Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] with [Wh det] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aunt Margaret glanced round for something with which to distract her and darted to the corner where the cage was . |
| 2 | She belonged to that great majority of intelligent human beings who think of a book as something with which to beguile the hours of solitude of an evening . |
| 3 | That is why it is vital always to have an advocatus diaboli , another mind with you with which to argue , and another pair of eyes with which to observe , to ensure a constant dialogue . |
| 4 | This cultural expression is used both as a safety-value of light , communal entertainment in situations which might otherwise be tense , boring and/or tedious , and also as a tool of protest in itself with which to unify and cement the groups ' sense of identity and purpose . |
| 5 | She could think of no reason why he should take the trouble nor of anything he seemed to want from her with which to persuade him . |
| 6 | Ah , erm , but , do you think that , sorry , do you think the appraisal itself , because it 's an annual event , er , some branch managers will get to you with what turns out to be the performance review , and therefore , not doing it during the year , because of the appraisal ? |
| 7 | He sees clearly how things stand , and the words come to him with which to describe them . |
| 8 | From his bedroom window , he could see two figures beating at something with what seemed to be a bar or club . |