Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] [pers pn] with a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edmund Langley , born in 1342 and created Earl of Cambridge in 1362 , was granted part of the Warenne inheritance to maintain his estate , but his marriage to Isabella , youngest daughter of Pedro I of Castile , was used to further Gaunt 's diplomatic schemes rather than to provide him with an adequate endowment . |
| 2 | And Northumberland had chosen , rather than pursue them with a force then quite inadequate , to gather his and his sons ' levies and wait for the marauders to return . |
| 3 | But there will be cost involved , I think about eighteen thousand , over the course of that year , in sustaining that contract rather than replacing it with a new tender . |
| 4 | In other words , the aim is to neutralize a troublesome feeling rather than to replace it with a positive feeling . |
| 5 | When have I done anything less than love you with a passion that you chose to throw back in my face , not once but twice ? |
| 6 | Some poison lions which are troublesome , rather than kill them with a spear . |
| 7 | It subsequently emerged that he had been assassinated by a young Tamil woman who triggered explosives strapped to her back while presenting him with a bouquet . |
| 8 | More the kind of face-lift marketing men give an old product when launching it with a new package , less a shift of political culture and strategy rooted in the configurations of modern social change . |
| 9 | He 'd been slashing car tyres when approached him with a hammer . |
| 10 | Not so much by getting them to understand as frightening them with a Breathalyser test and losing their licence . |
| 11 | The investors do not perceive the warranties as providing them with a course of action , but as a way for management to confirm the business plan and the facts of the accountants ' report ; and provide as much information as possible about the business to be purchased . |
| 12 | When any seeds arrive from him I will take the first opportunity of sending you a share and in return shall trouble you for some Northern and Welsh plants which I hope we shall make proper conveniency to receive into our Garden in a short time ; for several of those which you were so good as to furnish me with a few years since are lost for want of proper soil and situation , the natural earth of our Garden being too light and dry and the bottom too warm . |
| 13 | She became assertive-in-spite-of-herself , and marching rapidly from one end of the kitchen to the other , which she always did when entrusting him with a home truth , said , ‘ It 's not , Henry . |