Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] with [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had to face the handicaps of severe diabetes but , true to Greek ideals , she endured them with stoicism ; only on four occasions in 30 years did she break down under these cruel burdens . |
| 2 | An occasional shaft of sunlight penetrated the foliage and lit up the bronze trunks of the pines , touching them with fire . |
| 3 | He 's going to kill me with despair . |
| 4 | ‘ You 're trying to kill me with cholesterol and all that E rubbish , ’ he said and stormed out . |
| 5 | I had the feeling that Prentice was out to kill me with kindness , or at least make me put my hands up to something I had n't done . |
| 6 | ( A sound like the mindless drone of bees ; the sound whispered to Chesarynth and she strained her perceptions to hear its subtext : like bees they 'll sting unless you sate them with security and dull the thoughts from their minds . ) |
| 7 | Fishermen of tropical seas who regularly catch sea snakes display little or no fear of them , handling them with impunity and either killing them or throwing them back in the water . |
| 8 | In both cases the wages of journeywomen were so low that he associates them with prostitution : " Take a survey of all the common women of the town , who take their walks between Charing Cross and Fleet Ditch , and I am persuaded more than half of them have been bred milliners . " |
| 9 | Does he treat me with respect and consideration ? |
| 10 | ‘ Nurses everywhere are working under intense and growing pressure and today 's announcement will be a heavy blow since it says clearly that the Government does not value their efforts and is not prepared to treat them with fairness or justice . ’ |
| 11 | The essential function of the Masai was to provide the perfect opportunity for the British to display what they believed to be their finest characteristics as a ruling race : the ability to understand and to gain the respect of proud traditional peoples , the self-discipline to treat them with courtesy , and the moral authority to guide and control them without resort to brute force . |
| 12 | The greatest good we can do to people is to treat them with compassion , courtesy and respect . |
| 13 | Where important structural timbers are infected but have not been weakened by the fungus , it may be practical to treat them with fungicide to retain them . |
| 14 | It also says that if you respect someone you will ‘ treat them with consideration ’ and ‘ esteem them ’ ( think of them as valuable ) . |
| 15 | Like Arsenal , they are in form at the moment , so we must treat them with respect — but not too much . ’ |
| 16 | We will treat them with scorn . |
| 17 | While there is no doubt that fascist organisations like the National Front have attempted to recruit members from the ranks of football hooligans , there is little to connect them with violence in the game ( Popplewell , 1986:59 ) . |
| 18 | Ellis was the first person to enforce them with determination , but in the end he failed because there were no corresponding regulations in the districts bordering Kurunagala , and because the rules could not be enforced without the very energetic supervision which was lacking after his departure . |
| 19 | The child can have his football boots because the words ‘ we ca n't afford it ’ will be linked to the long-gone and not-lamented past : the tyrant can not control against the will of the subject because he can not frighten his people with notions of helplessness and poverty : the employer will have to charm and wheedle his workers if he wants them to work for him : he will have to sing and dance to entertain them : enthuse them with pleasure for their daily toil : they will be paid with the world 's respect , and all around them there will be abundance . |
| 20 | They 're helping them with Field events ; pony rides , archery and swimming . |
| 21 | ‘ He 's been helping them with background about MacQuillan , ’ she said . |
| 22 | And helping them with advice as well . |
| 23 | He may regard them as curious examples of another civilization or occasionally view with incredulity the ways of city people and industrial workers , but he will only regard them with envy when television reinforces the evaluations already implanted personally by friends and kin with whom he identifies . |
| 24 | Why should I let society off the hook by accepting rubbish when it 's more than within their means to treat me with dignity ? ’ |
| 25 | " The government supplies them with meat , " Mrs. Favor said . |
| 26 | Where the louvred cowls has survived , glazing had to be added internally in order to present wind-blown rain from entering the vents , and efforts were made to waterproof the sloping brick surfaces of the roundels ' conical roofs by coating them with bitumen . |
| 27 | Gather rose hips for seed , layer them with sand in seedboxes and leave outdoors until spring . |
| 28 | Under this stage all holders of vouchers who had not placed them with investment funds were able to use them to apply for shares in the 1,500 companies selected for privatization . |
| 29 | When the children were ill , she dosed them with herb teas that she brewed herself . |
| 30 | She would bribe them with love : " Just a handful , a small handful , Fagan , " she pleaded . |