Example sentences of "be with [adj] " in BNC.

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1 When this is not the case , as with non-Western cultures ( and as it might be with deaf people ) , then the theories produced may be of limited value .
2 He 's heard that some of the shots will be with female models .
3 In turn , they prefer it precisely because it enables them to be with fellow immigrants and avoid the hostility of white workers on the day-shift .
4 She used to be with Grand Metropolitan and now , apparently , they 've had to appoint men to fill her post .
5 It seems to occur in some manufacturers ' products more than others , and is not a problem with ‘ safe ’ tools such as drills , but can be with bladed tools .
6 ‘ What ever you want to be in life , you want to be with Prudential , ’ goes the slogan from the country 's largest pensions and life assurance provider .
7 It could be with modern electronics could n't it ?
8 She could be with Franky but there was nowhere they could go to eat , drink or dance .
9 I was told that the local authority were still maintaining an open mind about the possibility of placing the children with the father and that the choice of foster parents made in October was intended to cover the possibility of the children being returned to the father , but also to cover the possibility of a need for the children to be with foster parents for some longer time , in the event of the assessment of the father proving unsatisfactory .
10 ‘ Me grandfather , aye , I can remember me grandad ’ , a Durham railwayman 's son recalled , ‘ A very old man he looked to be with long white whiskers .
11 She was calm , authoritative , in the way she would be with injured animals .
12 ‘ You should be with young people your own age , get yourself back into the swing of society . ’
13 Its main substantive concern will be with young people , with the social institutions with which they interact ( eg family , education , labour market ) and the practices and policies that impinge on them .
14 The biggest problem tends to be with young people , they will either go to live with someone else , or move from the countryside altogether .
15 I have the honor to be with great respect and esteem Honble Sir Your most Obedient humble Servant , J. Huntingford ’ .
16 Any analogies have to be with living creatures that are distantly related in the zoological sense , although there may be reasons to suspect that they have similar life habits to those that the fossil animals once enjoyed .
17 But she always came back to Haworth ; she did n't like to be with famous people very long .
18 It 's hard for most men to be with successful women but Robert is very proud of me . ’
19 One was to be with Western Europe , led ( pretty explicitly ) by a united Germany .
20 But Making Out highlights how important it is for women to have a job and be with other women workers — often in very crummy circumstances , but actually being very resilient with a lot of humour and girl talk .
21 There is nothing to suggest that a link with the County Hospital was ever contemplated ; the proposed collaboration was evidently to be with other poor law institutions only , and the initial approach was made in fact to the North Evington Infirmary in Leicester .
22 It was good for Anna to be with other children , yet to have Christine there too .
23 ‘ I want to be with other people , Dulé .
24 She said she sometimes longed to go out , to a disco or an amusement arcade and be with other girls , but her uncle was strict and did n't like her going to those places , and although she was sometimes lonely she could n't stand the thought of going back to that school , especially now she had been away from it for so long because anyway her friends would n't be there any more and she would be treated like a little girl and the things they had to do would seem more stupid than ever because in her uncle s house she was treated like a grown-up , which she was anyway , and she ran the house .
25 It was all a plot to distort what she said , a plot between her husband and brother to take her daughter away from her , and her daughter had never got into any trouble while she was with her , and that she ought to be with other girls of her own age and with her own mother .
26 I should save the trip until the weekend , when we can all go , besides , she 'll be bored with all your old historical studies , she 'll want to be with other people of her own age , other Americans , perhaps — I mean , there are plenty of them about the place , goodness knows , and that shirt should really go in the wash straight away . ’
27 The opportunity to be with other Patois speakers and to both hear and use Patois is obviously critical " ( p.105 ) .
28 It 's nice to be with other people to fight the same frustrations .
29 But now he sort of seems to be with other contracts .
30 I do want to be with Celtic next season , ’ said Collins .
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