Example sentences of "[noun sg] with a group [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In using viewdata software to create a database on FISHING with a group of boys in the school library ( see Chapter 9 , Figure 9.4 ) , this author found the volume of discussion generated during their work to be surprising and exciting . |
| 2 | This period marks the beginning of his life-long friendship with a group of writers and intellectuals who now dominate one strand of Hungary 's political life . |
| 3 | And you do n't , for instance , produce a piece of work with a group of students , say … to be performed in front of other people , thinking it 's lousy , and then have people come and tell you that it 's wonderful . |
| 4 | When bees swarm , for instance , which happens when any given colony gets too big , a new queen is produced and departs the hive with a group of followers . |
| 5 | It was one of those nights when there was a great deal of weather outside , and the girl in question , we knew , had spent the evening in the village pub with a group of others , male and female , from the station . |
| 6 | I remember you telling me that on the night of the fire he was at the pub with a group of friends . ’ |
| 7 | He buried himself in work , while she filled every hour of the day playing tennis or golf at the Royal Club , or discoing at the Key or the Cheminée with a group of friends . |
| 8 | At first they spent their Saturdays and an occasional evening with a group of friends : shopping , at parties , going to the cinema or occasionally to a disco . |
| 9 | Awoke to find I had been sharing a room with a group of nuns . |
| 10 | Was there some kindred spirit that linked this Samburu tribesman with a group of walkers from Sheffield ? |
| 11 | During the vacation she went to an inter-varsity fellowship camp with a group of friends . |
| 12 | Being nervous and taking risks are two of the main things you will have to face as an aspiring actor , and that first time you read a play with a group of strangers , rather than in a classroom or among friends is when you confront your first hurdle . |
| 13 | Having made contact with a group of students at the nearby Architectural Association he went to see them play at the Goings On Club in Archer Street , a tiny place largely frequented by poets . |
| 14 | We 're off rafting with a group of lads from Gloucestershire way … they 're here as part of the National Boys Club activity day … |
| 15 | Every Wednesday Louise played bridge with a group of women friends . |
| 16 | It seemed perfectly natural that I should spend one evening being waited on by uniformed retainers at the home of an important industrialist whose son I taught , and the next in a seedy bar drinking beer with a group of workers from the factory where I gave private courses in technical English . |
| 17 | We were on a cliff called the Rock of Love , twenty feet above the beach with a group of guitarists playing . ’ |
| 18 | Today he 's hitched a ride in a Wessex helicopter with a group of soldiers who are doing random vehicle checks . |
| 19 | One of Britain 's most popular athletes has been sharing the secret of his success with a group of schoolchildren . |
| 20 | He believes that one of his workers told Abba 's record company that he was secretly recording an Abba song with a group of soundalikes . |
| 21 | So that when you go into the Drama Studio with a group of students … and when you do decent work with them , everybody puts himself on the line , everybody . |
| 22 | My hon. Friend has been to see me about this matter with a group of colleagues . |
| 23 | Evening : invited me home to a buffet meal with a group of friends and colleagues , including , ( Linguistics CIEFL ) , ( Linguistics CIEFL ) , ( Correspondence Course , CIEFL ) , ( Materials Production , CIEFL ) . |
| 24 | Near the wine tuns , he noticed Pike the ditcher , the clay of the cemetery still fresh on his hands , deep in hushed conversation with a group of strangers . |
| 25 | The Substitute looked to where the Brigadier was deep in conversation with a group of men from the Captain 's company . |
| 26 | He achieved little on the first day that he spent ‘ in the field ’ but on the second day he got into conversation with a group of men about a puppy that one was carrying . |
| 27 | Suzanne Whitworth , a teacher and dancer with Northern Ballet , visited Heighington School with a group of dancers from the Dance-In Studio in Darlington . |
| 28 | Having began as a wild idea with a group of mates in a St Agnes pub , provoked by anger , frustration and too many evenings of getting home ill from the beach ; the SAS ' influence is now spreading well beyond Cornwall and the surfing community . |
| 29 | ‘ We need a group of sports representatives to sit round a table with a group of doctors and sort out what 's good and what 's bad . ’ |
| 30 | Despite valiant attempts to mount a large multi-media show to mark Robert Adam 's bicentenary in London and Edinburgh this year , it eventually fell to the latter city to honour the great designer with a group of exhibitions during its recent Festival . |