Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] with the " in BNC.

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1 In other words , the designer was looking at the effect of the tucking when knitting in one colour , rather than concerning her or himself with the effect when striped .
2 An irregularly folded cloth , or one with the folds bunched , reduces the contact area and thus efficiency .
3 The ideal of the initiate is to become a ‘ star ’ or one with the Gods ; to achieve union with the natural forces which created him or her .
4 He spent like four hours or something with the attorney general and with these three other staff over there … and they spent most of the time talking about all aspects of the Iran initiative and so forth , and then at the very end Meese pulled out that April memo … and said , ‘ what about this ? ’
5 We might plan an outing or something with the whole staff — each one will say where they want to go and how to make it work . ’
6 The Germans and the English have plenty in common with each other , but what have you in common with the Russians or we with the Japanese ? ’
7 This is not the same as being someone to whom other people often bring their problems ; that does not guarantee the instinctive knowledge of whether something is real or merely a " try-on " , or whether something that is being glosssed over is really something that should be dug out and gone into in depth , or whether the time has come to say and do nothing other than give encouragement to the sufferer to work something out for himself or herself with the assistance of other sufferers in the group .
8 We 're hoping that will grow , that more and more friends will come and have lunch , tea or whatever with the residents . ’
9 He used to own a garage , that one with the big car showrooms on the High Street .
10 There was only that one with the bit of enamel chipped off .
11 Although Angel One had been trained in kendo , the ancient art of Japanese swordsmanship , as part of his overall mastery of martial arts , he knew from having witnessed his opponent in action , that the man was more skilled than he with the katana .
12 I would have thought that anyone with the most elementary grasp of relative importance would have decided that priority should be accorded to a female child done to death by some scoundrel . ’
13 What an extraordinary suggestion , to put forward a girl — a charity child who was not a Sister , a novice , a postulant , nor anyone with the remotest intention of becoming a nun — and raise her up above the many Sisters in the Community who were all hoping and praying for a chance of higher education … what would they feel if a girl who had already been pampered , it seemed , by the convent in Knockglen , were put in to study , over their heads ?
14 I decided that what with the big human-sacrifice convention in town , the cultists would be too busy to post any of the grade-A guards , and that the job would fall to Sleepy Joe and the Catnap Kid .
15 But the Japanese have decided that anything with the slightest chance of helping to make better microchips deserves a close look .
16 ‘ the excellent OUP series Resource Books for Teachers … over the years we have learned that anything with the Maley name attached is worthy of serious consideration .
17 Labour had much in common with the old Liberals of the Michael Meadowcroft variety and nothing with the new super-Friedmanism concocted by Ashdown .
18 The awful truth of Penny 's childhood and young womanhood is that the abuse never ended — and someone with the right counselling skills has to help her to unburden herself .
19 The church , which is a gem of early English architecture , and which with the green is the focal point of the village , was built about twelve forty seven , aided by the treasurer of York Minster .
20 However , if you use the correct adhesive and somebody with the right sort of skill , almost any fabric of reasonable weight and texture can be stuck to walls .
21 The report is to be written for the Personnel Officer of the organisation which provided you with the placement .
22 ‘ It 's about an advertising man who gets disillusioned with the business , and who with the co-operation of his incredibly efficient and wonderful butler escapes to Provence .
23 Her parting from him took place in a field of buttercups and small cows ; they had gone there together on their bicycles one hot afternoon , she with the intention of reading her book , and he with the intention of persuading her to remove as many of her clothes as possible .
24 Those named may include the child , any parent or guardian , anyone with whom the child is living and anyone with the benefit of a contact order .
25 And what with the tunnel and the European Market , what 'll be left of England ?
26 What with Anna being such a charmer and what with the fact that he is now sleeping with her , he does his level best to find some small saving grace in her writing , something he can praise without hypocrisy .
27 And I 'm there bouncing up and down and what with the heat of the sun and the smell — I tell you , mate , it feels like days .
28 ‘ Well , we certainly thought we were climbing , the wife and me , you know with all that pulling ourselves up over the rock and all , and what with the fact we were , well , in a manner of speaking , how can I put this , em , climbing up to the top . ’
29 But now I was up in the air , and what with the clouds , I lost all my orientation Where the clouds parted , I could see the whole tube , land all around me , and it seemed to go up like a tower , so the town and the factory belt and the parks were hanging from the walls over my head , they were all going to crash down on me , and the city on top of them .
30 ‘ Well , because , in the first place I had the radio on , and what with the paraffin stove going — that makes a bit of noise — and a towel round my head …
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