Example sentences of "and [verb] with the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the initiation of Clelia , she was to Clara less Surprising than she might otherwise have been , for the resemblance between mother and daughter was marked : the features were the same , though worn and lined by grooves deeper than mere wrinkles : the set of the conscious , curious head was the same , and the hair was the same , though streaked with white , and hanging with the benefits of expense , as well as of style . |
| 2 | He failed to do all he could for the Jews and socialised with the Nazis too easily for the Poles ' liking . |
| 3 | In some companies this role has to a degree been formalised through the creation of audit committees made up of non-executives , their function being to review the effectiveness of the company 's auditing procedures and to liaise with the auditors . |
| 4 | There was a woman who wanted me to call her mother , and then called me awkward , exasperated and frightened with the dreams and the screams . |
| 5 | this company moves at such a rapid rate of knots that I have a meeting tomorrow morning with the Managing Director Building and Property Development at his house in Pitlochrie which is the only time he 's literally coming back to change his shirt before he goes wandering round the world again so the only way I can get him is to go up and stay with the in-laws over night and see him at breakfast time tomorrow . |
| 6 | I mean do we want to go and stay with the children at camp or shall we stay home ? |
| 7 | The Syrian and Iranian governments , both of which had contacts and influence with the kidnappers , played a significant role in Polhill 's release . |
| 8 | If the general strike had lasted , we could have took over , but er Jimmy stepped in and er he was the er he was the er general secretary of the N U R , National Union of Railwaymen , and er he stepped in and persuaded the government to more or less step in and take over and arbitrate with the miners . |
| 9 | We used to play marbles in the alley-way together , and sail paper boats down the gutter when it rained , and we 'd spent all our hot summers together playing rounders on the field over the railway line and helping with the donkey-rides on the beach . |
| 10 | Social services departments also provide care and after care for older children , by running hostels for working boys and girls and helping with the costs of further education and training , or simply by offering friendship and advice . |
| 11 | These are at the far end of the Grotto and filled with the waters from the spring of the Grotto . |
| 12 | She had her own flat now , light and bright and filled with the things she herself had carefully chosen . |
| 13 | Gober 's exhibition comprises four rooms wallpapered with the artist 's own designs and filled with the sculptures for which he has become celebrated : several untitled wax legs with candles , the wax hermaphroditic torso , the wedding dress , the bags of cat litter and the drains sunk into the gallery 's walls . |
| 14 | He let the car drift to the kerb and stopped with the lights off , watching the rear-view and wing mirrors . |
| 15 | The pilot survey should be the crucial stage at which the surveyor is forced to come down from the ivory tower and communicate with the respondents . |
| 16 | The contract of sale of the leather stated that the ownership in any mixed goods ( i.e. handbags ) should also be and remain with the sellers . |
| 17 | The detachable remittance slip is the proof of the cover and goes with the deeds . |
| 18 | Here it is important to distinguish between ephemeral sedimentation that comes and goes with the seasons and permanent sedimentation that actually accumulates and stays . |
| 19 | except for odd occasions in the winter when we had to go into the gym and dance with the birds ! ’ |
| 20 | The Provisionals replied by appointing a ‘ security officer ’ to each brigade to inspect buildings to be bombed for compensation and to arrange with the owners that the security arrangements be brought up to the standards specified in the government regulations . |
| 21 | By 1917 , there were three trends among the emerging political leadership of the more significant Muslim peoples — a religious right ( with the mullahs and a landowning interest ) , a liberal centre ( westernized , sometimes associated with merchant or business groups , and aligned with the Kadets in Petrograd ) , and a socialist group ( among the Russian-educated young , often aligned with the Social Revolutionaries ) . |
| 22 | At home working on his Dictionary of Gaelic on Historical Principles , and struggling with The Times Literary Supplement crossword . |
| 23 | They would chat and flirt with the legionnaires , making them buy champagne and other expensive drinks , in return for which they would provide female company and , if they found the legionnaire attractive , they would sleep with them . |
| 24 | By restructuring and interfering with the molecules in water , and changing the charges in the various particles . |
| 25 | On receiving the indicative offers we will discuss the pros and cons with the directors and will help evaluate alternative deal structures . |
| 26 | Paragraph three looks at the guidelines in detail , and starts with the additions , and as Mr said earlier , we do welcome the fact that there is an explicit mechanism for the cost of client number increases in social services in the coming year . |
| 27 | After a few days of being talked to , and stroked with the clippers running , he became confident enough to let me do a full clip ( including his ears ! ) — which just goes to show that patience , firmness and plenty of encouragement are essential when producing a young horse . |
| 28 | In that sense it 's a glorified soap — and I 've heard it dismissed more than once as a yuppie Dallas , though I find it as difficult to understand how anyone could see it that way as those people would find it to understand how I can curl up , laugh and cry with the characters each week and carry their dilemmas around with me in the days in between . |
| 29 | The UK has flouted the EC 's Directive and disagreed with the standards it originally agreed to . |
| 30 | The same Northern blot was hybridized and then stripped and rehybridized with the probes indicated ( a ) Oct-11 , ( b ) Oct-2 and ( c ) actin . |