Example sentences of "[pers pn] with a [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is curious how agents only rarely think of providing you with a plan on a voluntary basis . |
| 2 | Shareware libraries provide you with a program on disk for a ‘ nominal ’ sum — they are providing the program for free , and charging only for the disk , duplicating and administration , all of which includes a small amount of profit , I suppose . |
| 3 | I stood frozen to the spot unable to do anything ; I could see soldiers diving for cover ; the Frenchman who was coming towards me with a smile on his bearded face was now lying on the ground . |
| 4 | Malc was behind me with a speaker on each shoulder . |
| 5 | Mrs Carol Rushton , superintendent physiotherapist has returned form the above and presented me with a report on the course . |
| 6 | Alex listened to them with a smile on her face but an increasing chill in her mind . |
| 7 | You have to do a Chinese walk like this with them with a man on the other side holding the box like this because there is n't the distance . |
| 8 | We can only pass an Act of Parliament and give it to them with a slap on the back and a ‘ best of British luck ’ : ‘ Here 's your constitution , ’ we say , ‘ now do what you like with it ; you can because you are now independent . ’ |
| 9 | He turned towards Sylvia Toye , who was watching him with a smile on her face . |
| 10 | The most promising newcomer was John Durward who is very interested in Scottish history , so Terry presented him with a book on it and a shield . |
| 11 | She stopped and halted him with a hand on his arm . |
| 12 | Pearce restrained him with a hand on his chest , and for an instant it looked as if long-awaited violence might flare up . |
| 13 | She levered herself away from him with a hand on his chest and looked him dead in the eye . |
| 14 | Trevino is all teed-up and in the process of taking his club back when a guy comes out of the crowd in front of him with a camera on his shoulder and walks right across the fairway . |
| 15 | Francie , still smoking at the table , laughed like a coffee grinder whirring , and Aunt Margaret , up to her elbows in suds , turned warningly to him with a finger on her lips . |
| 16 | I then saw the other soldier standing behind him — either going to hit , or hitting him with a rifle on the leg , ’ he told the court . |
| 17 | He looked at her with a smile on his wide , open face . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , I 'm sorry , I did n't meant to imply … to insult — ’ Belinda began , but he silenced her with a pat on the knee that made her tingle frighteningly all over . |
| 19 | They stared at each other , she questioning in her gaze , he stonewalling her with a half-smile on his lips . |
| 20 | If there was any justice in the world he should really decapitate her with a spade on Wimbledon Common in full view of her therapy class . |
| 21 | Mick stopped her with a hand on her arm . |
| 22 | ‘ I want a clean up , not a snakesiren making it with a mongoose on my face . ’ |
| 23 | She was walking right into it with a smile on her face ! |
| 24 | Castro delayed his traditional July 26 speech marking the anniversary of the 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks , a pivotal event in the Cuban revolution , and combined it with a speech on the 35th anniversary of the Cienfuegos uprising . |
| 25 | However , as a very occasional desperation measure if a flower or leaf is useless because it has inadvertently been creased or folded , I have been known to try pressing it with an iron on the lowest setting . |
| 26 | As he was moving away , he paused , and looking round at us with a smile on his face , he said , ‘ Oh yes , and a direct hit on the newly-dug shithouse … shit everywhere ! ’ |
| 27 | We grapple on the wet ground — both of us with a hand on his gun . |