Example sentences of "[noun] or [verb] [pers pn] with [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , after a glance at ‘ Luck of the Legion ’ , I went about for a week with a white handkerchief tucked into the back of my cap , ordering the dog to about-face or wooing it with words of French culled from the strip ( ‘ Oo-ee , mon pet it ’ ) . |
| 2 | I mean , you know , if you see an advert in the paper that tells you that every fifty pence you spend is going to save a child 's life by providing it with Diralite or providing it with food that it needs for a money , or something like that , I mean how can you justify keeping any fifty pences at all yourself ? |
| 3 | Although some editors have treated the ‘ biographer 's ’ latest call with suspicion and either ignored his request or published it with qualification ( eg Hi-Fi News , other have simply regurgitated Thomson 's plea for ‘ letters , notes and photographs ’ . |
| 4 | Instead of laboriously blowing hair dry with a round brush or setting it with rollers , simply dry it as quickly as possible to the ‘ Conversion Point ’ . |
| 5 | To give the screens extra stability , screw them on to the floor or support them with hooks attached to the wall . |
| 6 | Something which appeals to me a lot is its ability to sound either blatantly digital ( with a sharp , bright quality to the effects ) , or ( if you dispense with the EQ or treat it with care ) to simulate analogue effects . |
| 7 | Ferranti continued with presentations yesterday to the group of more than 10 companies believed to have expressed an interest in bidding for the company or providing it with equity capital . |
| 8 | Whether you welcome this idea or view it with horror will depend upon who you are . |
| 9 | UK local authorities should be encouraged to require that buses used on tendered routes should offer high standards of accessibility through low-floor design or equipping them with lifts or ramps . |