Example sentences of "he [verb] with a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stopped when he saw the twisted grin on Luther 's face , and it made him remember with a falling heart that this man was not his real father . |
| 2 | Paige watched him go with a sinking heart . |
| 3 | However , when the first violin takes up the theme of the lullaby high up in its register , he plays with a pure sweetness that makes him sound like a luminous voice in the distance . |
| 4 | Increasingly , he realised with a certain satisfaction that this was a family of shame and scandal . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , I 'm all ears , Miss Swift ! ’ he drawled with a cool gesture from one strong tanned hand before replacing it below his hard jaw . |
| 6 | ‘ If you say so , ’ he drawled with a smug expression . |
| 7 | ‘ And what exactly , ’ he drawled with a hard smile , ‘ has your uncle told you about me ? ’ |
| 8 | Just another bloody journalist , a dilettante with a ragbag mind , who thought that because he had a smattering of scientific language , which he produced with a glib assurance that made George want to choke him , he was qualified to question him , a serious scientist with an intellectual grasp that Gerrard could never understand , let alone achieve . |
| 9 | ‘ Of course , ’ he agreed with a wide grin . |
| 10 | ‘ If I have to , ’ he agreed with a cool arrogance that utterly appalled her . |
| 11 | ‘ No , ’ he agreed with a wicked smile . |
| 12 | He goes with a big girl called Cathy . |
| 13 | The cheerfulness with which Rose greeted him he met with a deep reserve . |
| 14 | The court admitted that it was giving an unusual meaning to the word , for a historian who described the end of Rizzio by saying that he met with a fatal accident in Holyrood Palace would fairly be charged with a misleading statement of fact . |
| 15 | And he rode with a jewelled twinkle , |
| 16 | His boots were up to the thigh , and he rode with a jewelled twinkle , his pistols but a twinkle , his rapier hilt a twinkle under the jewelled sky . |
| 17 | This deficiency he shared with a whole crew of leaders of third-world or so-called ‘ non-aligned ’ countries , who like him had gained power because they were against foreign rulers , not because they had any idea of what to put in place of foreign rule . |
| 18 | He realized with a vicious clarity that he had never considered the possibility of discovery . |
| 19 | ‘ All ready ? ’ he asked with a faint smile . |
| 20 | ‘ What can I do for you , gentlemen ? ’ he asked with a worried frown . |
| 21 | ‘ And is n't that just the worst of all ? ’ he asked with a bitter smile . |
| 22 | ‘ Oh , you want me to leave , do you ? ’ he asked with a devious smile , at the same time drawing a large scroll from inside his waistcoat . |
| 23 | ‘ What time ? ’ he asked with a resigned sigh . |
| 24 | ‘ Because I 'm a masochist ? ’ he asked with a humorous smile . |
| 25 | So he lives with a lurking fear of exposure as a fraud . |
| 26 | He moved with a lithe grace ; only the lines on his face gave him away , the little scrawny pouch under his chin . |
| 27 | He concludes with a dark warning that she and her infant may not be so lucky the next time . |
| 28 | He concludes with a brief discussion of the ‘ alliance for the future ’ between research and practice and the need for a constructive dialogue ( this book being one example ) from which each will benefit . |
| 29 | He concludes with a formal oath : ‘ I , the Lord , have spoken ; surely this will I do to all this wicked congregation that are gathered together against me : in this wilderness they shall come to a full end , and there they shall die . ’ |
| 30 | As for — ’ He stopped with a muttered oath as he saw Richard approaching . |