Example sentences of "i [verb] with [art] [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 | And according to the erm agreement which I made with the franchisee in June eighty nine erm his rent is also due for review er this August . |
| 4 | Around that time I wrote a piece in a journal which I co-wrote with a friend . |
| 5 | When I say humanism , I mean with no belief in anything except one 's existence from , I suppose , oneself . |
| 6 | But I mean with a blade it 's only one |
| 7 | ‘ I mean with the boy ? ’ |
| 8 | Ah but there 's no bins now I mean with the wheelie bins they 're the g best thing ever , stops rats , dog everything . |
| 9 | its my responses to it , that would be a very different approach , because of familiar with a , I mean with the postcard that was past around , familiar with that picture then looked at it one , I feel that about it . |
| 10 | I realized with a shock the same thing could be said of me now and I 've got no hormones . |
| 11 | I realized with a shock that this was the first time I had been really unhappy since I had been taken prisoner . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I realized with a start that the beautiful young woman who had spoken to us on the bank was his wife . |
| 14 | Someone — I realised with a start — was in The Fat Controller 's caravan . |
| 15 | I toyed with the idea of committing suicide , but I knew in my heart and soul I would never take my own life . |
| 16 | I toyed with the idea of reminding you of all my triumphs , of my prediction of the ‘ 87 stock market crash , of my warnings about the ERM and the dangers of Europe , about … |
| 17 | I toyed with the idea of taking it myself , and hiding it somewhere , but it was almost too heavy for me to carry , and there was nowhere much nearer than the house itself where it could be hidden . |
| 18 | At A level , I toyed with the idea of doing physics , maths and English , and if I was just doing it for pure enjoyment I would have done it at that stage . |
| 19 | For a moment I toyed with the idea of getting back to the ship , lifting off and going a comfortingly long way away . |
| 20 | I toyed with the idea of walking the station to meet him , but , having a sore throat and an impending cold , had gone out to get cough sweets from the ‘ Paki shop ’ just before it closes at 10pm and , coming up the street , the heavens opened and a mass of snow began to fall , so I came in and stayed in , so that 's freshly home made onion soup was ready as he came up the stairs . |
| 21 | Er er do you reckon we ought to have had , you kn you know we went over to gas , I toyed with the idea of fetching that do you know , you know when this house were built we went looking at a depot where they 've got all these grates and I took th funnily enough I took the measurements of the breast and er the only one we found was just that dead on look , right across |
| 22 | I lived with a man for 10 years . |
| 23 | ‘ 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 . |
| 24 | For me , I did they because I lived with an artist . |
| 25 | Lying flat , my naked chest against the cold concrete I fought with the thing till my eyes popped and my breath gave out , but it had not the slightest effect and it made my mind up ; I had to tell him . |
| 26 | I rasp with the confidence of someone who is offering a constructive alternative , but with the sharp edge of a man who is losing patience . |
| 27 | But we lived in a middle-class neighbourhood and I met with a lot of disapproval . |
| 28 | I met with the station officers at St Anne 's Head in June of this year and informed them of the way that divers should be operating . |
| 29 | On the same afternoon I met with the rail unions and ( loyally supported by Peter Parker ) put the position to them . |
| 30 | I met with the CEO and his immediate reportees . |