Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Primo Levi who is read by Fernanda Eberstadt is a man who is unable to write about Jews — though he does in fact write about them with great sympathy , believers and unbelievers alike — and who has no feeling for people whose background and abilities are different from his own , though the joy of Levi 's work , for other readers , is very often that he has such feelings , that he knows himself to be , while also knowing himself not to be , an ordinary man , a worker , a man who worked as an industrial chemist and who was no less of a worker when he wrote books . |
| 2 | Most of them went through the ritual of gazing about them with curious eyes in search of a familiar face among the crowds . |
| 3 | Penelope had taken note of the two quite personable looking men who had just come into the hall ! and were standing looking about them with some bewilderment , as if uncertain what they ought to do . |
| 4 | Then they began to glance about them with jealous , embittered eyes , wondering if someone other than they had been saved , whether God had favoured one and not another . |
| 5 | It is a must for everyone with strategic , economic and political interests in the Arab Gulf . |
| 6 | The Tyrells of Gipping , for instance , were closely related to the Darcies and through them with other members of the court group . |
| 7 | The Tyrells of Gipping , for instance , were closely related to the Darcies and through them with other members of the court group . |
| 8 | One of them — a little old-fashioned perhaps , for I do not see many people doing it nowadays — is to walk around it guide-book in hand , best of all with one of those old Murray 's Handbooks for Travellers , the most catholic , the most informative , the most solid guide-books ever written in this country ; still well worth buying though the last one came out nearly fifty years ago and one must hunt for them with increasing difficulty in the second-hand bookshops . |
| 9 | The key to the success of such releases , though , is always that you do not have to pay for them with significant amounts of guilt or regret the next morning . |
| 10 | At higher altitudes , swifts trawl for them with open beaks . |
| 11 | He cleared his throat instead , and traced some , of the pattern on the top of the small wooden table between them with one stubby , yellow-grey finger , Ajayi said , " Perhaps we could just ask one of them . |
| 12 | Arrange one or two suitable shrubs that grow with a relaxed , arching habit , and then fill between them with large patches or drifts of herbaceous plants en masse . |
| 13 | How vain I feel is an attempt for me with all my weight of immorality and worry and dull ( not bad ) health to sweeten you who are so pure and without care and of bright health . |
| 14 | Christmas has come early for me with this one — another mysterious release that planted itself firmly on the Vibes desk . |
| 15 | He 's an obedient kind of fellow , and after being kicked out of the castle by his master he sets about his task with a determination unusual for someone with such a cowardly disposition . |
| 16 | Otherwise there would n't have been a chance for someone with such a large family , almost any of whom could have taken her in . |
| 17 | Curiously , for someone with such interests , Glass himself does not seem to like theorising about music , disliking what he calls ‘ polemics ’ . |
| 18 | However , negotiating the public transport system may simply be too difficult for someone with mental disorder and ‘ dedicated transport ’ using specially trained personnel , though expensive , is often the only feasible solution . |
| 19 | However , when the market is sharp and clear and there is a need for very strong , talented individuals to fill the position , when the client is looking for someone with outstanding ability to run the business or to be a senior director , then talking to a headhunter may well be the best first step . |
| 20 | The twentieth century may seem threatening at times for someone with these problems , but at least you are not likely to be struck down in your prime by cholera , smallpox or bubonic plague , and there is little risk of being eaten by lions . |
| 21 | She said : ‘ There was n't a place to be found in Redcar for him , and finding a private flat or bedsit for someone with little funds is very difficult . |
| 22 | Myopia , or short-sightedness , is the 24-year-old Liverpudlian 's problem — if indeed it is a problem for someone with 15 professional wins , all but one inside the distance , and one draw . |
| 23 | He had not said , Frankly , Peter , you are not up to being Archdeacon , he had instead emphasized the need for someone from outside the diocese , for someone with ecumenical experience in urban work , for someone accustomed to ministerial care . |
| 24 | ‘ We made some bad defensive errors we sometimes make it hard for ourselves with some naive defending as a team and this is something we have to improve on . ’ |
| 25 | They walked through sad places where small coloured children sat on doorsteps , too depressed and apathetic to play games , and stared after them with huge black eyes in which the tropic sun was extinguished . |
| 26 | ‘ I would look after her with loving care , Mr Wormwood , and I would pay for everything . |
| 27 | She walked away with a poise unmatched by any woman of his acquaintance , and he stared after her with angry fascination . |
| 28 | She stared down at the disgusting mass as it came away in her hand for a moment and then she marched after him with pursed lips and a determined gleam in her eyes . |
| 29 | You 'll never make it , ’ roared Rocky and took off after him with surprising speed for one of his size and bulk . |
| 30 | Has to walk after him with little trowel and paper bag . |