Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] with [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's going to kill me with despair . |
| 2 | ‘ You 're trying to kill me with cholesterol and all that E rubbish , ’ he said and stormed out . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The greatest good we can do to people is to treat them with compassion , courtesy and respect . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Why should I let society off the hook by accepting rubbish when it 's more than within their means to treat me with dignity ? ’ |
| 11 | TDC 's managers have tried to establish good relations with universities so that they hear about promising developments in time to support them with cash . |
| 12 | The very concentration of attention on female breasts seemed to swell them with pride to melon-like proportion — or disproportion , for they would flatten and disappear just as mysteriously ten years later . |
| 13 | He failed to provide me with information which I had requested . ’ |
| 14 | We also had to provide them with lunch at 2.30 pm . |
| 15 | However , the original stock which accompanied the Pilgrim Fathers from the Devon port of Plymouth in 1623 to provide them with milk , butter and cheese on the voyage continued to give them dairy produce ( not to mention beef and boot leather ) when they colonised the land . |
| 16 | With increasing demands on caterers to provide top quality food quickly and efficiently , chefs are turning to well-established equipment manufacturers to provide them with state of the art equipment which will make their job easier . |
| 17 | Cash floats , which are the set sums of money handed out to the restaurants and bars in order to provide them with change to start the day 's business , are checked , ready for collection by the departmental heads . |
| 18 | These have led the body representing the interests of the agencies ( and private placement bureaux ) , the Federation of Recruitment and Employment Services ( FRES ) , to advise its members to make explicit in all documentation given to their temporary staff that they have no obligation to provide them with work and , more important , that the relationship they have with them is not one of employment ( interview with FRES ) . |
| 19 | Make sure the tank is furnished with plenty of rockwork to provide them with cover . |
| 20 | This , of course , caught the attention of many journalists , and St Mary 's did not fail to provide them with information . |
| 21 | On 11 December 1990 , the General Commissioners issued precepts , under s 51(1) , TMA 1970 , requiring the companies to provide them with information and the accounts relating to the appeals , specifying a time limit of 50 days . |
| 22 | With a rolling network we would have been there live to provide them with information of direct concern to all their lives — people , incidentally , who could not afford to pay for a service from any other source . |
| 23 | Helping parents in this way is an attempt to provide them with child-management skills for life so that they can generate solutions to many of the problems they face without reference to professionals at all . |
| 24 | James finally agreed to 70 , and signed a requisition form , agreeing on behalf of the appellants to pay for the services of the men provided at certain specified rates per diem and also for their travelling expenses and to provide them with food and sleeping accommodation . |
| 25 | Dementia sufferers therefore need people to help them with personal and house care ; to safeguard them ( and others who may be affected ) from risks such as gas or road traffic , from harming themselves or others , or from being harmed by others ( for they may become vulnerable to attack , theft , etc ) , and to provide them with companionship and emotional support in their frequent loneliness and depression ( see Norman , 1982 ) . |
| 26 | If they do , you can concentrate on the substance , but if not you will need to provide them with background material . |
| 27 | But the more people who obtain post-school education , the less likely it is to provide them with entry to a career . |
| 28 | It was felt that many indirect tax practitioners , and in particular those dealing with VAT , were former employees of Customs & Excise and therefore did not have a professional body to provide them with recognition , training and quality standards . |
| 29 | Apple also intends to provide them with application programming interfaces and other technologies and services to insure Mac integration and interoperability in the multi-platform client/server environment . |
| 30 | Apple also intends to provide them with application programming interfaces and other technologies and services to ensure Mac integration and interoperability in the multi-system client-server environment . |