Example sentences of "had done [pers pn] with " in BNC.

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1 He had done it with consummate aplomb .
2 The truth was that the two women between them had raised the nine million dollars needed to make The Dawn of Dreams , and they had done it with such consummate feminine grace that the handsome , silver-haired head of the family did not quite understand that his title of producer was merely honorary .
3 The murderer had done it with his bare hands .
4 The priest had done it with orders for the pile of stones to be pulled down .
5 Somehow a favourite dress or toy of Paige 's would be damaged , but she had done it with such guile that her parents could never be sure it was intentional .
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