Example sentences of "to [pers pn] with the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 That has been contradicted by the hon. Member for South Shields ( Dr. Clark ) , who has said that he would take money from British farmers with one hand and give part of it back to them with the other .
2 IBM came to them with the notion , the firm says .
3 But what could be worthier of my human intelligence than to discriminate between and interrelate the parts of a painting or musical composition with the concentration of a mathematician solving a problem , yet respond to them with the immediacy of a dog pricking up its ears ?
4 Woodruffe pushed it open , and the organized moan of pleading chords reached out to them with the smell of cold masonry and dusty matting and faintly dinging incense .
5 We are trying to get to them with the message that smoking kills unborn and newborn babies .
6 When we return to them with the scrutiny of our adult minds , they appear as towering shelters , full of colour and minutely-remembered detail .
7 He asked permission to make the tea , which he did — and brought it in to them with the air of an old family retainer .
8 I would be grateful of you would sign the attached copy of this letter and return it to me with the payment and contract as an indication that you agree to these restrictions .
9 When he initially came to me with the novel , I thought , ‘ Victor 's a Rasta , it 's going to be something about Haile Selassie . ’
10 Rather than some forbidding official document , his report consisted of a letter to me with the disclaimer that it was not intended to be a major addition to the already considerable library of the National Health Service .
11 She wrapped up the clogs and gave them back to me with the instruction that I was only to wear the shoes when I came to call .
12 ‘ He came straight to me with the tale , ’ said Hugh , reckoning up in a low voice for Cadfael 's ear alone .
13 I attach a copy of a standard contract which I would be grateful if you could sign and return to me with the invoice for your fee .
14 ‘ The composer came to me with the piece , which had written with me in mind , ’ says Lin .
15 There , they would check it off and whoosh it back to you with the customer 's change and the docket stamped .
16 Do not immediately put him on the lead , for this will reinforce the idea that when he comes back to you , he is immediately going to be taken home and , in future , will associate coming to you with the end of the walk or game .
17 But if she wants to get her own food , or offers her help to you with the family cooking , all this will have to be sorted out very carefully .
18 Hayling was also in charge of media initiatives , so Lowe naturally turned to him with the newspaper they had so often discussed as comrades in Big Flame .
19 His fleshy paunch was hanging over his sweaty jeans with the legs of his trousers clinging to him with the viscosity of four week old socks sticking to the bedroom wall .
20 An eager public woman appealed to him with the story of her cleaning woman , who had proved herself at fault .
21 Hayhurst was awarded the MBE for his work for deaf people , and the BDA has paid fitting and lasting tribute to him with the establishment of an " Allan Hayhurst Research Fellowship " , which enables a prelingually deaf person to undertake research in his chosen field for up to three years at Durham University , where the admission of deaf students is encouraged and special support services are provided .
22 Whilst Richard Baxter was visiting his sick father in Shropshire , Mr. Baldwin came to him with the news that he too had been forbidden to preach .
23 The masks spoke to her with the voice of the past .
24 I used to dream that , one day , I would come to her with the girl I was going to marry . ’
25 Lightness and truth came to her with the wind 's speed .
26 ‘ The Blood of Christ , ’ Peter said softly , stooping to her with the chalice .
27 I used to borrow my wife 's nutmeg grater and then I 'd grate up some of the root and feed it to 'em with the chaff . ’
28 Where a plaintiff 's claim arises out of a hire-purchase agreement , but is not for the delivery of goods , he shall in his particulars state in the following order : ( 1 ) the date of the agreement and the parties to it with the number of the agreement or sufficient particulars to enable the debtor to identify the agreement ; ( 2 ) where the plaintiff was not one of the original parties to the agreement , the means by which the rights and duties of the creditor under the agreement passed to him ; ( 3 ) whether the agreement is a regulated agreement and , if it is not a regulated agreement , the reason why ; ( 4 ) the place where the agreement was signed by the debtor ( if known ) ; ( 5 ) the goods let under the agreement ; ( 6 ) the amount of the total price ; ( 7 ) the paid-up sum ; ( 8 ) the amount ( if any ) claimed as being due and unpaid in respect of any instalment or instalments of the total price ; and ( 9 ) the nature and amount of any other claim and the circumstances in which it arises .
29 ‘ I think … ’ he began , pointing to it with the point of his umbrella .
30 He said : ‘ They came to us with the scheme in the first place .
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