Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [noun] with [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Mrs Sugar used to curl her hair with rags and take snuff , and every Saturday she had a bet on the horses .
2 Mrs Sugar used to curl her hair with rags and take snuff , and every Saturday she had a bet on the horses .
3 As already noted , the attraction of monetarism for the new Conservative leadership by 1979 was that it promised a method of controlling inflation by means , as it were , of an automatic pilot ; there would be no need for government to compromise its authority with producer groups .
4 Of course Mozambique would prefer to provide its students with pocket calculators , but there is no money with which to import the calculators .
5 Commentators make the point that most small companies would find it either impossible or relatively costly to provide their auditors with evidence that is sufficiently robust to support their view that the company is a going concern .
6 But they are able to provide their children with advantages by securing access to higher education for them ( ‘ the most important formal precondition for advancement ’ ) and by personal connections ( Feher , Heller and Markus 1983 , pp. 113–14 ) .
7 Second , women are primary child-rearers and are concerned to provide their children with models of ‘ correct ’ speech .
8 She sought to hide her nervousness with levity .
9 He then proposed to gather an army to use against Aquitaine , to secure his alliance with Scotland , establish an alliance with Castile , foment rebellion within Aquitaine , recover what had been lost to the English and then attack and destroy England .
10 He spent an uncomfortable day surrounded by burly miners threatening to smash his Dansette with baseball bats every time he put on another part from the ‘ Ring Cycle ’ .
11 It is evident that he did live there in his later years as the Minutes of 1771 agree to provide his successor with lodgings in Chelsea , ‘ until such time as Mr. Miller has quit his apartments in the greenhouse ’ .
12 That you have to find your way with people .
13 If you are one of those who habitually use control tactics , you may wish to increase your adaptability with others and extend your range of influence through using commonality tactics .
14 And how pathetically ironic that a bunch of Americans , who normally carp on about freedom of speech and the First Amendment , resort to crushing records which contain perfectly innocent torch songs when they defend to the hilt the right of misogynist swine like 2 Live Crew to peddle their filth with impunity .
15 Youngsters are unable to compare their sight with others and are unlikely to complain of poor vision , which is why it is essential to get their eyes tested every year .
16 Youngsters are unable to compare their sight with others and are unlikely to complain of poor vision , which is why it is essential to get their eyes tested every year .
17 This gives us the opportunity to compare their results with MLC targets and actual results from recorded farms , before suggesting general advice on the options available for improvement . ’
18 So near that , had he glanced sideways , he would have been bound to see her standing with Thomas .
19 Information Minister Mahmud al-Sharif on July 15 denied unconfirmed reports that Jordan had agreed to allow UN inspectors to monitor its border with Iraq following US allegations of Jordanian violations of the international trade embargo against Iraq .
20 Since scientists had to eat , much of this rhetoric was also concerned with the need for the age of science to support its science with money and honour .
21 Chuck House , senior vice-president of Informix , said exclusive distributor , Ascii Corp , had limitations in terms of strengthening Informix 's relationships with Japanese firms , but that it does want to continue its relationship with Ascii .
22 The children had gone upstairs after lunch , Senga to continue her lessons with Miss Powers , her governess , Patrick to pursue his studies .
23 The existence of a research study is significant , because in the past critics of the high cost of going to law have tended to support their views with horror stories .
24 Some Poor Law Guardians made attempts to enforce the new legal obligations which the 1834 Poor Law imposed on children to support their parents with money .
25 The Gunners bounced back from two successive defeats to restore their pride with victory over old rivals Liverpool in the live BSkyB clash .
26 Meanwhile , NASA has worked hard to restore its trustworthiness with ESA .
27 Though it is impossible to estimate their numbers with accuracy , the generally accepted total for all the peoples together is only between 200,000 and 220,000 in the late sixteenth century .
28 Chart successes loomed from the other side of the terraces , and the bands were now able to wallpaper their bedrooms with Sounds front covers .
29 Chart successes loomed from the other side of the terraces , and the bands were now able to wallpaper their bedrooms with Sounds front covers .
30 Management by inertia is such a draining and wasteful approach that you must be prepared to resist its consequences with vigour .
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