Example sentences of "[vb infin] with [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lovat ended that appeal by emphasising his belief that it was ‘ a most wise & prudent maxim that a man in power should do for those that he is pretty sure will stand & fall with him in all events ’ , and in general that was the major qualification for appointment to the judicial bench in eighteenth-century Scotland . |
| 2 | Providing she is sufficiently impressed , she will mate with him inside the bower . |
| 3 | ‘ Mrs Cecil 's departure was preceded by such an entire sinking of her constitution and by an exhaustion tending so much to lethargy that she was seldom able to converse … and it was a peculiar favour to herself and daughters that Mr Simeon and her excellent son were in the house and watched for every reviving moment to pray or converse with her in all holy tenderness , till she ceased to breathe . ’ |
| 4 | The Duke must compromise with them in order to keep his own authority . |
| 5 | The additional equipment you will need with you on your holiday shoots will also depend on the importance that you — and your companions — attach to video movie making in relation to the other holiday activities . |
| 6 | MAS will consider with yourselves in advance of the meeting a likely range of indicative values based on publicly available information and the conclusions drawn from the acquisition search activity . |
| 7 | Cotte ( pp. 71 – 2 ) distinguishes two main senses of let , the first of which is described as " the non-intervention of an agent in an action which has been initiated independently of him/her and has been going on already for a certain time " , and can be illustrated by : ( 214 ) He would n't even dance with her at Gavin 's party . |
| 8 | ‘ I thought I 'd better dance with you in case you wanted another drink . ’ |
| 9 | It was unlooked-for grace that after supper he should send his page to ask Mistress Hussey to be kind enough to come and speak with him in the small chamber the prince was using as a study . |
| 10 | ‘ Mr Pinkhammer , ’ he said , ‘ can I speak with you for a minute ? |
| 11 | ‘ Well , old fellow in the cellarage , ’ she whispered lightly to herself , though the breath was shallow in her throat , ‘ it seems I must speak with you at last . ’ |
| 12 | And before Leith could say a word to lessen his agitation , ‘ Heaven alone knows what chance I 've got with Rosemary now , but she 'd finish with me for sure , I know she would , if anyone else knew about us ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ First you make a mystery out of a fairly ordinary — although for you — tragic — event , and , believe me , I do sympathise with you over that … |
| 14 | Girls can identify with her in a way they never could with , say , Linda Evangelista . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Yes , people can identify with him as an ordinary , decent bloke . ’ |
| 16 | They wanted Benjamin to be fuzzy enough as a fantasy figure so that everyone in America could identify with him without joining the Movement . |
| 17 | Premier John Major could clash with him on five big issues . |
| 18 | Other passengers were queueing at the check-point , most of them looking back as if that glimpse was all they could carry with them to their destinations . |
| 19 | This in turn will build up their confidence in English which they will carry with them throughout their English learning careers . |
| 20 | In particular , he began to harp on the conservative themes that would provide the centrepiece of his campaigns for the governorship of California and which he would eventually carry with him into the White House . |
| 21 | It is the one anxiety Marje Proops will carry with her to the grave . |
| 22 | I shall carry with me into the darkest corners of the world knowledge , peace , freedom , religion , the hope of heaven ! |
| 23 | If we feel sorry for the dying cat that can not understand what is happening to it , we should remember that it has one enormous advantage over us : it has no fear of death , which is something we humans must all carry with us throughout our long lives . |
| 24 | Walter Legge liked to tell the story — I think as an example of both your musicianship and your tactical skills — that at the graduation class in Vienna you chose the Overture to Rossini 's Guillaume Tell and then sent everyone away except the cellos so you could show exactly what you could do with them in the opening bars of the piece . |
| 25 | if it was n't for your Dynamike I do n't know what I 'd do with myself of an evening . |
| 26 | ‘ So , what do you do with yourself in London ? ’ |
| 27 | Then in a lowered voice , she added , ‘ What would I do with her in here all day ? |
| 28 | Berndt said , as though it were his incisive wit alone which had arrived at the nub , ‘ The question is , what do we do with her in the meantime ? |
| 29 | We could do with one for that in fact they 'll be both |
| 30 | So really he could do with one for down there and one for home . |