Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] with [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elevation Lie or sit with your legs raised higher than your waist . |
| 2 | In the first place , half of the non-union green-field site companies did not have a formal system whereby management informed or consulted with their employees . |
| 3 | But if I went to Joyce and told him that his men were doing something that was n't fair to the police , trying us too hard or interfering with our time off , he 'd have his men right off that job in half an hour and there 'd be no grumbling . ’ |
| 4 | There is no inconsistency in my and my neighbour 's holding that we each should look after our own dog ( or sleep with our own wife , come to that ) . |
| 5 | The vigour , sometimes amounting to brutality , with which she utilized her seapower in time of war , by wholesale interference with neutral shipping carrying contraband or trading with her enemies , did much to increase the hostility with which she was now widely regarded . |
| 6 | This figure does not , of course , take account of what you could earn on or do with your money if it was available to you . |
| 7 | Stalin would not have been suspected , or connected with his murder , and it would have provided an excellent reason for the purges , which Stalin began due to his paranoia of being replaced . |
| 8 | They enjoyed doing the shop , and wanted others to have the pleasure of listening to it as they drive in their car , or walk with their walkman . |
| 9 | Never mind the divorce statistics , an encouraging 92% of those married , or living with their partners , said they are still in love . |
| 10 | ‘ … one who deals with goods at the request of the person who has the actual custody of them , in the bona fide belief that the custodian is the true owner , should be excused for what he does if the act is of such a nature as would be excused if done by the authority of the person in possession , if he was a finder of the goods or entrusted with their custody … . |
| 11 | The circumstances in which this was adopted as an epoch , instead of the time when the Prophet was either born or entrusted with his divine mission or died , are explained by al-Biruni ( AD 973– c. 1050 ) in his great work The Chronology of Ancient Nations . |
| 12 | Pears carried on bravely but was forced to throw the ball out or kick with his left foot . |
| 13 | Green also records what his children have been doing by themselves — the girls visiting Keswick neighbours to drink tea , or going with their brothers on a journey to Kendal , or sometimes dining out , as when they visited Mr. James Fleming at Grasmere . |
| 14 | And that 's where the rift begins : then you have to make a choice , staying with my white friends or going with my black friends . |
| 15 | You might imagine supporting them , talking with them when they needed to talk , trying to help , but you did n't imagine that you would be the one desperate to talk ( or the one too embarrassed to talk , too ashamed or too proud to talk ) ; you did n't imagine you would be the one who needed help , not even when you told friends that of course there might be problems , or agreed with your beloved that you would always talk about things … |
| 16 | But it is not yet known whether the teenager is returning to her mother or remaining with her 18-year-old boyfriend 's family . |
| 17 | But because the case was heard in private it is not known whether the teenager is returning to her mother or remaining with her 18-year-old boyfriend 's family . |
| 18 | ‘ Subject to the provisions of this Act , no action shall be brought to recover any costs due to a solicitor before the expiration of one month from the date on which a bill of those costs is delivered in accordance with the requirements mentioned in subsection ( 2 ) ; but if there is probable cause for believing that the party chargeable with the costs — ( a ) is about to quit England and Wales , to become bankrupt or to compound with his creditors , or ( b ) is about to do any other act which would tend to prevent or delay the solicitor obtaining payment , the High Court may , notwithstanding that one month has not expired from the delivery of the bill , order that the solicitor be at liberty to commence an action to recover his costs and may order that those costs be taxed . |
| 19 | Older siblings living in mainland Scotland were not permitted to see or communicate with their younger brothers and sisters , even though they were in no way involved or implicated in the allegations that had been made against the parents . |
| 20 | By now , winners or losers , the contestants will be sleeping or coping with their own adrenalin hangover in their own way , and it feels like my chicks have left the nest . |
| 21 | my bargaining power is based on the losses which you would suffer if you were to agree or disagree with my proposal |
| 22 | your bargaining power is based on the losses I would suffer if I were to agree or disagree with your proposals . |
| 23 | He could n't stay still for more than a few seconds and either paced the ground or fidgeted with his hair , clothes , hands , face and anything else within his reach . |
| 24 | Shasta llamas do not spit , kick , bite , burp or talk with their mouths full . |
| 25 | Does it hold on to the exclusive for its major shareholders or go with its journalistic impulses ? |
| 26 | He was happiest in old clothes , with a pipe in his mouth and his much-loved wife at his side , gardening , tending trees , reading , or playing with his model railway , at Briglands , the house at Rumbling Bridge designed for his father by Sir Robert Lorimer [ q.v . ] . |
| 27 | We will have a look to see if you was watching or giggling with your mate next door . |
| 28 | Children need to know that their feelings of jealousy or anger with their brother or sister are very common and that their parents understand how they feel . |
| 29 | Now there are rumours circulating that the NEA will be abolished , or combined with its sister agency , the National Endowment for the Humanities . |
| 30 | Mary telephoned the therapist 2 months later because she felt unable to decide whether to return to her ex-husband or to stay with her boyfriend . |