Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [pron] with a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I tease it with a tender rage |
| 2 | Not every day , nor as often as I would wish , but I took my middle daughter to see it yesterday and we hugged it together , and two days before that I hugged it with a friend . |
| 3 | I have to confess that I walloped her with a newspaper but I did n't touch her . ’ |
| 4 | Everyone sits quietly in the room and the leader draws an imaginary circle with a finger and says ‘ Here I have the wonderful magic circle and I sign it with a dot . |
| 5 | ‘ The gate 's open , ’ she said , ‘ and I wedged it with a brick . ’ |
| 6 | Dinner I boil myself just a few potatoes , and I eat them with a piece of bread … |
| 7 | So I said OK , and I gave him a real fancy one — it was like topiary , and I left him with a rude word on the back of his head . |
| 8 | I brought grim news , and I delivered it with a certain mournful pleasure . |
| 9 | Her last words had been spoken very portentously , and I rewarded them with a dubious shrug . |
| 10 | Since they had n't spotted me earlier , there was no embarrassment attached to my circuitous ramble and I hailed them with a tone of voice that sounded as if I knew what I was doing . |
| 11 | B : ‘ I thought she was far too cocky but then I changed my mind and I pursued her with a vengeance . ’ |
| 12 | I suppose I knew what your reaction would be , but thought in my arrogance that if I presented you with a fait accompli , the sale of the land , your money back , you 'd be so overwhelmed with gratitude that you 'd immediately fall into my arms . ’ |
| 13 | At planning meetings with the senior management I often had to endure predictable little jokes about Andreas 's ‘ harem ’ , but I took them with a good grace . |
| 14 | But I did it with a heavy heart , I can tell you . |
| 15 | He hopped close to my feet and waited till I presented him with a bun all to himself , and he had hard work nibbling it and taking it along with him to his home . |
| 16 | Some some of them were never in t I well I did n't know my aunt when I met her with a hat on . |
| 17 | When I used it with a 50lb rucksack there were no sweaty damp patches . |