Example sentences of "with [pers pn] [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Look , " his mother had said , making him watch with her while a tide spent itself . |
| 2 | The decision did not lie with him because a formal commission of inquiry had been set up , but the following morning he telephoned me to say that a UK observer would be welcome and , by the way , would we please send Eric Newton , then head of AIB engineering section , to the accident site to advise the commission on whether there had been a bomb or other explosive on the aircraft . |
| 3 | I remember being with him when a drunken drug addict , brought to his door by Sgt. Hendry , broke away and lunged at Chief Fyvie bringing up his hand-cuffed wrists to strike the chief in the face . |
| 4 | I was with him when a TV interviewer asked him , ‘ Now Alec , tell us about your past . ’ |
| 5 | This acceptance of the usual forms of court etiquette was first developed in a particular social environment , and it is important to comply with it if a proper atmosphere is to be established for the action which is to take place . |