Example sentences of "[to-vb] with a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 There used to be a man used to come with a horse and dray selling greengroceries and his name was , T .
2 Staggered strikes failed to meet with a response and the Ministry of Education , rather than negotiate , chose to end the school year a month early .
3 ‘ After the death of Sicelo I decided to meet with a lawyer and asked him to put down on record that I had taken part in a film .
4 Furthermore , the parties are unable to respond adequately to such developments because of an unwillingness to tamper with a system that works to their mutual advantage .
5 Likewise , if you wish your youngster to persist with a task after he has learned to do it , you should arrange things so that he is no longer rewarded every time he gets it right ( 'continuous reinforcement' is applicable , as we saw , only when the individual is acquiring a skill ) but only on the odd occasion ( a schedule called ‘ intermittent reinforcement ’ ) .
6 As many of the old river managers learned from first-hand experience of tinkering with their rivers , it is ultimately far more productive to work with a river than against it .
7 To work with a company where you have to teach the basic idea of the movement is an interesting challenge . ’
8 This 1938 Massey Harris model , designed to work with a horse or tractor , will take 2 days to harvest this 4 acre crop of wheat .
9 ‘ This tour will make her want to do more , so next year we will hopefully be able to work with a band and do things on a grander scale .
10 Anybody working with chemicals should know , they are very silly to work with a chemical that they do n't know what it could do , the first aid treatment , in fact , erm , anybody here work with chemicals ?
11 Blocking your feelings will only serve to restrict the way to talk with a partner or someone else important to you .
12 It was very satisfactory and the two girls went to Helen 's flat to celebrate with a drink and discuss the possibility of doing work for the pet shop in Seabourne .
13 Some are able to walk with a support when they are inside the Home but feel more secure going out in a wheelchair .
14 The technique of guidance is often used by parents when a child refuses to comply with a request or instruction .
15 This was not done in the 1985 Act — with the result that it would be open to the Government not to comply with an order if it takes the view that the Tribunal 's decision clearly exceeds its powers under the statute .
16 Especially when Charity and her mother had done their very best to help with a problem that need not have concerned them at all .
17 She had been well taught , and after making the odd minor mistake during the opening moves she soon recovered herself , and began to play with a concentration and a ferocity which was also a surprise .
18 Nevertheless his eyes had begun to gleam with an excitement that was unwilling to be lured into hope .
19 Racal Electronics , up 10p at 237p , had to contend with a down and up grading by County NatWest WoodMac .
20 He was booked for a wild foul on Carl Bradshaw , so there was an element of justice when his clearance found Rostron and the Owl-in-exile advanced to equalise with a cross-shot that may have been more cross than shot .
21 So for example if you 're normally aggressive , we 'd actually like you to go with a syndicate that 's passive and work passive .
22 The motorist was allowed to go with a caution when he said he had no money .
23 Which you used to light with a taper or something like that and they had little chains on to adjust your light .
24 The safest way to proceed with a project that uses any unusual components is to buy these components first , and to only go on to buy the remaining components once you actually have the ‘ hard to find ’ items in your possession .
25 It is easier to stop doing something than to continue with an activity but with greater efficiency .
26 Er can I er I I started to comment on about the er er bank accounts and which are y you know er my the reaction that I saw was all round the table er I think we would go further but er any company handling pension funds should carry pensions somewhere in their names on all on all their paperwork etcetera so that everybody 's totally clear that they are dealing with pension funds and er er to agree with a comment that you made in one of your earlier reports that er designation of bonus of shares of pension funds should be clearly er marked on those shares er that also would have a at least alerted these financial institutions as once again that they were handling stocks belonging to pension funds and they still ignored it in that that w case that they did , but er they would have not had the excuse that er apparently some of them have made that er they were not aware that these were pension fund assets .
27 Er can I I started to comment on about the er , er bank accounts which are you know er my the reaction that I saw was all round the table and I think we would go further that er any company handling pension funds should carry pensions somewhere in their names and all on all their paperwork etcetera so that everybody 's totally clear that they are dealing with pension funds and er to agree with a comment that you made in one of your earlier reports that er designation of ownership of shares of pension funds should be clearly er marked on those shares er that also would of er at least alerted these financial institutions , as once again that they were handling stocks belonging to pension fund and they still have ignored it in the case that er they did , but er er they would ha not had the excuse that er apparently some of them have made that er they were not aware that these were pension funds assets .
28 Leaving me to cope with a situation that is way beyond me ! ’
29 Gradually , as time passed without this return occurring , Christians had to cope with a world that continued to exist , its end being postponed to an indefinite future .
30 The patient referred to here is one who needs to be connected to a ventilator to cope with a crisis or emergency .
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