Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frau Nordern heaved up her brief-case and let it fall on to the desk with a satisfying , rather official thud . |
| 2 | The Somme dragged on through July , a futile and terrible battle of attrition that cost hundreds of thousands of lives , through Aubers Ridge , Delville Wood , where the Cameronians had a section of trench they called Buchanan Street , and into a dreadful September , when Haig decided to try and break through on the Somme with a secret weapon , the tank . |
| 3 | Could I just ask you , did those bodices do up at the back with hooks and eyes ? |
| 4 | A resumé by Secretary General Ian Martin of the momentous world events that have occurred during the past five years set the work of AI in context and also set the scene for the working parties , which between them would report back to the plenary with recommendations that would change the AI mandate dramatically . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , we can look back on the year with pride and feel confident that our achievements stand us in good stead for 1992 . |
| 6 | In 1954 I was eight and every Saturday morning I would set off to the movies with my first boyfriend , ten year old Skippy . |
| 7 | credulous old burgher of Windsor in Mr Pickwick 's tale contributed to Master Humphrey 's Clock , pompous and slow-witted , ‘ one of those people who , being plunged into the Thames , would make no vain efforts to set it afire , but would straightway flop down to the bottom with a deal of gravity , and be highly respected in consequence by all good men ’ . |
| 8 | George Washington , a Virginia gentleman whose home at Mount Vernon was quite close to the salt water of Chesapeake Bay , could ride off to the frontier with no difficulty and acquire land to sell to future settlers . |
| 9 | Instead of talking from the stalls to actors in front of one another , he would always shamble up onto the stage with his peculiar hedgehog gait and take them aside separately . |
| 10 | They see it working and often they are given a print out of the results at the end of a spectrum or something like that that they can take back to the school with them and analyze . |
| 11 | Press relations activities must go on during the exhibition with media who attend or may be interested . |
| 12 | Cold may also go down onto the chest with lots of secretions , coughing and rattling of mucus . |
| 13 | From the time that I was about ten , I used to look forward to Mr. Golding 's visits , for sometimes on never-to-be-forgotten occasions he would let me go down into the cellar with him . |
| 14 | Firstly the bill can go through on the nod with no note . |
| 15 | Er , hello there , my name 's Mike , well let's go over to the weather with Winsy , no Winsy , oh Rita 's dropped dead , she 's jumped off a cliff we think , we think |
| 16 | But the hard work now should pay off in the spring with a fine show of bluebells . |
| 17 | ‘ Then , if we 're forward enough , Jinny and Oz can go off for the day with a couple of baskets . |
| 18 | But let's go back to the sex with your boy-friend . |
| 19 | But she never dared ask him , for fear he would tell her ) — the grocer treated her to infrequent smiles and would give occasional chocolates to Victoria , who would go back to the toyshop with a heavy brown moustache and sideburns . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'll walk back to the stables with you , ’ she suggested . |
| 21 | Oh , and by the by , I want you to promise me that you will not go out on the rampage with Rose again . ’ |
| 22 | And so erm we did n't wan na put them off and I like to be here because erm Bob likes to go on the Moor as well , so we shall go out on the Moor with the dog a couple of times |
| 23 | I would go out of the Chamber with my tail between my legs . |
| 24 | And er anyway later on I used to er go out into the fields with the men . |
| 25 | They will happily walk about in the drizzle with a pink ice-axe , lime-green gaiters , a purple , yellow and turquoise rucksack , blue and orange kagoul , red breeches and a hat with the Union Jack on it . |
| 26 | Mrs Blakey , only a little less sceptical than her husband of this line of talk , nevertheless recalled how Timothy Gedge had affected her when he 'd come on to the telephone with a woman 's voice , and her bewilderment when the silence had first begun in the house . |
| 27 | If you like your job but ca n't get on with the people with whom you have to work , consider asking for a transfer to another department . |
| 28 | ‘ I have seen it come down from the sky with a noise like thunder , and I have seen within it the bodies of those who were Too Late ! ’ |
| 29 | Suddenly there were policemen everywhere who ran into the suite and made everyone get up against the wall with their hands above their heads . |
| 30 | " Hazel , " said Fiver , " could you come up on the bank with me for a few moments ? |