Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [pos pn] [noun] with the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Wickham suggested that once he 'd had his fun with the Linleys he could have owned up and put their minds at rest . |
| 2 | I 'd learnt me lesson with the others , they did n't work it on me again like that . |
| 3 | The press in Zambia had broken its links with the South only to forge new ones with the British press and its allied agencies . |
| 4 | She had stopped her tears with the heel of her hand , and face-paint smeared it . |
| 5 | On Saturday Mrs Totteridge had ridden in the morning and then at lunchtime had checked her goat with the attendant events from which the whole enquiry had followed . |
| 6 | Even in St Petersburg , where the proportion of hereditary proletarians was greatest , only a narrow majority of workers had severed their ties with the countryside . |
| 7 | Often this was easier after they had severed their links with the movement . |
| 8 | Lowe had worked as a researcher for the Financial Times , Hayling had done his stint with the BBC , and of course they had dabbled in the Big Flame paper and other fringe publications . |
| 9 | At this point , the Orange leadership began to retreat , suggesting that they had made their point with the church parade and calling on the Portadown loyalists not to break the law . |
| 10 | Within the city were two altars , a basin on a column , and at the further end a house : Antenor 's , who had made his peace with the Greeks and was spared . |
| 11 | ‘ You 're a genius , ’ said Charlie , after the colonel had presented his friend with the silver cup . |
| 12 | He translated for us and it was only after he had argued our case with the Head of Austrian Customs that we started to get somewhere . |
| 13 | The tradition recorded that Jesus had entrusted his church with the power of the keys , that is , a commission to decide disputes and to give rulings about erring individuals . |
| 14 | It would be interesting to learn who had been present when the fastidious Miss Easterbrook had had her accident with the tea . |
| 15 | If , before the innocent purchaser bought the goods , the original owner had avoided his contract with the rogue , ownership in the goods would have reverted to the original owner . |
| 16 | She had plunked her pack with the lighter on top of the bar , as if she were planning to smoke the lot before she moved on . |
| 17 | Even those who were royal servants , like Archbishop Reynolds himself , by their efforts in the preceding months and years to reconcile king and barons had demonstrated their concern with the peace of the community , which may explain also why they thought it prudent to prefer the Despensers — able royal servants that they were — to the unpredictable and scarcely less disruptive earl of Lancaster . |
| 18 | De Gaulle 's letters in the months before his return stressed that he would take no further initiatives until the French people had demonstrated their disgust with the existing regime and their desire for a radical change . |
| 19 | Ellen 's father , Jack , had greeted his daughter with the testily expressed hope that she had not left the safe position at the royal castle that he had gone to considerable trouble to obtain for her . |
| 20 | Sir Anthony had concluded his business with the plump lawyer as far as he was able to overcome his distaste for discussing deals or mentioning money , and he was holding back the brambles for her , as it were , letting her into their company , and she butted through , a young dog again , let out for a walk . |
| 21 | By the end of 1990 China had resumed its contacts with the West , with Japan and with the major international organizations . |
| 22 | The Reagan administration had cast its lot with the power companies . |
| 23 | Her father 's belief that people made their own luck was true , Cora-Beth thought , when by lunchtime the following day Harry had finished his business with the architect and her ruse to have him to herself for a few hours paid off . |
| 24 | Corbett waited until Father Reynard had finished his business with the villagers . |
| 25 | On Sept. 21 UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar had publicized his dissatisfaction with the relegation of the UN to observer status at the proposed peace conference . |
| 26 | He had been eating guavas. and listening , when we had discussed our destination with the conductor . |
| 27 | Bursting into her life with a devastating charm , he had undermined her defences with skill , until she had faced him as defenceless as a de-shelled crab , and he had destroyed her illusions with the cruel indifference of a natural predator . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't know , ’ said Kāli : it was possible that the festival of ban pasāi had lost its association with the god of the forest before she was even born . |
| 29 | In political terms , the grants to Buckingham can be partially justified by the need to replace the council of the prince of Wales which , apart from the attack on its Woodville members , had lost its focus with the accession of Edward V. But the scale of the grants leaves no doubt that the primary aim was the aggrandizement of Buckingham . |
| 30 | In political terms , the grants to Buckingham can be partially justified by the need to replace the council of the prince of Wales which , apart from the attack on its Woodville members , had lost its focus with the accession of Edward V. But the scale of the grants leaves no doubt that the primary aim was the aggrandizement of Buckingham . |