Example sentences of "with [pers pn] on [pron] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I shall flatly refuse to take him with me on my rounds , ’ he declared . |
| 2 | When , in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries , European began to be long-distance navigators , they took pigs with them on their ships . |
| 3 | There are , however , homœopathists who carry about with them on their visits to patients the homœopathic medicines in the fluid state , and who yet assert that they do not become more highly potentised in the course of time , but they thereby show their want of ability to observe correctly . |
| 4 | He had a little book called Blackie 's Guide to Flowers of the Wayside , and he and Constance always took it with them on their walks . |
| 5 | With his family and friends Doak has pioneered work and communication with dolphins in the wild , interacting with them on their terms , and in their environment . |
| 6 | They were both amazed to find that because of the war scare young men who had been quite content to go out with them on their terms suddenly wanted to start serious courting . |
| 7 | They used to have a bundle with them on their shoulders , and a bundle in their oxters . " |
| 8 | It 's alright dealing with sinners but you must deal with them on your terms , and in , on your home ground . |
| 9 | Satisfied with the merest hint of make-up she had used on her heart-shaped face , she emptied out the small jewellery sachet she always took with her on her travels . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , and I suppose he took you with him on his rounds , did he ? |
| 11 | His most regular companions were artists , several of whom , such as Walter Crane , Sir George Frampton [ qq.v. ] , and Robert Anning Bell collaborated with him on his buildings . |
| 12 | Go round the sitting room with it on your feet ! |
| 13 | I delivered the stitched brochure ( which it had become ) to Eliot , and he went through it , sitting with it on his knees and brooding over each page . |
| 14 | Traditionally , we have tended to use dolphins ' ability to understand and communicate with us on our terms as a measure of their intelligence . |
| 15 | If Joshua 6 represents God as mixed up in humanity 's games of power and violence in a way that is denied by the Crucified God of the Gospels , 1 Samuel 4–6 , in both its tragedy and its comedy , would declare his refusal to play along with us on our terms , and his insistence on doing his own thing . |