Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I cried all day long and although Bessie tried hard to tempt me with nice things to eat or my favourite books , I took no pleasure in eating or even in reading . |
| 2 | If we want to keep the best scientists and the best engineers in this country , we 'd better do two things : we 'd better attract them with good pay and we 'd better train them right and give them the proper facilities . |
| 3 | ‘ I think I 'd better provide you with toasted teacakes as well , ’ said Amiss sympathetically . |
| 4 | While it may be pleasant to have a young exuberant puppy bounding out to greet you with great enthusiasm , you do not want a large adult dog behaving in a similar fashion , leaping up and bowling people onto the floor . |
| 5 | Sherfey ( 1970 ) points out that femininity may not be a transhistorical absolute ; but her certainty that it exists now endows it with contemporary universality . |
| 6 | Fixing me with a beady eye as soon as I had sat down , she leaned over to damn me with faint praise . |
| 7 | She wanted to be gone before the police arrived and Ayling did not press her with convincing enthusiasm . |
| 8 | Her husband and children respected her privacy at this time and did not interrupt it with trivial enquiries like : ‘ Where 's my shirt ? ’ or ‘ What 's for dinner ? ’ |
| 9 | Please candidates , do not deafen us with meaningless statistics about global sums and ‘ improvements in real terms ’ — they are political jargon for covering up the truth . |
| 10 | It is a peaceful fish which likes a quiet life , so do not house it with lively fish . |
| 11 | The most he conceded was that Claire Fraser was nice and did n't pester him with silly questions . |
| 12 | Cameron do n't poke him with long poles . |
| 13 | If you 're planning a formal herb patch , do n't edge it with conventional box — use edible plants instead ( above ) . |
| 14 | ‘ They do n't insult you with weak dialogue or a stupid plot . ’ |
| 15 | Mm mm mm , what 's happening ? now you know , you woul it 's not standard form , do n't confuse it With standard form , you always have integer indices here . |
| 16 | Her childhood in the Burrows had well acquainted her with fearsome beasts of all shapes and sizes . |
| 17 | I 've never made them with condensed milk . |
| 18 | I have since used it with great success at children 's parties . |
| 19 | But he told his bosses in London who have now provided him with round-the-clock protection for fear he could be in the sights of an IRA killer gang . |
| 20 | ‘ The Met have now provided him with round-the-clock protection as they fear the filofax could fall into the hands of the IRA , ’ said the source . |
| 21 | Its magnitude is only 9 according to official estimates ; I have never seen it with low-power binoculars , but I have suspected it with × 20 , though I would not have noticed it if I had not known just where it was . |