Example sentences of "[noun sg] to be with [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You like your girlfriend to be with you at every Grand Prix ? ’ |
| 2 | I shall ask the Father and He will give you another advocate to be with you forever . |
| 3 | Jesus said I shall ask the Father and He will give you another advocate to be with you for ever . |
| 4 | I had had a whole afternoon spent upon me , been the centre of attention , cost the State a fortune and my wife had given up a whole day of precious work to be with me . |
| 5 | The dining room was filled to capacity for our evening meal , a chance to renew friendships and meet up with pilgrims travelling by mini-bus to be with us all . |
| 6 | Sarazen was so sure that Daniels had been the key to his win that he asked for the old boy to be with him when he was presented with the claret jug , saying it was a ‘ team victory ’ . |
| 7 | The memorable part of the meeting had been Lowell 's eagerness to be with her . |
| 8 | He had begun to coax her in the direction of her room now , the drinks tray left forgotten on the counter-top , and she went along helplessly , carried by the tide of his will and of her own incurable need to be with him . |
| 9 | Edouard set aside a part of each day to be with him . |
| 10 | I 'm only doing the other stuff to be with you . |
| 11 | As Kylie jetted around the world from one assignment to the next , Dannii took time out from her own hectic schedule to be with her . |
| 12 | There was one other condition of release : having a husband in the Home Forces who wanted his wife to be with him — a sop to the Services , this . |
| 13 | I come home practically every night to be with you , so if you want to dance , we 'll dance . ’ |
| 14 | And if I had to choose a companion to be with me down the years I would take you as a pattern . ’ |
| 15 | Her father had sat with her through the nights , holding her hands , comforting her , robbing himself of sleep to be with her and help her through the worst of it . |
| 16 | She 'd lasted ten days , long enough for Shaw to rush home on compassionate leave to be with her when she died . |
| 17 | The Passionate Shepherd , Marlowe , invoked his pastoral love to be with him ‘ By shallow rivers , to whose falls/ Melodious birds sing madrigals ’ . |
| 18 | With our family and friends we sing our praises to God and in our prayers we say thank you that Jesus has come into the world to be with us for ever and ever . |
| 19 | With our family and our friends we sing our praises to God and in our prayers we say thank you that Jesus has come into the world to be with us for ever and ever . |
| 20 | She says he talked about leaving the priesthood to be with her . |
| 21 | The yearning to be with her . |
| 22 | I remembered the monster 's promise to be with me on the night of my wedding . |
| 23 | ‘ And you lied to me and to your mama and poor aunt Nella again and again in order to be with him . |
| 24 | We know that many of them may well have undergone long and arduous journeys , having travelled many miles across many frontiers and indeed possibly even across many continents just in order to be with us here tonight . |
| 25 | What it means is that I have to be with him , except when I 'm working , since he ca n't always take time to be with me . ’ |
| 26 | I also wonder what will happen if I have a second child — Mark might not make it back from work in time to be with me . ’ |
| 27 | He was probably very frustrated too as his bride , who had little time to be with him , was struggling to keep two homes running . |
| 28 | We 're grateful for your taking the time to be with us . |
| 29 | I 'd waited a bloody long time to be with you again , and there I was , behaving like a blasted prima donna and wasting my chances . |