Example sentences of "[pron] with a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I with a game |
| 2 | Someone with a sense of humour had painted beneath the HD ‘ D+ ? ’ |
| 3 | We were perhaps selected by someone with a sense of humour who thought that we might be the right couple to bring in a Queen 's Speech which increases the penalties for mutiny in prisons . |
| 4 | He embraces failure and chaos with the zest of someone with a mission from Hell . |
| 5 | Any problems within the platoon are dealt with ; my door is always open for a chat , and there is always someone with a problem . |
| 6 | How best can you help someone with a problem like this ? |
| 7 | BASS player wanted for versatile band , we need someone with a bit of groove . |
| 8 | To some people , this is a confirmation of the old idea that there is something inherently wicked in the feline personality , and that the animal deliberately selects someone with a cat phobia and then sets out to cause them embarrassment . |
| 9 | A carer , I suggest , is someone with responsibility for a child , or an old person , or someone with a handicap , or a chronic illness . |
| 10 | Your policy should draw a clear distinction between this sort of rule and a supportive policy to help someone with a drink problem . |
| 11 | The people who run it try to fix up compatible ages , interests etc and it does n't matter if you ca n't speak the lingo , they will find someone with a knowledge of the English language for you . |
| 12 | You want the papers you 've yet to find someone with a painting and |
| 13 | It is also helpful to have the names of any handicapped people in the area so if you are a parent or an aunt or a friend , again give the name of the person to someone with a board at the back of the church — age does not matter ( our oldest handicapped SPRED friend is 70 ) . |
| 14 | Someone with a grudge . |
| 15 | It was then replayed almost nightly by someone with a grudge against the Royals so that amateur scanners would pick it up and make it public . |
| 16 | Perhaps it was a hoax or someone with a grudge . |
| 17 | THE owner of a valuable horse which was found bludgeoned to death said yesterday she believed the killing was carried out by someone with a grudge against her . |
| 18 | ‘ Ah nivver could stand someone with a beard but no moustache , ’ said Doogie . |
| 19 | He says someone with a screwdriver or wire cutters could take the picture and walk out of the door . |
| 20 | I think I should mention we have perhaps the best library collection in Britain on developing country material , and if there is someone with a specialist need , they would be welcome to use our library . |
| 21 | The term is used negatively , but the black sheep of the family maybe an attractive person , someone with a sparkle , with a courage to be different , with a courage to defy the norm . |
| 22 | We undressed and walked right through the shiny white-tiled shower room where a woman attendant was scrubbing someone with a loofah . |
| 23 | You might just make it — if you know someone with a balloon ! |
| 24 | Then there were other names — Raymond Williams , someone with a name like a chamber pot , Fry — after a time I did n't even bother to learn the names . ’ |
| 25 | That is why you have someone with a clapperboard at the start of each take : to make it possible to find everything in the whole length of film . |
| 26 | To approach someone with a microphone and an innocent smile , asking for ‘ some natural conversational English , if you would be so kind ’ , guarantees the acoustic quality but hardly the linguistic content . |
| 27 | Speaking as someone with a job I 've got to be very careful about giving advice to people who are in a much worse situation than myself , but from the research we did erm it is clear that it 's very important erm not just to sink in and dwell on your problems , not just to erm stay at home , not meeting other people , not engaging in activities . |
| 28 | A recent survey by stockbrokers UBS Phillips & Drew calculated that in an average year , someone with a mortgage would pay £540 less to live in a £65,000 home than a person paying a market rent . |
| 29 | It is surprising how many people go through life breathing inadequately and , although in many instances this does not prove to be too great a problem , in the case of someone with a stammer it can increase their difficulties enormously . |
| 30 | In the driving seat was a woman in her late thirties perhaps , white , but with the almost stern aquiline features of someone with a trace of Polynesian blood . |