Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stopped and halted him with a hand on his arm . |
| 2 | Father bought the cheeses on a counter-account with Mrs Thomas : he took the cheeses she made and supplied her with the equivalent value of goods and animal foods . |
| 3 | The old cow turned and licked her with a huge , wet tongue until her blouse was damp all over the right shoulder , but it was not comforting . |
| 4 | Henry smiled and dismissed us with a flick of his fingers . |
| 5 | She became assertive-in-spite-of-herself , and marching rapidly from one end of the kitchen to the other , which she always did when entrusting him with a home truth , said , ‘ It 's not , Henry . |
| 6 | He took a cheap cigarette out of his jacket pocket , paused and lit it with a match in his cupped hand . |
| 7 | They bundled her into the living room punched and threatened her with a knife , before spraying her in the face with Ammonia . |
| 8 | ‘ Next ! ’ she plainsonged and fixed me with an old-fashioned look from behind her lorgnette . |
| 9 | She got what she wanted and left me with the rough end of the stick … . |