Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] with the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The Hong Kong Rugby Football Union , in a shock move — one which stems from desperation — saddled Simpkin with the post of national coach at the last meeting of its executive committee in March .
2 I really do n't know , and the man certainly was n't telling , whether he had any hard evidence at all to connect Jefferson with the theft , if it was a theft , of candles from the Cathedral .
3 Mr Lewis has ben with the company 18 years , the last six as design manager .
4 Feeling dejected , she tried to push the questions from her mind , and as soon as the register formalities had been completed she left the office and went to see if she could assist Matt with the loading of the barbecue trailer .
5 Others may buy UnixWare with the intention of adding or upgrading to a NetWare network in the future .
6 The adjutant found Woolley with the armourer , checking ammunition before he allowed his machine-gun drums to be filled .
7 In the morning Anne helped Marilla with the housework .
8 He charged Sewell with the maintenance of discipline in the College ( which led to Sewell recommending the expulsion of only one pupil , although some students paid too much attention to tavern and skittle-ground ) .
9 Our efforts to provide Cuba with the petroleum products it needed put a heavy burden on our own shipping system and forced us to order extra tankers from Italy .
10 Cajun and Creole cooking 's roots are reflected in the foods of France , Spain , Africa and Germany , as Roz Denny discovered when she visited Louisiana with the Food and Drinks team
11 At this point the hard work began , Anne-Marie Brogan , Lay Chaplain at Lancaster University and Rev. Paul Marley , Vice Principal at Lancaster and Morecambe College helped Anne-Marie with the organisation of this event .
12 This deal provided GM with the entry to the luxury car market that it had sought — Saab was promised access to GM 's resources and dealership network .
13 If Italy provided Ramsay with the polish of sophistication and a kind of classical elegance , it was from the French that he learnt a quality he was to make quite his own : gracefulness .
14 ‘ GE … is acquiring Tungsram with the aim of eventually integrating its management within its global empire .
15 Madra helped Ratagan with the fire , and when Riven had done the best he could with his ripped clothing he wandered about the campsite looking for firewood .
16 They have been so successful that from an initial yearly production of about 250 tons during the middle forties these rice fields now yield 145,000 tons a year and supply France with the whole of her rice requirements .
17 The first from play and the second from a penalty and both combined to provide Monaghan with the incentive they needed after Cavan had threatened to overrun them .
18 A man in a bowler hat helped Emma with the pram .
19 In the months Nicholson had been involved in the writing and filming of The Trip , flower-power had reached its peak and the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco had become the Mecca of hippiedom , where all the children with flowers in their hair were at ; naturally enough , this prevailing situation provided AIP with the backdrop for another psychedelic experience called Psych-Out .
20 Actually , it 's all theoretical stuff , as frankly it 's too cold to do much motorcycling on my wonderfully rebuilt MZ with the chrome mudguard .
21 Now it 's finally open , nearly two years after De Niro first approached Nieporent with the idea , the Tribeca Bar and Grill will need to turn over more than £1.2 million a year just to break even , something that may prove difficult , given that the average bill for the restaurant 's simple fish and pasta dishes is around $40 a head .
22 Mountbatten tried to tempt Bogyoke with the post of Deputy Inspector-General and the British rank of Brigadier : he was too shrewd to be side-tracked in that way .
23 Elisabeth did , but shook her head in order to provide Mitzi with the opportunity to inform her .
24 The Knack also provided Crawford with the opportunity to do the sort of daredevil stunts for which he would later become famous .
25 Cuba replied to the Declaration of San José with the First Declaration of Havana which welcomed the Soviet Union 's ‘ offer to support Cuba with the aid of rockets ’ ( Obra Revolucionaria , 6 September 1960 , in Clissold : 1970 , p. 259 ) .
26 The objective of the operation was to arrest Mr with the proviso that it was to be done with the safety of the public to be paramount and that the safety of the police officers and Mr was also to be considered .
27 Another example of Portia 's dishonesty is shown when she tests Bassanio with the ring she had just given to him .
28 Innocent did not associate Philip with the murder , but relentlessly sought the true murderers who were finally brought to justice in Rome in April 1203 and sent to the Holy Land .
29 It had also been Marcus who had phoned Connon with the news of Arthur 's visit to the police station .
30 But when they were sitting at the oval table in the dining-room , eating Mrs Purry 's admirable steak and kidney pudding and drinking a full-bodied Burgundy , Penelope found herself next to Rupert , who talked very pleasantly about Italy , remembering that Penelope was shortly to visit Rome with the parish party , and told her of things she ought to see and restaurants where she might eat .
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