time ? ’ he asked with a resigned sigh . |
| 26 | ‘ Because I 'm a masochist ? ’ he asked with a humorous smile . |
| 27 | He moved with a lithe grace ; only the lines on his face gave him away , the little scrawny pouch under his chin . |
| 28 | He moved with a lithe easy grace across the room and stretched himself out in an easy chair . |
| 29 | He moved with a supple and extraordinary grace , raising his cup to his mouth with a flashing , poetic gesture . |
| 30 | His argument that excess fertility impeded the solution of poverty inspired less squeamish reformers to resolve the problems of poverty he described with a new ‘ neo-Malthusian ’ prescription of contraception , not deferred marriage . |