Example sentences of "they [verb] [vb pp] with " in BNC.

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1 Visiting friends can be a great help for this , and you can ask them to come prepared with items to read to the patient , or ideas to discuss .
2 Such excess were no doubt the responsibility of her courtiers or producers rather than of the Queen herself , but they became associated with her .
3 It was not that they went away , it was that they became interwoven with the strange elusive echoes and the memories that lingered in the vast dark Castle .
4 Alternatively , they lost so much money so frequently on them that they became disillusioned with all options and by proxy any other financial instruments .
5 Like the girl with the clipboard , they seemed consumed with gratitude and admiration for his skill in getting there .
6 We give them in when they came trussed with the though we had before .
7 They came armed with batteries of attorneys , British and American , merchant bank and investment bank advisers and the way in which their participation developed was immensely thorough .
8 Fond of the good life , they came armed with salmon , whisky and champagne .
9 Because of this she never had any time for her own parents : my mother could n't think it was right that they 'd parted with two of their children . ’
10 Once they 'd done with our , figures and our faces then we 'd got to look for our innards and so we had had to have inner cleanliness .
11 Or they might put her on a prison ship to Australia , as they 'd done with two girls from St Jude 's a couple of months ago , because — on those farms where the transported convicts worked all chained together — there was a shortage of women .
12 They 'd played with matches in their room , lighting a fire in the garden of their dolls ' house .
13 Some of his male colleagues boasted about how they 'd felt with various women , raising an arm to show what they 'd been like .
14 They ate the sandwiches they 'd made before they 'd left the house , and then lay in their shelter and read two paper-backed books they 'd brought with them .
15 ‘ Why do n't you keep your mouth shut ? ’ said Sergeant Comstock , with deep and bitter resignation , and reached for the boat-hook they 'd brought with them .
16 Finally , they would be told ( though they did n't know this at the beginning ) to make fair copies of their poems , taking on any of the suggestions they 'd agreed with , as well as things that occurred to them later .
17 I think that often people did n't realise how tired and desperate they were until they 'd sat with her for a while .
18 But the actual erm carry on they 'd had with it .
19 Perhaps they 'd finished with him .
20 They look organised with a good defence , and are playing with a great deal of confidence . ’
21 They returned laden with buffalo robes and meat , as well as Plains-style costume and artefacts such as magnificent eagle-feather war-bonnets .
22 The principal transitions from one phase of people 's life to another were thought of as crises and as a result the community to which they belonged assisted with the appropriate rituals .
23 Early levels are pretty dull , but as they get littered with more traps and obstacles , things get more interesting .
24 I mean they get ma , they know for six months , they get married with all the gear , the next year they got a baby , fair enough , that 's up to them .
25 Basically , it 's another one , is n't it , where whatever money we put towards it , and the end of the day what they get left with comes back into the community .
26 UNIVERSITY lecturers are being told by their union to inform colleagues if they get over-involved with their students .
27 What abilities do they have compared with others who suffer when faced with similar situations ?
28 If they had , what would they have done with the bird 's skull ?
29 But well originally what would they have done with it ?
30 Tiling joints can be extremely difficult to clean if they become filled with compacted grease .
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