Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] with [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children whose parents set firm limits for them grow up with more self-esteem and confidence than those who are allowed to get away with behaving in any way they like . |
| 2 | I did anyway , I got on with most teachers but but he did , really did give him a a really big , say a big couple of swipes on his backside . |
| 3 | I got on with some work of my own and he went back to his . |
| 4 | I had to do something to keep my flat going and everything , so I got in with these girls , working girls . |
| 5 | ‘ Afterwards I moved in with this neighbour . |
| 6 | I hold on with one hand , landing in a fast-moving heap that upsets the sledge 's balance . |
| 7 | Er and I think I came up with six negatives and and one very feeble positive . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , just something I came up with that Ari should be able to do herself . |
| 9 | Erm and I came up with this bit , sort of the middle bit , national curriculum levels would be er your own thing right ? |
| 10 | I came up with these answers : |
| 11 | ‘ I came in with three A levels , ’ she said , matter of factly . |
| 12 | It seemed like every time I went out to walk the course I came back with wet feet . " |
| 13 | The first May I fell out my garden and put my elbow out , this , this , this one right out which makes it awkward for me to use now , you know , I , I put that right out and therefore erm I had to go at , up to hospital and put that right and the follow the following , the following May my bed caught alight with electric blanket and that blazed all up , had my , had my bed all alight my double bed , the electric blanket and I 'd only just had it serviced and that went , that was the second May and the third May we were going on an outing me and erm Arthur that was lodging with me and he , we got out of the taxi at Parndon and it , he just collapsed and died at me feet so that 's the , that was the end of that and I 've been living here you know , since he went , and erm I used to be able to get anywhere with one stick cos I had arthritis in this right hip you see , I could get anywhere with one stick in the taxi , or anywhere and I went to my son 's , er which is now coming , I 've been here about twelve years in this bungalow , er eight years erm , eight years ago in No this November gone , I went down to my son 's , it was rather slippery and he took me down in the car and I , as I got out erm the car I said to him mind it 's very slippery , he said I wo n't let you fall mother he said , so I went in , but as I came out with one stick he still had n't got anything down , you know , if it had been a , a sort of erm sand or something down I would n't of slipped and I got half way in his car and out I fell and caught this left hip on the step , on the step and I dislocated my hip and it 's right out of the socket like that , it should be , and I ca n't have it put back because I 've had several coronaries in my life time and I can not have it put back you see |
| 14 | I teed off with 15 clubs , one too many . |
| 15 | I look back with great thankfulness to God and deep affection to Holy Cross students for what was a most happy and satisfying central period of my life . |
| 16 | With respect to the embalming [ of ] Bodies , the methods that were commonly practised could , I know , have no effect ; at that time I read a good many Books upon ‘ Balsamation ’ but got very little instruction from reading these : according to my own Idea the best way would be to preserve the Body for some time that putrefaction should hardly be able to take place , & that it should gradually get rid of its moisture , & that , when it dried , it should have such imbalming juices in it , that it should resist putrefaction , & the insects at the same time be either kept off or destroyed : I set out with this Opinion & thought that something must be thrown thro' the whole Body : the when the Body was preserved , my Idea of getting rid of moisture was , to place the Body in some strong absorbent substance , & that substance which proved best I thought was Paris Plaister & I thought I could lay in a common Coffin such a quantity of Paris Plaister as would take out all the moisture & then I thought the Body should be rather in a wooden case than a leaden one because the Wood would assist the Absorption . |
| 17 | But there was this fear that I 'd become a junkie if I hung out with these people . |
| 18 | with all ty I get on with all types of people , that 's why I think I like you know er I like people . |
| 19 | Some British colleagues thought it was overweight and underpowered , so after trying a right-hand drive 1.8GL version recently , I looked up with some trepidation what I had said about the car on my voting form six months ago . |
| 20 | Martin seems to be missing by a distance as we joust it round the table , so after half a dozen exchanges I go down with much confidence on a half-ball cut into the bottom left-hand pocket . |
| 21 | ‘ I know I went to the ice rink and the pictures with Bill O'Hagan but he knew I went out with other fellows as well . |
| 22 | One afternoon I went out with another girl for a walk , with the idea of finding a quiet spot in the meadow we called the Big Field , to read and write letters . |
| 23 | So when she was going on about Nigerian boys , I said , " So what , if I went out with this guy , you 'd be lucky if he stayed with me . " |
| 24 | I went out with this group several times on Saturday and Sunday mornings . |
| 25 | Besides , the next day I went down with glandular fever . |
| 26 | To make our cup full the children and I went down with Asian flu which was prevalent at the time . |
| 27 | Had I gone on with this research at the depth which I had in view I would undoubtedly have used a far more informal interview and , having chosen possible points of difference , I would have introduced these in the interviews and let the informants develop the themes themselves . |
| 28 | Would I get on with these people ? |
| 29 | And if I carry on with this relationship I shall just end up where I was in New York , miserable , unhappy , alone . |
| 30 | ‘ I cleared out with four laps to go , ’ said Murray , whose time was almost identical to that she set outdoors in Belfast last August , the last time she ran the distance . |