Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] with the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , they demonstrate little interest in or carry any vim into their academic work ; certainly nothing to compare with the avid desire for technique and expertise many take to the sports field . |
| 2 | Dressing-up crazes and the appearance of huge inflatables suggest the stirrings of a new culture of spectatorship but there is nothing to compare with the Italian spectacle . |
| 3 | There was a great yearning among lay people to understand in terms of their own vernacular this inner experience of the faith , which , through the institutional influence of the Church , formally governed the structure of their lives , although their education may not have been such as to enable them to cope with the official language of the Church or highly intellectual theological exposition . |
| 4 | All four species live in the surf zone of the lake and have a reduced swim-bladder which enables them to cope with the rapid water movement . |
| 5 | Four years ago , I argued with the then Secretary of State for Health and Social Security about the Fowler review , which led to cuts in income support . |
| 6 | After that the jug of water was empty and I was full , but the waiter was smirking in an enigmatic Eastern way , so I toyed with the final concoction , just to prove I could if I wanted to , and that any I happened to leave was just for manners . |
| 7 | This was the last time I met with the Harlequin Bronzewing . ’ |
| 8 | I agreed with the thoughtful contribution by the hon. Member for Pontypridd ( Dr. Howells ) about the problem of a shortage of gas . |
| 9 | I sit with the reeking instrument . |
| 10 | There were points of Government policy where I disagreed with the official line . |
| 11 | But by the summer I am writing a homosexual love-story which I preface with the following remark : |
| 12 | I DISAGREE with the recent Echo Comment which criticised BT for offering only £20 compensation to business users in the aftermath of the serious arson attack on Wavertree telephone exchange . |
| 13 | I disagree with the hon. Member for Worsley ( Mr. Lewis ) that this is a lost opportunity on premium rate services — although I hear a rumour that one of the more questionable 0898 lines — the Labour party line — has been withdrawn . |
| 14 | I disagree with the hon. Lady and I have no doubt that CBI ( Scotland ) would also do so on that matter . |
| 15 | I played with the dumpy stem of the brandy glass , smirking at Ashley through the candle flame . |
| 16 | BELVILLE : What can I do with the little baggage , Mrs. Jervis ? |
| 17 | When I meet with the American President in Berlin , I want him to believe he can trust me . ’ |
| 18 | Gandalf says as much at II , 99 , though he is laconic about it — ‘ I sat in a high place ( the great tree in Lothlórien ? ] , and I strove with the Dark Tower ’ — since Aragorn and the others he is addressing can have no idea what is being referred to . |
| 19 | I heard them no sooner I turned to walk away which I did after a brief moment 's hesitation when I wrestled with the foolish notion of somehow eliciting a confession out of the florid man that he was lying and that Leicester Square did indeed exist ; not realizing then that he was right , and that there really was no such place as Lei-cester Square . |
| 20 | It was a large field and I could see the barn at the far end as I walked with the tall grass brushing my knees . |
| 21 | If I stuck with the basic training and did well I too could be one of them . |
| 22 | I lay there trying to square what I heard with the new enthusiasm derived from Edward and Laura , for I 'd left the Lodge around two in the morning , ready to set off with them the next day in search of the horizon . |
| 23 | I worked with the Hawaiian manager for a while once , and we organised a similar scheme for two of our jocks when I was with the Wellington station last year . ’ |
| 24 | I started with the bottom rail as this would also have to be rebated on the bottom face to accommodate doors and top fixing for side panels . |
| 25 | I struggled with the whole thing the night before Christmas and the whole of Christmas Day , and finally I realised then that I wanted you just as you were . |
| 26 | We used to , we , I used to go when my husband was alive we used to go to erm Devon cos I had a brother living in Devon we used to go there , but er unfortunately I lost him when he was only fifty with a coronary , and so erm , in , cos and after that I lost my husband you see so cos we I 've never been away like that before , not , not since , years ago that was , he 's been gone twenty one years this Christmas sixteenth might be so , I 've not been able to so I , I , I go with the erm , I went with the Red Cross this year the year before last I went erm er , Char Charlie took me away we went to er a chalet we stayed at and er a friend of mine we went there for a week had a week there , that poured of rain every day , this year it poured of rain every day |
| 27 | Well , the gravestone certainly stands by the porch and it does have a hole drilled through it , said to have been where the iron stake was hammered through the stone into the coffin , but I 'm afraid that I agree with the general consensus voiced around the bar of the Sun Inn and the George and Dragon that George Hodgson was guilty of nothing but old age , that the only thing he sucked were his gums , and that the hole in the stone was made for a railing or gatepost . |
| 28 | Well I agree with the honourable gentleman to this extent and that as he knows er we would scrap the self regulatory system and make the S I B responsible for er regulating er er the industry and in time merge it with a banking er regulatory body , er so that would answer that point er and I think that the S I B er could also be responsible for the enforcement of these matters . |
| 29 | I agree with the Prime Minister that we must be at the heart of Europe , working with our partners to build Europe 's future . |
| 30 | Although I agree with the sensible suggestion of my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridgeshire , South-East ( Mr. Paice ) , does my right hon. Friend agree that we must try to prevent these crimes from happening and that the best way to do that is for him to instruct magistrates courts throughout the country to pass very harsh sentences on those who are convicted of this outrageous abuse of private property ? |