Example sentences of "[to-vb] with [pers pn] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This special tribute in WWF News attempts , however inadequately , to give WWF supporters and staff a picture of what Peter 's many qualities and leadership skills meant to some of those who have been privileged to work with him in a great adventure . |
| 2 | And I want to work with you for a new Kenya . ’ |
| 3 | Knowing this to be his likely mood when I brought in the tea yesterday afternoon , and being aware of his general propensity to talk with me in a bantering tone at such moments , it would certainly have been wiser not to have mentioned Miss Kenton at all . |
| 4 | Seventeenth August — visited No. 4 Commando ( French Troop ) and decided to remain with them for a few days , due mainly to their hospitality and the change of scene . |
| 5 | I used to go with him as a little boy . |
| 6 | A daughter may start by doing the shopping or going to sit with them for a few hours . |
| 7 | Problems are on their way , so be ready to cope with them with a stiff upper jaw , in typical British Bulldog style ( even if you 're not one ) . |
| 8 | Even when the latter does raise religious matters , he seems to deal with them from a different perspective than that of the ascetic theology of Faustus or the spiritual philosophy of another great writer and friend , Claudianus Mamertus . |
| 9 | In the 1960s and 1970s the Standing Conference on University Entrance tried to deal with it on a large-scale basis but repeated efforts to bring about improvements of connection amounted to little . |
| 10 | It was held that he was not a trustee of the money for the brewers and therefore he was under no obligation to deal with it in a certain way . |
| 11 | Asked if they would lose respect for a woman who was prepared to sleep with them on a first date , 24% neither agree nor disagree ; 18% strongly disagree ; 17% tend to disagree ; 16% tend to agree ; 15% strongly agree and 10% do n't know . |
| 12 | By early June the failure of an inquiry by Sir Edward Clark and of a group of ministers headed by Lloyd George to persuade the employers to agree to recognise the Federation and to negotiate with it on a joint board , began to bring nearer the prospect that the Transport Workers ' Federation National Executive would implement a recommendation by its Annual Conference that unless the joint board proposal was accepted a national strike would be declared . |
| 13 | De Gaulle made limited overtures to all sides — offering the FLN an honourable truce ( " paix des braves " ) but refusing to negotiate with it as a political force ; throwing some rhetorical sops to the integrationists but refusing to embrace the cause of integration ; telling the army that outright victory should be its objective , but also saying that no resolution reached against the will of the Algerian people would endure for long . |
| 14 | But I do n't think people , some people like you to chat with them for a long time , other people they just like you to serve the , so they can go . |
| 15 | But because mistakes are expensive and we have to live with them for a long time we tend to play safe and go for rather bland schemes . |
| 16 | Some Christian girls took her to live with them in a tiny flat where she slept on a sofa in the cramped living room . |
| 17 | With firm reassurance and explanation the pain either disappears ( usually within three months ) or the patient learns to live with it as a minor nuisance . |
| 18 | ‘ It is something that tends to live with you for a long time but at least we now have the chance to put the record straight and show that we , too , can play a bit . |
| 19 | The biggest developments in men 's fashion in the past few years — the explosion of sportswear in everyday clothes , the return of knitwear and the gradual softening of the suit 's construction — are more than likely to stay with us for a good few seasons yet . |
| 20 | ‘ Let's invite him to stay with us for a few days , then you can ask him yourself . ’ |
| 21 | Now here 's the interesting bit , in the next few minutes , I 'll be telling you how you can win the chance to travel with me on an all expenses paid trip . |