Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb infin] with a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They ate nothing themselves , but watched me eat with a sort of respectful deference which made me uneasy , it being , I felt , inappropriate and therefore dangerous . |
| 2 | The breath caught in her throat as his hands cupped her naked breasts , his thumbs stroking the already erect nipples , making them throb with a pleasure that was akin to anguish . |
| 3 | Maggie LeMan kept her eyes riveted on the occupants of the stage for a moment , where they were bowing and making the best of the half-hearted appreciation now being shown by clapping punctuated with cat-calls ; then , slowly leaning to the side , she picked up the bird cage as she said , ‘ What do I want with a concert party ? |
| 4 | Should I stay with a cheat ? |
| 5 | And , anyway , how could I compete with a brother like Jake ? ’ |
| 6 | How could I live with a child who might be born alright but who may have gone blind , or worse , later on ? |
| 7 | What do you want with a car ? ’ |
| 8 | Fellow chairmen attacked Flashman 's behaviour , with Millwall chief Reg Burr saying : ‘ What do you do with a man like that ? |
| 9 | What do you do with a man like that ? |
| 10 | Children of war — what do you do with a six-year-old who has been trained to kill ? |
| 11 | ‘ I said , could you do with a cup of tea ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ What can you do with a woman who always thinks of her stomach first ? ’ |
| 13 | WHAT DO you do with a pop group who spend the weeks writing songs with as much soul-searching gravitas as ‘ Two Worlds Collide ’ , and the weekends getting their bollocks out ? |
| 14 | Nor should you begin with a reference to spontaneous symmetry breaking . |
| 15 | Oh , God , she thought wearily , how could you cope with a man who kept agreeing with you ? |
| 16 | But how could you tell with a Time Lord ? |
| 17 | Did n't she live with a family ? |
| 18 | Did you get with a hedgehog . |
| 19 | But wh where could you start with a pound ? |
| 20 | ‘ And besides ’ , said the visiting officer , ‘ how do you argue with a man who 's studying to be a doctor of philosophy ? ’ |
| 21 | Can you fight with a sword , or use a bow ? |
| 22 | If you are having regression therapy to help you deal with a problem whose roots are buried in a previous existence , you may well need two or three sessions of actual regression before you hit upon the significant lifetime . |
| 23 | What can we do with a couple of crumsters ? |
| 24 | Sometimes they cluster on a page like blackberries on a fecund bush , and made me wonder with a stab of unease whether my own writings on American politics and presidents have not managed equally often narrowly to miss the usage and the nomenclature . |
| 25 | Quadratic equations were a great mystery to me , and seeing me struggle with a problem he would call me out and painstakingly take me step by step to a solution . |
| 26 | The next morning , although he felt better , his hands were shaking so much that I refused to let him shave with a safety razor and told him that a friend was bringing his own electric shaver to lend him . |
| 27 | The Alcometer reading was negligible , so we let him go with a warning . ’ |
| 28 | The last word contorted to a scream as Merlyn let her go with a thrust that sent her rocking unbalanced in Rain 's direction . |
| 29 | When she arched finally , feeling him convulse with a groan between joy and pain , she was swept by waves of pride at the gift that had been given and received , her fingers pulling at the thick dark hair , pushing possessively over the muscles of his back , sliding down the sweat-soaked hollows of his spine to the tight muscles slackening in the aftermath of love . |
| 30 | Let her play with a sponge and see how it fills with water , which slowly drains away once she lifts it up . |