Example sentences of "[pron] with [pron] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In fact , so impressed am I with his performance that I shall personally be paying his train fare from Birmingham twice a week .
2 I with my nerves at the moment .
3 with my with my girlfriend
4 ‘ There 's always someone with their fingers crossed .
5 She asks us if we would agree that Julia Roberts is the most stunning thing we 've ever seen , and we have to admit that Julia 's extraordinarily wide mouth and upturned nose always remind us of someone with their face pressed against a plate-glass window .
6 The raffle or lottery is a form of random sample — in its simplest form the identical little numbered tickets are shaken up in a hat and drawn out one by one by someone with their eyes closed .
7 ‘ I need someone — ’ and he gazed into her eyes with an expression she tried hard to understand ‘ — someone with her feet on the ground , but capable of understanding someone who has to fly sometimes .
8 ‘ You would think someone with her background would know better , ’ said Lewis .
9 They must be mad to take on someone with her record .
10 If the bereaved is your mother-in-law you have the problem of trying to help someone with whose personality and reactions you may not be entirely familiar ; but you will have the advantage of being able to remain a little more detached from the throbbing centre of her pain and therefore freer to be objective in the help you give her , without in any way reducing the flow of sympathy and affection she will hope to receive from you .
11 A recurring complaint was that the letter was from someone with whom wholesalers had had no previous contact .
12 ‘ Above all else , he was a gentleman , someone with whom disagreements could be had on occasion , but who could always be respected for his firm views , honestly held and clearly put . ’
13 For someone with his intellect , his was an intensely frustrating position .
14 Not realising the long-term strategy behind the offer , Haslam turned it down , regarding it as an inferior job for someone with his mining engineering skills .
15 ‘ Twenty minutes , ’ the guard replied , then hurried away to help someone with his luggage .
16 He had a large place , with as many modern conveniences as a sandhole like Dead Rat could offer , but it was n't what someone with his skills could rate in a PZ .
17 ‘ Surely there must be a job somewhere for someone with his ability . ’
18 In any case , Dougal was n't the type to run away : someone with his talents had nowhere to run to .
19 Pathetic , really , for someone with his record .
20 He had picked up the pieces after the war and it must have come as a total shock to someone with his background to find players in his side who rocked the boat .
21 There just was n't any work , even for someone with his track record .
22 ‘ My son , for someone with your heritage you are over-fond of scepticism , ’ which made Ratagan chuckle .
23 Bit unusual for someone with your background . ’
24 The pull 's fairly heavy , but someone with your shoulders ought to be able to manage . ’
25 Failure was no longer acceptable , particularly in someone with my advantages .
26 My husband and I had photographs taken of ourselves with our firstborn when he was a week or so old ; in the pictures we all look happy and contented .
27 When she bent her head towards his with her lips softly pouted , she came so close that for one brief moment he thought she might actually kiss his forehead .
28 She 's calling to a little dog which is running after summat with his tail wagging like mad .
29 He obviously had n't stinted himself with She-She back there .
30 But Coun Jackson said he , also , disassociated himself with her remarks .
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