Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [verb] [pron] with the " in BNC.

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1 I was watching you with the stopwatch . ’
2 ‘ I knew I was leaving them with the basis of a good side and a first-rate manager in Nigel Best .
3 ‘ I knew I was leaving them with the basis of a good side and a first-rate manager in Nigel Best .
4 She was helping me with the french .
5 I did n't take offence , nor did I think her last question the non sequitur of a schizophrenic — Chineseness had everything to do with financial acumen — but she was treating me with the politeness she would accord a stranger who was her equal .
6 ‘ Christopher , ’ said Francis to Jane , who was helping him with the sheep the next morning , ‘ has been like a father to me . ’
7 And again he looked around , this time for the devil who was tempting him with the prospect he most profoundly desired .
8 But the former golden girl of British tennis , who was mixing it with the world 's elite just five years ago , was pegged back when Smith won the second set tie-break 7-2 .
9 Our terms of reference made it clear that we were to concern ourselves with the English curriculum for all pupils , whatever their mother tongue .
10 It was then she realised that he was lambasting her with the tennis racquet .
11 He did n't even look up , he was doing something with the cafetière .
12 Mr Clarke told the House of Commons that he was doing it with the great reluctance .
13 If he was still amusing himself , thought Cadfael , he was doing it with the eloquent dignity of archbishops and all the king 's judges .
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