Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [pron] with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was persuaded to concede on that point , then proposed to share everything with the production team — until it was pointed out that if just one penny , or a single biscuit was diverted in that direction , and it became known , we 'd be lynched . |
| 2 | She and Keith 's distraught fiancee Ann Sole desperately tried to save him with the kiss of life and heart massage . |
| 3 | I hit violently at the door , I tried to force it with the nail , and managed to hurt my hand . |
| 4 | He tried to balance it with the thin box as the base . |
| 5 | Sometimes Brian tried to comfort himself with the fact that , however much he had wanted a child , he had not forced motherhood on Celia , that Harry 's conception had not exactly been his fault ; but then that thought had been instantly negated by the realisation that his own pleasure at her pregnancy , their move to the country and his insistence that all would be well , amounted to a foolish bigoted optimism for which he blamed himself entirely . |
| 6 | While Montgomerie radiated confidence and respect for the course , it was a typically down-beat Sandy Lyle who prepared to re-acquaint himself with the course where he made his U.S. Open debut in 1980 . |
| 7 | The church of the apostolic age sought to identify itself with the ‘ poor ’ whom Jesus had declared blessed ( Luke 6 : 20 ) ; or had he meant the ‘ poor in spirit ’ ( Matt. 5 : 3 ) , the humble-hearted , who could hold their property without pride as means to support the destitute ? |
| 8 | I happened to find myself with the Commander on the gallery one afternoon : the other usual suspects were missing . |
| 9 | I forgot to play it with the tune right though . |
| 10 | Desperately trying to pull herself together , she strove to console herself with the thought that , if Ross could hardly remember their brief marriage , it was obviously going to make matters easier for them both during this hurried trip to America . |
| 11 | They always forgot to send it with the papers . |
| 12 | He had made the excuse that he needed to be there to greet the Prince of Wales , but making this pronouncement , which he had previously rehearsed many times , failed to fill him with the satisfaction he had anticipated . |
| 13 | Wexford wiped his brow with his handkerchief and , following Camb 's example , began to fan himself with the morning paper . |
| 14 | However , we decided to try it with the food and tucked into some quite outstanding starters , including terrine of foie gras with wild mushrooms and some grilled bites of red mullet with caviar which positively leapt into the mouth . |
| 15 | A Buryat tale relates how one of their groups decided to link itself with the Russians because their own khan chopped off heads for crimes which merited mere birching in Muscovite territory . |
| 16 | , he 's gone down , he 's looking for a penalty and it 's been given , the referee consulted the linesman , he looked at his nearside , it was who went in or was it Chris on David , the penalty award has been given by the referee , he looked to confirm it with the linesman on the nearside and that confirmation was all that he had needed to point to the spot . |
| 17 | During the meal a great spider crawled on to the table cloth and I went to kill it with the leg of chicken I was gnawing , but Benjamin stopped me . |
| 18 | A few developed a liking for the racecourse and as it had been drummed into them to dress correctly for every occasion , somehow they managed to provide themselves with the obligatory long trailing gowns by lending each other clothes and accessories ; they appreciated the elegance of their suave escorts in tail coats and top hats . |
| 19 | After checking that I was not talking to the media , I asked what the nature of her enquiry was , and she proceeded to furnish me with the facts . |
| 20 | So I went to tax it with the fifty five quid as I thought ! |
| 21 | Drinking off the last of the wine and moving on to the coffee he finally managed to confront himself with the question of why he had been so slow to begin . |
| 22 | The Cockney porter who had smuggled in a bottle of booze for him said that one of them liked to satisfy herself with the aid of bottle necks . |
| 23 | Although Gilgamesh failed in his attempt to be a true god , the other gods took pity on his situation and appeared to comfort him with the news that he would live honoured forever as a shadow in the Underworld . |
| 24 | Anyway today we had the scene where Matt had to hit me with the paddle sort of semi-accidentally . |
| 25 | She frequently had to pinch herself with the absurdity of it all . |
| 26 | The previous type may then have become invalid , and coin users presumably had to replace it with the new one , a troublesome process , as the volume of some types ran into millions of coins . |
| 27 | He had to be assisted as he flayed himself , but he got most of the skin off as easily as a cardigan , and the minister only had to help him with the last few strips . |
| 28 | Pound did not reach Washington , however , until the middle of November 1945 and the first real chance Eliot had to acquaint himself with the situation was on the business trip to the United States which he planned for June and July of 1946 . |
| 29 | She continued to surprise herself with the capabilities of her augmented flesh . |
| 30 | I think he 's telling the truth now but I had to threaten him with the Juvenile Bureau , the Welfare and God knows what before he did . |