Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [pron] with [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How did you feel about helping her with those activities ? |
| 2 | ‘ I came to my senses , ’ she said , economising with the truth until she felt more capable of handling it with any degree of calm . |
| 3 | With government provision , the good or service may be free or subsidized , so that the amount paid by the consumer will understate the true cost ( higher taxes , etc. ) of providing him with that good or service , thereby encouraging excessive consumption of the item . |
| 4 | Whatever the size of land or terrace you have at your disposal , a little lateral thinking will prove that there are always ways and means of providing yourself with enough plant material to experiment with the very enjoyable pastime of pressing flowers . |
| 5 | Jezrael hated being the only one there who wore a bodysuit but she would have hated more the embarrassment of displaying herself with all her imperfections to the crude and lumpen miners . |
| 6 | Even before he was consecrated , and perhaps as soon as he was elected , at a moment when , by ordinary rules of prudence , he should have been thinking of equipping himself with all the forms of expert knowledge required by his new position , he chose one of the group of English monks to be his closest and most constant companion . |
| 7 | I started playing about with it and later felt a real satisfaction of doing something with that girl 's head of hair that no-one had wanted to touch . |
| 8 | There were a lot a lot involved there er and some of you actually found that that there was quite a lot that you really had to almost worry about and think about and and er yesterday for the first time of doing it with this this new method it does take quite a bit of thinking about and as we agreed practice is is what 's what 's important .. |
| 9 | We have pleased to reserve this hearing until we had had an opportunity of acquainting ourselves with all the circumstances . ’ |
| 10 | Clarissa was horrified lest Charles thought of identifying himself with such a call . |
| 11 | And in that case the only way of identifying them with any accuracy is to hear them spoken and to witness the non-verbal behaviour with which they are preceded , accompanied or followed . |
| 12 | At supper there is more likely to be a simple salad than a roast on the menu , which has the advantage of leaving you with more room to do proper justice to the pudding . |
| 13 | A window box is more than capable of supplying you with some of the flowers you may want to press , and you can buy other flowers from a florist to supplement what you grow yourself . |
| 14 | Her virtuosity with language is not in doubt ( and all credit to her translator for rendering it with such vitality ) . |
| 15 | I am grateful , as is the House , to my hon. Friend the Member for Croydon , North-West ( Mr. Malins ) for providing us with this opportunity to consider education for adults in Croydon . |
| 16 | As he ran back to climb into his seat , she thanked God for blessing her with such a healthy and adorable son . |
| 17 | I envy her her happiness — she ca n't help it shining out of her but I 'm also bitter against her for saddling me with this lot , and for changing-me from what I was : she made the young girl into a woman before her time and a bitter one at that . |
| 18 | Having accepted that she must wear it , Alexandra then set herself to dress for the pleasure of the Rectory children , throwing good taste to the winds and insisting upon hanging herself with all that glittered from the jewel box Aunt Emily had left her , its rose suede depths heaped with treasures from Richard Talbot . |
| 19 | It was wonderful to be so close to him again , to feel no barriers between them , and he wasted little time before possessing her with such quick , hot urgency that she was left behind . |
| 20 | There was perhaps a better chance of enlisting the reader 's belief in Ayesha in involving her with that most believable hero , Allan Quatermain . |
| 21 | But two things have happened : schools must now be uncertain in comparing themselves with each other because the Education ( Schools ) Act 1992 has created dilemmas about the mediation of inspectors ' and advisers ' reports . |
| 22 | I will therefore follow Althusser 's associate , Etienne Balibar — who gives the clearest and fullest exposition of this idea — in discussing it with this sort of example in mind . |
| 23 | To some extent he was at first exonerated from confronting them with this reality by grants of papal crusading tenths , sexennial ones levied on the clergy only , authorized in 1274 and 1291 , and yielding about £20,000 annually . |
| 24 | But it , I do n't need it now , I managed to fix it without bashing it with that . |
| 25 | This book would not be complete without providing you with some information on the subject . |
| 26 | Senior officials could carry on with the day-to-day business of the state without concerning themselves with any kind of specialist ministerial control . |
| 27 | Executive resolved that ‘ should the necessity for forming a Labour Government arise , the Parliamentary Party should at once accept full responsibility for the Government of the country without compromising itself with any form of coalition . ’ |
| 28 | She half turned to go , then stopped , unable to understand the strange reluctance she felt at leaving him with this bitter anger lying between them . |
| 29 | The leader then proceeds to do a few activities around the table such as hitting it with both hands , scratching an ear , winking an eye or nodding backwards and forwards . |
| 30 | Following toasts to the University , to Convocation and to our Guests , Mr Orme rounded off the evening by regaling us with some reminiscences of his early days in Parliament , where he has served for Salford West from 1964–1983 and Salford East since 1983 during which time he has held several posts in Government and on the Opposition front bench , and going on to more recent experiences whilst visiting Eastern Europe as the moves towards democracy gathered strength . |