Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [to-vb] with [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew an immovable object when I saw it , and I retreated through the first sleeping car , where grooms in T-shirts lolled in open day compartments ( shut off by heavy felt curtains for sleeping ) , on my way to consult with the Chinese chef in the forward dome car 's kitchen . |
| 2 | She knew few other details and left my bedside to gossip with the other nurses in the hallway . |
| 3 | Another ‘ scholarship girl ’ was shamefully treated by the rest of us because of her ( very slight ) Cockney accent , her generally ‘ non-U ’ turns of phrase , and her inability to deal with the simpler points of etiquette , whether at table or in the classroom . |
| 4 | Shore crabs , which live higher up the beach , time their activities to coincide with the high tide . |
| 5 | In making HIP allocations , will he take those matters into account as well as the efficiency with which those authorities use their stock and their willingness to co-operate with the private sector ? |
| 6 | Washington soon showed its readiness to work with the new British government . |
| 7 | She could hardly bear to be contradicted , and no good mother , in my mother 's view , would send her child to stay with a daft person . |
| 8 | Some have their own lights for practising and stand out in their gardens to practise with an empty gun , not with shells otherwise half the police force in the district would come around wondering what is going on . |
| 9 | Discussion revealed that women 's interests lay very much with lambing , first aid , dairy husbandry and financial management although quite a few were doubtful about their capacity to cope with the last of these subjects . |
| 10 | Due to their failure to cope with a multi-million deficit , the journals Arkhitektura , Dekorativnoye iskusstvo and Tvorchestvo have stopped coming out . |
| 11 | These tutors then blame the Board when they discover that their failure to comply with the basic rules means that their students ’ ( through no fault of their own ) do not have their examination results declared , a situation that has , unbelievably , happened twice in the past year ! |
| 12 | He had turned her body to fire with a few practised touches out there and now he expected her to forget all that had happened , stand beside him and discuss the garden as if nothing in the world had just occurred . |
| 13 | Many dealers , realizing they need to offer the best possible service to their customers to compete with the bigger mail-order firms and direct sellers , are also keen to offer good standards of back-up and support . |
| 14 | ‘ You think not ? ’ he murmured , watching her efforts to escape with the lazy , slightly curious air of the predator who knew his victim was helpless . |
| 15 | The report concluded : ‘ In general the group have continued their efforts to link with the militant left-wing trade unionists on campaigns and demonstrations . |
| 16 | In the face of their impotence to deal with the apparent all-embracing power of those ranged against them , the parents decided this was their only weapon . |
| 17 | Of course , the owners need to slowly encourage independence , and help their dog to cope with a new sensory environment — but waiting for the dog to learn to cope with the problem is the only real cure . |
| 18 | All the adults pronounced the name of Balmoral with a unique excitement ; the cousins were soberly proud of their duty to play with the royal children . |
| 19 | We carefully considered that issue , and I agree that many parents would have been reluctant to allow their children to serve with the armed forces at such a young age if homosexuality had been allowed . |
| 20 | But perhaps her most original gift is her ability to empathise with the everyday disappointments and sadnesses of the most ordinary lives . |
| 21 | It is these which , above all , give the children their ability to cope with a large repertoire . |
| 22 | ( b ) it gives learners confidence in their ability to cope with the real situation . |
| 23 | Some GPs are getting quite despairing about their ability to cope with the unplanned influx of an elderly population . |
| 24 | The judge , concluding that the court 's paramount consideration on such an application was the children 's welfare , in accordance with section 1(1) of the Act , and that its power to interfere with the local authority 's proposals for the children was not confined to exceptional circumstances , granted the foster mother leave to apply for residence orders in respect of the children . |
| 25 | But few doubt , even in Nashville , that country has boomed precisely because of its predictable format and the readiness of its lyrics to engage with the mundane ups-and-downs of life . |
| 26 | There will be a liaison judge in the Crown Court who will see it as part of his function to liaise with the lay magistrate and to meet them and to discuss erm such matters as erm sentencing principles with them . |
| 27 | Even Alexander , in October 1825 , had gone back on his decision to deal with the Greek question unilaterally and had instigated talks on Greece with Britain . |
| 28 | Stich signalled his return to form with a convicing victory in the richest tournament in tennis , the $6m Compaq Grand Slam Cup . |
| 29 | Towards the latter part of the first century , Rome 's presiding cleric named Clement wrote on behalf of his church to remonstrate with the Corinthian Christians who had ejected clergy without either financial or charismatic endowment in favour of a fresh lot ; Clement apologized not for intervening but for not having acted sooner . |
| 30 | ‘ Representative processes , ’ says Hallowell , ‘ are at the root of Man 's capacity to deal with the abstract qualities of objects and events , his ability to deal with the possible or conceivable , the ideal as well as the actual , the intangible along with the tangible , the absent as well as the present object or event , with fantasy and with reality . |