Example sentences of "[pers pn] [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 | Our terms of reference made it clear that we were to concern ourselves with the English curriculum for all pupils , whatever their mother tongue . |
| 7 | It was then she realised that he was lambasting her with the tennis racquet . |
| 8 | He did n't even look up , he was doing something with the cafetière . |
| 9 | Mr Clarke told the House of Commons that he was doing it with the great reluctance . |
| 10 | If he was still amusing himself , thought Cadfael , he was doing it with the eloquent dignity of archbishops and all the king 's judges . |