Example sentences of "i [verb] with a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maggie LeMan kept her eyes riveted on the occupants of the stage for a moment , where they were bowing and making the best of the half-hearted appreciation now being shown by clapping punctuated with cat-calls ; then , slowly leaning to the side , she picked up the bird cage as she said , ‘ What do I want with a concert party ? |
| 2 | The next day , I countered with a speech arguing that as far as the health service was concerned the issue had been settled and that the Government 's policy was to continue to make the service as effective as possible . |
| 3 | Around that time I wrote a piece in a journal which I co-wrote with a friend . |
| 4 | But I mean with a blade it 's only one |
| 5 | I realized with a shock the same thing could be said of me now and I 've got no hormones . |
| 6 | I realized with a shock that this was the first time I had been really unhappy since I had been taken prisoner . |
| 7 | Retracing my steps , I realized with a shock that I was no more able to find my way back to the village than I 'd been able to find the place we 'd been raking . |
| 8 | I realized with a start that the beautiful young woman who had spoken to us on the bank was his wife . |
| 9 | Someone — I realised with a start — was in The Fat Controller 's caravan . |
| 10 | I lived with a man for 10 years . |
| 11 | ‘ For two years I lived with a girl named Susan , who I wrote ‘ Medicine Bottle ’ ( 'Down Colorful Hill ’ 's harrowing stand-out ) about , ’ he says , circuitously explaining the next album . |
| 12 | But we lived in a middle-class neighbourhood and I met with a lot of disapproval . |
| 13 | The pilot of a plane Tony and I shared with a bunch of drunks en route to Akureyri once told a very poor story . |
| 14 | Should I stay with a cheat ? |
| 15 | You may think that instead of increasing my catch I would have had to share what I caught with a companion . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , reasonably , ’ I say with a smile and turn back to my work . |
| 17 | Oh it is now yes , you 've got , I mean you 've got the service now have n't you and erm , but I like at St Margaret 's hospital I 'd been , I had been , I went in there to have my last boy , but they 're very , very good there they were , I 've not been in , I 've been in , I 've had treatment here for my hip and that up at Harlow but they would n't do the operation because of my blood clotting you see , so therefore I 've got to grin and bear it , I 've had eight years of it , I could n't walk for six months , but now I struggle and get around as I say with a couple of sticks I get round |
| 18 | One became a pitbull Poodle as I approached with a coat , and Bizzie ( pictured here ) just froze . |
| 19 | But when I when I when I trained as recruit I trained with a lot of other er lot of other people . |
| 20 | I hunt with a camera , to capture images of animals that may become extinct in Indochina if hunting is not either strictly controlled or stopped . |
| 21 | I woke with a start to find one of the green insects fluttering on my cheek . |
| 22 | ‘ No — I came with a girl friend . |
| 23 | ‘ It was especially bad for me because I played with a guitar that had a floating bridge , which did n't really help things . |
| 24 | I walk with a frame so Karen gave me a hand and took me round and introduced me to people . ’ |
| 25 | I conclude with a plea to the Minister . |
| 26 | I noticed with a shock |
| 27 | I wrote lines like this : ‘ I wait with a pencil in my hand/ Beside the morning 's empty page … |
| 28 | Whenever I meet with a Sister in print , I always expect to hear that Corydon has prov 'd false ; or that Sylvia ‘ s cruel Parents have had prudence enough to keep two mad People from playing the Fool together , for Life . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh , all My Lady has to do , ’ I replied with a bow , ‘ is leave a candle here burning in the window . |
| 30 | ‘ I hope that my dear brother will soon be better , ’ I replied with a smile . |