Example sentences of "to [be] with [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was n't meant to be happy , she was meant to be with me . |
| 2 | We had coffee , talked of the gardens and of plants difficult to grow in chalky soil — but nothing personal was said on either side , nor any thought of how she happened to be with me . |
| 3 | He is different , Florence Ames thought , he has n't anything to say because he is embarrassed to be with me . |
| 4 | ‘ If we work together , does that mean you have to be with me when … |
| 5 | ‘ I 've got a neighbour coming in to be with me tonight while you 're all out . |
| 6 | ‘ I should have known it was only because of something to do with work that you were so anxious to be with me . |
| 7 | And if I had to choose a companion to be with me down the years I would take you as a pattern . ’ |
| 8 | I had had a whole afternoon spent upon me , been the centre of attention , cost the State a fortune and my wife had given up a whole day of precious work to be with me . |
| 9 | Put very simply , what the child feels in his subconscious mind is this : ‘ If this wonderful human being really loved me , he ( or she ) would want to be with me all the time . |
| 10 | I do n't ever want Geoff to drive home at night feeling he 's got to be with me whether he wants to or not . ’ |
| 11 | But if they 're going to be with me , they know they 're going to get the spray . ’ |
| 12 | I will always love you , but I do n't want to be married to someone who 's not going to be with me — that 's not what marriage is all about . ’ |
| 13 | I felt that I needed someone to be with me all day and all night . |
| 14 | I expected him to be with me , his stentorian ubiety transmogrifying the spacious library into somewhere shabby and small . |
| 15 | Now that I 'm feeling a bit calmer , I can see that it was amazingly presumptuous of me even to imagine that Madeleine might love me enough to sacrifice all the luxuries she 's used to , just to be with me ! |
| 16 | ‘ You 're not sure that you want to be with me , but you 're here with me to say it . ’ |
| 17 | I had wondered how a man in his right mind could want to be with me and decided that no girl in her right mind would want to be with him . |
| 18 | It was strange how difficult it was to be alone , especially as no one was anxious to be with me . |
| 19 | Wherever I am , he rings up or follows me or wants to be with me . ’ |
| 20 | What it means is that I have to be with him , except when I 'm working , since he ca n't always take time to be with me . ’ |
| 21 | I also wonder what will happen if I have a second child — Mark might not make it back from work in time to be with me . ’ |
| 22 | I remembered the monster 's promise to be with me on the night of my wedding . |
| 23 | The monster had promised to be with me on my wedding night , but he had not planned to kill me . |
| 24 | ‘ You said … you said you wanted to be with me … to live with me … |
| 25 | I want him to want to be with me and do things . |
| 26 | ‘ You do not have to stay in to be with me , Jenna , dear , ’ she said softly . |
| 27 | ‘ If I said to you , ’ replies Anya wearily , ‘ that I wanted you to stop what you were doing , stop everything , and drive miles and miles , into the back of beyond , just to be with me , you 'd have told me to piss off . ’ |
| 28 | Or sorry because it embarrasses you to be with me because of it ? ’ |
| 29 | You see , after Father went she sold the house in Derbyshire and moved down to London to be with me . |
| 30 | She chooses to be with me . |