Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [verb] [pron] with a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Use water wisely , putting it exactly where you want it with a Soakerhose . |
| 2 | Although I tease it with a tender rage |
| 3 | He was being kind , she could tell , and not probing further , so she rewarded him with a rather watery smile , and said sententiously , ‘ There 's always a first time for everything . ’ |
| 4 | We decided we did n't really like a lot of our clothes , so we replaced them with a few very simple things . ’ |
| 5 | MacDonald concludes with the view that non-traditional students are an advantage to higher education although they present it with a challenge . |
| 6 | This keeps us in our place , although it frustrates us with a great deal of suffering . |
| 7 | No sooner had she begun manufacturing a few defences than he demolished them with a flick of his finger . |
| 8 | The intense processing involved obviously exhausted too much of Gav 's thinly-stretch grey matter to allow speech in the near future , so he contented himself with a grunt and submerged again . |
| 9 | The human ape laid one skinny hand on my arm and hissed in my ear : ‘ So he sent you with a message , eh ? ’ |
| 10 | I suppose I knew what your reaction would be , but thought in my arrogance that if I presented you with a fait accompli , the sale of the land , your money back , you 'd be so overwhelmed with gratitude that you 'd immediately fall into my arms . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ If someone approaches me with a song , it 's got ta hit me in the face . |
| 12 | ‘ If she hit me with a stick , I 'd seize it and break it under her nose . ’ |
| 13 | Lipstick lasts longer if you apply it with a lipbrush . ’ |
| 14 | You might just make it — if you know someone with a balloon ! |
| 15 | If you present someone with a set of stripes on a TV screen and make them move at right angles to their long axis , that is the direction in which the person will see them move . |
| 16 | If you thrash a horse it will hurt but if you touch it with a whip it 's a tactile thing which is far less than a horse nudging another one |
| 17 | For some reason they 're mounted on angled surrounds , which I quite like the look of , but the coils are screened by black plastic covers which look pretty cheap and make a nasty scratching noise if you hit them with a pick . |
| 18 | Well if you did it with a small brush ? |
| 19 | Erm a steel pan , if you hit it with a hammer , it 'll dent . |
| 20 | If you want something with a bit more bite , go for armagnac . |
| 21 | You will also need to decide if you want one with a reclining facility . |
| 22 | I particularly liked Mountain Equipment 's Skye reversible pullover with its microfibre shell , though if you want one with a hood , look for Berghaus 's Reversible Fleece Jacket , made of Polartec 200 and covered with the latest Japanese microfibre fabric ; a highly functional garment . |
| 23 | Or if you leave it with a neighbour then we 've got a calling card to say thought you might like it early |
| 24 | If you lecture someone with a series of reminders , his defences will be in place . |
| 25 | If you honour me with a reply it will be in kind ; and then , God defend the right ! ’ |
| 26 | If you find yourself with a file that 's big enough to manipulate but too big to turn into an ASCII file , cos it does use a lot of |
| 27 | Parents , on the other hand , however much they have suffered at school , or even if they left it with a sense of failure , usually attribute the shortcomings to themselves rather than to the system , and thus find it difficult to envisage school in any form other than the one that they themselves experienced . |
| 28 | The French were only ready to discuss a common market if it provided them with a high tariff ‘ wall ’ against outsiders and if there were complicated measures to guarantee equality of competition between members . |
| 29 | If he surpassed himself with a full-scale mock-up of the ceiling for the Salla Romana with a snake-pit of interwoven flowers and exuberant garlands , he could be sure that a cursory glance by Ceauşescu would be followed by the demand , ‘ More flowers , more gold leaf . ’ |
| 30 | Rose 's mother showed the girls the house and the fowl and farm animals , including a pet goat who would n't let Rose milk her unless she sprayed herself with a perfume that the mother used . |