Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] [verb] with the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , dicta in Oakley v. Lyster went further and suggested that a bare denial of the plaintiff 's title unaccompanied by any possession of or dealing with the goods constituted conversion . |
| 2 | ‘ as if contending with the elements were not enough , ’ Matthau recalled , ‘ Barbra kept asking Gene whether he did n't think it would be better if I did this on this line , and that on the other , etc , etc- and I told her to stop directing the fucking picture … |
| 3 | The need to put roofs over heads is the excuse councillors always came up with when confronted with the consequences . |
| 4 | The receipt a person of a share of the profits of a business is prima facie evidence that he is a partner in the business but the receipt of such a share , or of a payment contingent on or varying with the profits of a business , does not of itself make him a partner in the business . |
| 5 | They are willing to contribute to and collaborate with the youths , often spending long hours coaxing and prompting . |
| 6 | In fairness to the mother he should have directed that she be given notice of the foster mother 's application ; had he done so he would have learned — as we have learned from the mother 's statement which clearly should be admitted in evidence before us for this purpose at least — that if the matters to which she spoke were correct ( viz. the foster mother 's preventing her having access to and contact with the children , and allegations which she says the children made to her of their physical and emotional abuse by the foster mother and other members of her ‘ family ’ ) , then the mother 's wishes and feelings were not lightly to be ignored . |