Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] with [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 All of them lived with a nervous expectation that it could happen to them .
2 This figure declined slightly for older children , a growing proportion of whom lived with a natural parent and a step-parent .
3 I have heard from Prudential Property Services with details of your proposed purchase of the above property for £52,000 subject to Contract and I expect that I shall be receiving the draft Contract from the vendor 's solicitors in the course of the next post but perhaps you will kindly telephone me and let me know whether you wish me to proceed with the Preliminary Enquiries arising thereon and the Local search with the East Herts District Council .
4 But for the sheer number of performances , there has been nothing to compare with the serial trials of white collar criminals .
5 Indeed , they demonstrate little interest in or carry any vim into their academic work ; certainly nothing to compare with the avid desire for technique and expertise many take to the sports field .
6 The first important modern paintings sale of the year held by Guy Loudmer on 16 February contained nothing to compare with the outstanding works featured in his sales during the height of the speculative boom two or three years ago .
7 Dressing-up crazes and the appearance of huge inflatables suggest the stirrings of a new culture of spectatorship but there is nothing to compare with the Italian spectacle .
8 ‘ It was a psychological tonic which helped me to cope with a silent Parliament .
9 I do n't think he was quite so committed to your sister as she wanted us to believe , and , talking of that lady , how dare you leave me to cope with an hysterical female on my own ? ’
10 Some of the details are nicely done such as the antiquated ceramic water bottle offered by the porter to enable them to cope with the freezing bedrooms .
11 There was a great yearning among lay people to understand in terms of their own vernacular this inner experience of the faith , which , through the institutional influence of the Church , formally governed the structure of their lives , although their education may not have been such as to enable them to cope with the official language of the Church or highly intellectual theological exposition .
12 All four species live in the surf zone of the lake and have a reduced swim-bladder which enables them to cope with the rapid water movement .
13 But if the child is a paraplegic spina-bifida victim , for example , the receiving teacher should surely expect to receive additional training to equip him/her to cope with the physical implications of the condition .
14 I mean with a high bird , ’ he amended .
15 I mean with a medical certificate . ’
16 Four years ago , I argued with the then Secretary of State for Health and Social Security about the Fowler review , which led to cuts in income support .
17 After that the jug of water was empty and I was full , but the waiter was smirking in an enigmatic Eastern way , so I toyed with the final concoction , just to prove I could if I wanted to , and that any I happened to leave was just for manners .
18 For the first two months I lived with a French family in Fontainebleau and studied with a Commandant Lettaure , who was coaching fifteen other young Englishmen .
19 I lived with an elderly lady in a little thatched cottage which looked like something out of Hansel and Gretel .
20 This was the last time I met with the Harlequin Bronzewing . ’
21 The canoeing is mostly grade I racks with a few tight grade I+/II shoots ; there is one grade II at Bogroy footbridge , a twisting descent over 3 rock ledges , and the photographically spectacular grade III in the centre of Carrbridge itself .
22 I agreed with the thoughtful contribution by the hon. Member for Pontypridd ( Dr. Howells ) about the problem of a shortage of gas .
23 I agreed with the other hon. Member who mentioned radios in cabs — they are being introduced into all new cabs and into existing cabs .
24 I sit with the reeking instrument .
25 I was n't positive on this one , so I checked with a leading manufacturer who said it was not wise to mix , as the addition of stain could upset the drying time .
26 There were points of Government policy where I disagreed with the official line .
27 ‘ What do I need with a childish , fickle tease like you ?
28 And I sleep with the same Jew 's son , Ginny thought , whenever I can .
29 But by the summer I am writing a homosexual love-story which I preface with the following remark :
30 I disagree with the right hon. Member for Guildford .
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