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

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1 And it stops you having to hit them with a brick .
2 ‘ And they play the pipes , just as the Arab plays them with a bag holding air , ’ I added .
3 You used to have to rub all your clothes and on this rub board or get a little brush and and scrub the s collar and your cuffs and then in the salt water and get all them in and then you used to have to ponch them with a ponch or a dolly peg , what used to go round like that you see .
4 No well we used to kill them with a stick but of course they used to lay the rabbits out at that time to see how many they caught cos that was a little bit of perks for the farm labourers they used to buy a rabbit for sixpence , then they go up to ninepence for a rabbit .
5 ‘ I made them with a ruler , ’ he says .
6 Sandy was doing a trash all-nighter at the Scala , and Dionne met them with a cocktail shaker .
7 Dinner I boil myself just a few potatoes , and I eat them with a piece of bread …
8 Asked by police what had happened , Mr Graham said : ‘ He attacked me with a hammer and I stabbed him . ’
9 That is why they attacked me with a bomb .
10 Each set of social practices not only determines the characteristics of the individuals who engage in it but also supplies them with a conception of the range of properties they can have , and of its limits .
11 First you mix the dough , then you pat it into shape , like a figure in a Nativity crib , with all his fingers , and little fingernails , you make them with a toothpick , and his face , not forgetting ears and nostrils and eyebrows , and you put in his navel , making a little indentation , and you roll some dough for his thingamajig . ’
12 ‘ They are based on a freelance design and one of the main things was make them with a view to easy maintenance , ’ explained Mr Blackhurst .
13 Pupils should be well prepared , and it is advisable to issue them with a guidance sheet that can be shown to the staff .
14 In a sense then , the fate of Simmel 's work is at present parallel to that of Hegel 's , in as much as later authorities have appropriated his ideas and aligned them with a theory of rupture seen as specific to capitalism .
15 We undressed and walked right through the shiny white-tiled shower room where a woman attendant was scrubbing someone with a loofah .
16 He glanced across at the waiting technicians and dismissed them with a gesture .
17 ... Also , managers often became enamoured with specific planning concepts , employing them with a fervor that inhibited sensitivity to special considerations and that diverted attention from other important issues … .
18 And Northumberland had chosen , rather than pursue them with a force then quite inadequate , to gather his and his sons ' levies and wait for the marauders to return .
19 Are you sure you do n't recruit them with a casting couch ? ’
20 He gave me every encouragement , lent me camp equipment , provided me with a Somali called Ali as my headman and helped me collect the necessary servants .
21 Ezra provided me with a standard ; and gingered me into an attempt to train towards it .
22 We caught them with a net and we used to sell them as cage-birds . ’
23 She fixed me with a look of vengeance and demanded the home phone number of the President of the Academy of Motion Pictures .
24 If they did n't bring back the amount of money he 'd told them to , he beat them with a baseball bat . ’
25 But disabled people who use them say the workshops provide them with a sense of dignity as well as permanent paid work .
26 When the children arrive , provide them with a piece of paper listing the clues and with a space to record each letter that is found .
27 Why did the banks cheerfully lend billions to a man who would never open the family books or provide them with a balance sheet ?
28 to provide me with a reference .
29 to provide me with the reference , would you be kind enough to provide me with a reference and send it via oh my God !
30 I had worked out a peace formula that I thought might be acceptable , but when I showed it to Wilson he scoffed at it as being altogether too legalistic and proceeded to provide me with a formula of his own .
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