Example sentences of "[vb past] and [verb] with [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Brazauskas , 60 , was head of Lithuania 's Communist Party when it rebelled and split with Moscow in 1989 . |
| 2 | He preserved against threats from all quarters his claims to patronage in order to support a rapidly growing number of servants , whose loyalty he protected and encouraged with writs of prohibition and seizures of episcopal temporalities . |
| 3 | The rich shade of the material brought out the glow of her cheeks and her dark eyes shone and danced with pleasure to be home . |
| 4 | I prayed for the ardour of the fruit tree , the passive rapture of the long grasses , the patient infinite receptivity of the stone walls that also pulsed and shivered with love of the Light . ’ |
| 5 | Thinking the attempt had failed , the Shah himself panicked and fled with Soraya in a small place to Iraq . |
| 6 | Bob 's head ached and filled with fog at the effort of filtering the adult conversation out from it . |
| 7 | The boards turned and swooped away , their gaudy sails flashing across the lough until they dwindled and merged with others by Buncrana . |
| 8 | Outside Westminster Abbey , men and women from all over the country whooped and wept with joy at the decision , which for the first time lets women rise higher than the limited role of deacon . |
| 9 | We played badminton and sang folk songs , but we knew as we wept and prayed with refugees from Czechoslovakia that it would not be long before we were asked to make even the supreme sacrifice to stop , if we could , the Nazi menace . |
| 10 | Later he put on a brave face , showing little sign of the strain of the day as he smiled and joked with guests at the Guildhall in the City of London . |
| 11 | The lay brother , a simple soul , could name the flowers , the different varieties of heather and the birds which wheeled and soared with joy above them : he also taught Ranulf a song in broad Scots about the dangers of being a young girl alone on the moors with a young gallant . |
| 12 | Sat and glowed with satisfaction for a few hours in silence , studying their effect . |
| 13 | She arched and twisted with pleasure before calling , ‘ Peter , be a love and pass me my sponge-bag , would you ? ’ |