Example sentences of "[vb past] with them [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Briton known to leaders of a charity based in Northampton discovered them and fled with them to the relative safety of Split . |
| 2 | I was with the South African team throughout their travels in Australia and New Zealand and found them an exceptionally nice group ; agonized with them on the eve of the referendum on reforms back in South Africa when there were last-minute scare reports of a major swing to the right wing ; rejoiced with them when the vote when 68% for sanity , a far greater margin than any of us had dared hope for ; and generally enjoyed with them their victories and their considerable achievement in reaching the semi-final stage . |
| 3 | Childless women declaimed prayers to the Virgin in Latin while tears rolled down their faces ; and the parents of idiot children danced with them in the market place , swearing that their little brains had been set all to rights . |
| 4 | Odysseus met with them in the wine-dark sea of the Mediterranean and called them Cyclops , Scylla and Charybdis . |
| 5 | I rode with them in the cab ( we tossed the oneliners back and forth ) — to our destination . |
| 6 | Afterwards , the old gentleman walked with them to the little white house . |
| 7 | His wife packed a box with various goodies for Leonora to take to Penry , then walked with them to the jetty , and waved them off on the Sea-Fret , a sturdy fishing-boat a lot newer than Penry 's . |
| 8 | Agnes hurried into the back shop , turned up the gas jet , quickly transferred two dozen sugar mice to one fancy box and six chocolate cats to another ; and when she returned with them into the shop they both exclaimed , and it was the young woman who said , ‘ What pretty boxes ! |
| 9 | This time Mr and Mrs Dare were alone , and she enjoyed the half-hour she spent with them over the study fire . |
| 10 | When the time came for them to go , Stephen went with them to the buildings , to see where the greys were stabled . |
| 11 | Until his family was safe , he had declined to make any formal statement , but now he went with them to the American Embassy and swore out an affidavit about what he had seen as a DIA agent assigned to DEA NARCOG , Nicosia . |
| 12 | And we went with them to the zoo . |
| 13 | The wounded cow , however , dashed frantically towards the jungle along with the other terrified animals of the herd and disappeared with them into the shade . |
| 14 | The first generation might practise some " levelling " — an adaptation and " evening-out " of any highly marked regionalisms in their speech — but would basically stick to the linguistic habits they brought with them from the Caribbean . |
| 15 | For as the people became urbanised , the ancient ways and practices they brought with them from the countryside or the pre-industrial town became irrelevant or impracticable . |
| 16 | Yet even scientific curiosity in such places is minute in this country , and I fear that our national outlook is still tainted by that Anglo-Saxon authoritarianism that the first English settlers took with them to the New World . |
| 17 | From 1931 , threats to his leadership disappeared , Moreover , because the Conservatives took with them into the National coalition elements of the Liberal and Labour parties , the party competition of the 1930s became seriously unbalanced , the left being too shattered and divided to offer effective opposition . |
| 18 | It was immaterial to the customers who dealt with them on the telephone . |
| 19 | An illustrated booklet to accompany the series was prepared by a member of the Ipswich Tutorial Class and questions which arose during the post-broadcast class discussion were forwarded to Mrs. Adams who dealt with them during the following week 's transmission . |
| 20 | Obviously , he was now quite a celebrity , and in 1948 was signed up by Radcliffe in the Central Lancashire League ; he stayed with them until the end of 1952 , set batting records which have never been beaten , even by Sobers , and was hugely popular , for his personal qualities as much as his cricketing skills . |
| 21 | Instead he was still with the group when Jesus came and stood with them in the upper room ; he was still there , crucially , when Christ questioned him searchingly . |
| 22 | He was quite unmoved when I sympathized with them about the loss of the three members of their crew . |
| 23 | Then she took him out to supper to celebrate , Philip and Pat joining in , and the evening became one of those when the participants have to pause , to say to themselves : Yes , this is me , it really is me Happiness sat with them at the table in the Seashell Fish'n'Chips ; they could not stop smiling , or Jim from laughing and sighing . |
| 24 | ‘ Actually you wanted Quinn , ’ snapped Odell at Lee Alexander and David Weintraub , who sat with them in the Situation Room . |
| 25 | In addition , Joan 's uncle and aunt travelled with them in the hope of giving some protection by their presence . |