Example sentences of "[noun] with [pron] [pron] could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without this , one can not begin to grasp the size and complexity of Charles ' achievements — such as the uncanny speed with which he could move troops across great distances . |
| 2 | Under the presiding genius of Roger , bishop of Salisbury , Henry 's most brilliant administrator — said to have been first chosen as chaplain by Henry ( whose tastes were different from the Confessor 's ) for the speed with which he could finish his mass — the English financial departments were achieving something of the efficiency and maturity of their Sicilian counterparts . |
| 3 | As with other books I have collaborated on , I was particularly fortunate in having a co-author with whom I could work closely and well , though not without disagreements . |
| 4 | He once told Earl delightedly that he had spotted Abrams at an airport but Abrams ( perceptiveness not his strong suit ) had not spotted him , and that ‘ his tradecraft of observing was better than Elliott 's ’ Secret agents carried gadgets with which they could speak to headquarters from the most unlikely places ; once , at a party , North was said to have produced a scrambler-telephone from his briefcase , together with a half-eaten sandwich , and to have gone out into the garden to dial the house . |
| 5 | Managers and engineers could not help but admire the assiduity and skill with which he could wear down his opponents in discussion , but for many of them this approach conflicted with other managerial values . |
| 6 | and erm like I said up to about , up to about two years ago you could claim housing benefit with which you could pay your rent , and that was a great help to students you know , but now that 's been stopped , but you do n't get anything like that , so you 've got thirty five pound a week to pay for food , rent , community charge , everything |
| 7 | The whole scene , the bar scene , the prostitution scene , the whole sex scene was enticing , shocking and , at the same time , fascinating but , above all , it was new , and they had no frame of reference with which they could measure it , ’ says Ed Behr . |
| 8 | Giles , in spite of his charm , was not the type of man she admired , still less the type with whom she could fall in love . |
| 9 | Other factors contributing to the high loss rate were lack of parental support , ridicule by their peers , and no examples of maturer Christians with whom they could identify . |
| 10 | Wealthy party members , including newspaper owners and businessmen , saw McCarthy as a weapon with which they could ensure victory in 1952 , and backed the Senator financially . |
| 11 | However , Joshua Smith intervened by buying it all up before the sale , and advanced Emma a sum on its security with which she could pay more outstanding bills . |
| 12 | From morning to dusk on all days except the Sabbath , he was out in the marketplace among the other merchants trading in any commodity with which he could make a profit , including money itself . |
| 13 | They could not easily have found any other body with which they could compare themselves , and in any case the House of Commons of the 1620s was itself not very important . |
| 14 | The US government felt that it possessed two weapons with which it could influence the Russians . |
| 15 | What he most looked forward to seeing were others of his kind with whom he could fly and from whom he would learn things . |
| 16 | yeah , basically , I mean you could go to poly with what you could get , yeah |
| 17 | Chesterton , a Stanhope who survived , found in fascism a positive political creed with which he could identify . |
| 18 | These were not gods with whom you could speak . |
| 19 | In other words , the DTI had failed to understand fully its own legal powers with which it could have put pressure on Barlow Clowes . |
| 20 | As his wife , as his Louise , had slipped , there was no friend with whom he could share the sorrow he felt over his son . |
| 21 | One such friend with whom he could relax , and to whom he sent a great deal of comic correspondence , was Mary Trevelyan . |
| 22 | For this reason , and realising it would need to be a writer based at the BBC with whom he could work closely , David Whitaker , on Donald Wilson 's recommendation , selected Anthony Coburn . |
| 23 | She had introduced herself on the doorstep , often been invited in and asked the tenants to let her know if they had any problems with which she could help . |
| 24 | As he walked further into the heart of the country , disappointed to find no painters with whom he could converse , he was struck by a desolation that matched his own worst moods . |
| 25 | When it met after the Conference it set up a subcommittee to draft acceptable Standing Orders with which it could approach the Labour Party National Executive . |
| 26 | If you 'd come out on the gig with me you could have held it for me . |
| 27 | Well , my basic kit of hand tools consists of 12 items with which you could tackle any common gardening job . |
| 28 | He had little success , however , in his efforts to persuade the Dutch that Sukarno was a man with whom they could do business and found himself a reluctant pig in the middle , reviled by one side as a fascist imperialist and by the other as an irresponsible revolutionary . |
| 29 | Indeed , when Law left the government in 1921 , Frances Stevenson noted in her diary that Lloyd George had " lost an ideal companion with whom he could laugh and joke and enjoy himself " . |
| 30 | There were no effective leaders with whom he could deal and , at this point , Congressional parties were of little help to a chief executive trying to meet his responsibility to govern . |