Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] with the " in BNC.

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1 But if England and Wales were to provide them with the right context come this Saturday , Mike Teague — who has been shortening in the betting and who was integral to the Lions ' strategy under the same coach , McGeechan , in Australia in 1989 — and either Emyr Lewis or Richard Webster could win the two blindside berths .
2 Crowds were to provide him with the project that kept him busy for decades , the writing of Crowds And Power .
3 After confirming that I was n't taking any medication , she gave me two small white pills with a glass of water and sat me down , explaining that my Mother had been seriously burned and the pills were to help me with the shock when I saw her .
4 Our terms of reference made it clear that we were to concern ourselves with the English curriculum for all pupils , whatever their mother tongue .
5 She was helping me with the french .
6 ‘ Christopher , ’ said Francis to Jane , who was helping him with the sheep the next morning , ‘ has been like a father to me . ’
7 Billie was fanning herself with the blanket to cool the sweat that was running down her body .
8 Those first six dancers had come to celebrate the newly awakened school of English classical dance that was establishing itself with the coming of peace .
9 No , the best he could do was to fortify himself with the Nielson family , and wait a century or two .
10 I did n't take offence , nor did I think her last question the non sequitur of a schizophrenic — Chineseness had everything to do with financial acumen — but she was treating me with the politeness she would accord a stranger who was her equal .
11 But the former golden girl of British tennis , who was mixing it with the world 's elite just five years ago , was pegged back when Smith won the second set tie-break 7-2 .
12 He did n't even look up , he was doing something with the cafetière .
13 Mr Clarke told the House of Commons that he was doing it with the great reluctance .
14 If he was still amusing himself , thought Cadfael , he was doing it with the eloquent dignity of archbishops and all the king 's judges .
15 It was Saturday morning and suburbia was busying itself with the tasks it likes so much .
16 And again he looked around , this time for the devil who was tempting him with the prospect he most profoundly desired .
17 It was then she realised that he was lambasting her with the tennis racquet .
18 ‘ I knew I was leaving them with the basis of a good side and a first-rate manager in Nigel Best .
19 ‘ I knew I was leaving them with the basis of a good side and a first-rate manager in Nigel Best .
20 ‘ I was watching you with the stopwatch . ’
21 And perhaps Labour 's greatest ever mistake was to saddle it with the label ‘ poll tax ’ , thereby fixing in the public mind the link between voting and taxation .
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