Example sentences of "me with [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I travelled down to Kent to stay with Donald , and he presented me with a cardboard box which contained this tiny puppy . |
| 2 | Wyndham Lewis kindly provided me with a similar introduction to James Joyce . |
| 3 | ‘ Why do n't you strip me down and go over me with a scrubbin' brush ? ’ |
| 4 | Skipper stopped dead and looked down on me with a definite ‘ What on earth are you doing there ? ’ look on his face . |
| 5 | I can ask it to read one of these three files , and it presents me with a one-dimensional array of alphabetical characters , including the characters that you are now reading . |
| 6 | Bonanza favoured me with a full-face view of him now . |
| 7 | When it came to boxing , Reg Witter paired me with a bigger boy called Charlie Featherstone , who happened to be quite a friend of mine . |
| 8 | These words were spoken to me with a strong American accent . |
| 9 | When I turned to close the door behind me she was watching me with a faint smile . |
| 10 | I got her a pair of tough brogues from the plastic bag and all the time I was putting them on her she was looking at me with a vacant stare , her eyes still very wide , the pupils enormous . |
| 11 | I 'd be a fool if I did n't realise that just being the boss invests me with a certain glamour , and it would be easy to let it slip out of control . |
| 12 | I knocked anxiously on the wooden door and waited patiently until the door opened and a small , plump , bearded man greeted me with a cheery hello . |
| 13 | I stepped back to avoid the overpowering closeness of his face and a little man on the inner circle of the crowd startled me with a friendly smile , but I could not find him again when I looked for him . |
| 14 | She met me with a friendly smile , shook my hand and introduced me to the class : ‘ This is Wanda , our new pupil who has come to live in our village . |
| 15 | Once a lady aid a daughter , remote cousins or friends of friends , came , and the girl left me with a yearning heart for some days and a curiosity for years like my curiosity about the lost childish books . |
| 16 | He welcomes me with a weak grin and a feeble cough . |
| 17 | He looked at me with a quizzical lift to his eyebrows . |
| 18 | He looked at me with a gentle , sad expression on his face . |
| 19 | He frowned at me with a long look in which I read nothing . |
| 20 | Elsie B graced me with a long chat which made me feel as if I 'd been in the presence of royalty , though I suspect not too many members of the Royal Family are at their desk as early as Elsie . |
| 21 | When the red light went out after my closing announcement , Mr Murray turned to me with a broad grin ‘ Was that all right ? ’ he asked , and I shook his hand acknowledging his ad-lib masterpiece . |
| 22 | ‘ Gardening vexeth the spirit , ’ my dad used to say to me with a broad wink whenever my mum asked him to get out and cut the lawn . |
| 23 | When has anyone among you seen me with a gloomy face ? |
| 24 | The punk would turn to me with a conspiratorial grin — hey , man , it 's you and me against the world , eh ? — then shift the bus across with his knee . |
| 25 | Thus midday discovered me with a second scotch in my hand , a Pakki nightie round my waist , and a half-naked sex-stewardess straddling my thighs . |
| 26 | & presented with a baby sister & & me with a second grand-daughter on 11 th Sept. … … 8lbs. 13ozs . |
| 27 | She looked at me with a defiant grin and a twinkle in her eye . |
| 28 | However , my secretary , ex-pupil Peter Vroomking , was to have provided me with a typed list , which has not materialised … on the other hand , Peter has recently been discovering himself as a human being … and I am sure those of you who are still here will wish to join me in congratulating … could somebody stop that door banging ? |
| 29 | Mackie looked pale but in charge of things , greeting me with a sisterly kiss . |
| 30 | McIllvanney favoured me with a jackal-like smile . |