Example sentences of "[vb past] with [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The comparisons he drew with our most successful rival trading nations were as instructive as they were , viewed collectively , alarming . |
| 2 | We all helped with whatever jobs came to hand — cleaning the children 's shoes , peeling potatoes , washing nappies , bathing the children , washing up , taking the children for walks , putting them to bed , reading to them , running errands , shopping , and a little slap-dash cookery here and there . |
| 3 | Now it did n't mean that you build his war machine , but the Kuwaiti people being so close , or actually bordering , we helped the economy of Baghdad , we helped the economy of the Iraq , and we contributed thirteen billion dollars , just the government alone , to their economy and the people of Kuwait also helped with their own private donation to help the schools , the hospitals , the food , whatever they needed , and the country of Kuwait was erm trying to be , as my friend said , as neutral as possible because there is Irani interest in Kuwait , very great through trade , through Iranis who work in Kuwait , so we had a very difficult position with respect to keeping both parties erm sort of in sight , not lose sight of them from our humanistic point of view , but it was erm difficult to avoid being on the side of the Iraqui , mainly because they 're neighbours and they 're Arabs , and you 're part of the league of Arab states , so you ca n't draw the line and say the government was pro or against , but that was the atmosphere which we were leaving . |
| 4 | A Lancashire miner 's daughter , whose grandmother ‘ was very sprightly , very clean … very like prigmeat , you know , everything in its place ’ , remembers how one of her brothers moved into the next-door house when he married , and ‘ they helped with them when they were older . ’ |
| 5 | She does everything right ; when I was young I helped with my small sister — she was born when I was fourteen — and I helped with the housework of course . |
| 6 | But she was relieved to see Patrick thrive at last now that Maggie had been weaned off gin , and when Rosa 's sixth baby arrived she helped with it , gaining experience for when her own time came . |
| 7 | In due course Grove House was sold to Humphry Morice , son of a Governor of the Bank of England , and an intimate friend of Walpole , who dined with him there frequently . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's roughly what Richard said when I dined with him . |
| 9 | One evening she dined with him at , curiously it seems to us , the Midland Hotel . |
| 10 | " Foolishly , I dined with him to make clear that I would n't see him again and that if he persisted with his unwanted attention I would have no choice but to go to you . |
| 11 | At all events , I dined with him when he came up and happened to mention poor Willy 's plight . |
| 12 | Coleridge dined with us . |
| 13 | A similar incident occurred with me in 1983 between Australia and Argentina from even further out from the goal-line , and on that occasion I felt Australia would definitely have scored a try but for a deliberate knock-on by the defenders and awarded a penalty try . |
| 14 | It is a pity that the extent of his involvement with the introduction of monks into Bury St Edmunds is uncertain , although it apparently occurred with his licence . |
| 15 | This occurred with none of the comparison group mothers . |
| 16 | I sweated and strained with it , even in quite a light wind , and my hands grew warm despite the heavy-duty welding-gloves I had on . |
| 17 | Ruth entered with him , shivering . |
| 18 | She traced with her forefinger the silky whorls of the carved garland of oak leaves that swung across both doors . |
| 19 | Ronnie , 45 , made a good impression as he posed with his wife Jo , 36 , at a New York party . |
| 20 | I payed with my Vista card and although she was a hockey player , when she invited me to the opera I igried to go . |
| 21 | TAKE That 's heart-throb Robbie Williams caught with his mouth full trying to break the record the number of cheese and fish paste sandwiches that can be eaten in an hour . |
| 22 | Her eyes warred with his . |
| 23 | The freezers sagged with them . |
| 24 | A Belgian Count at the battle of Crecy charged with his hours into the enemy ranks without regard for his life and perished . |
| 25 | They have been over the greater part of Van Diemen 's Land and the Islands in Bass 's Straits and appear highly gratified with their peregrinations : a government vessel has generally been devoted to their use . |
| 26 | Day rose with its small pale petals , |
| 27 | When Grace Farrier rose from the table , the men rose with her , and when , a few minutes later , she entered the drawing room she sat down with a sigh , for she was wondering how long Aunt Nessy 's stay would be this time . |
| 28 | Coffin rose with her . |
| 29 | It was lightened by the presence of Rose Taillé in the house , Rose with her deep voice and her olive skin and her green glass eye . |
| 30 | But it was pointless trying to compare or liken these mountains to others , they had individual stature and grace , they rose with their own majesty from valleys I could only dream about . |