Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pron] with [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of them poked him with sticks to see if he really was a savage and threw books shouting , ‘ Build us a tower . |
| 2 | The sight of them filled him with pride . |
| 3 | Still , they met us with fire trucks ; we were politely assigned an armed guard and warned not to take pictures . |
| 4 | Because administrators depended on their lord 's favour , they devoted themselves with vigour to Promoting his interests . |
| 5 | They overtook us with science , and [ sound of explosion ] Islam … [ burst of gunfire and sound lost ] . |
| 6 | They charged me with possession of cannabis . |
| 7 | Yes and they they provided me with boxes of tapes and batteries and eh Walkman and so on and so forth and eh , I 'm trying to be conscientious . |
| 8 | A likely explanation is that , although in book 2 he again collaborated with Danchet ( nos. 1–4 ) , and worked with another eminent librettist , Fuselier ( nos. 5–6 ) , they provided him with poems whose dramatic interest is uneven . |
| 9 | I think I 've made the right decision because Foyly scored two goals , and I do n't think you stop a player of his quality , I mean they tried it with George Best , they 've tried it with , you know Manfred Mann and they always do something special do n't they ? |
| 10 | When they could not get money from the machine they beat her with sticks . |
| 11 | Here they filled me with morphia , gave me ether , and put my arm in a rough splint . |
| 12 | It took a long time to break away from the idea that children were at best potentially evil and indolent , that they were little pitchers that had to be filled with information and moral guidance before they filled themselves with wickedness , idleness , and nonsense . |
| 13 | They filled it with period furniture and even had an antique staircase installed . |
| 14 | It was n't his case and they were n't suspects , and they must have known that he was no cheerful extrovert , flattered to be the centre of attraction while they bombarded him with questions about Chief Inspector Rickards 's likely methods , the chance of catching the Whistler , his theories about psychopathic killers , his own experience of serial murder . |
| 15 | They bombarded him with letters , each cleric pointing out the justice of his claims and listing the iniquities of his brother in Christ . |
| 16 | They bombarded him with letters and rang him up at least once a week . |
| 17 | They encouraged me with smiles and cries of ‘ good good ’ as I worked ! |
| 18 | They killed him with kindness , and it did n't do Blackburn much good either . |
| 19 | A proclamation was issued in 1718 against " unlawful Clubs , Combinations , etc. " of wool combers and weavers : … which had illegally presumed to use a Common Seal , and to act as Bodies Corporate , by making and unlawfully conspiring to execute certain Bylaws or Orders , whereby they pretend to determine who had a right to the Trade , what and how many Apprentices and Journeymen each man should keep at once , together with the prices of all their Manufactures , and the manner and materials of which they should be wrought ; and that , when many of the said Conspiritors wanted work , because their Masters would not submit to such pretended Orders and unreasonable Demands , they fed them with Money , till they could again get employment , in order to oblige their masters to employ them for want of other hands . |
| 20 | The children knew that the little bunnies were coming and they were so careful of the mother when they fed her with lettuce and cabbage . |
| 21 | They acquitted themselves with valour . |
| 22 | So they tied him with chains but the demonic powers were so great in his life that he snapped them like new cords . |
| 23 | When it was ready , they padded it with straw and blankets . |
| 24 | They watched him with interest , but also with suspicion , even apprehension ; no one knows what an official snooper on the loose will turn up . |
| 25 | Then , as their reanointed Caesar climbed to the podium , they offered the final slopeside accolade : they pelted him with snowballs . |
| 26 | And erm my used to tell me about er when they were serving their time , all the apprentices used to clump their work on a Monday afternoon to go to the panopticon And at that particular time , they had turns on and if they did n't like them they pelted them with tomatoes and oranges and they had a big hook for for pulling them off the stage . |
| 27 | When the pies ran out , they sprayed them with foam ! |
| 28 | He had an infection of the muscle and would have to stay in hospital for at least three weeks , maybe a month , while they treated him with penicillin injections . |
| 29 | They called me ‘ baby-face ’ when they were annoyed , but generally they treated me with respect . |
| 30 | If they viewed me with suspicion then I was much puzzled about them . |