Example sentences of "were with " in BNC.
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| 1 | When friendships finally became possible for him they were with children of the lower orders . |
| 2 | ‘ You know , you were quite different when you were with Godfrey . ’ |
| 3 | Dostoevsky 's main troubles were with Stavrogin himself , his new-found ‘ chief character ’ . |
| 4 | Cleese and Michael Palin were with him when he died . |
| 5 | They were with Mr Mandela until 10pm , much of the time he and Mrs Sisulu simply recalling their old days together and recounting what they had done all these years . |
| 6 | ‘ He discoursed about his understanding of the Church and he said that we had to hold the high and the low together but for his part his sympathies were with the high . |
| 7 | You who were with me in the ships at Mylae ! ' |
| 8 | Given the government 's commitment to control public expenditure and reduce taxation , her main troubles in the first term were with the major spending departments and with ministers who favoured some further reflation to ease unemployment . |
| 9 | We certainly were with British Caledonian . |
| 10 | The clouds that were with us on the climb had gone , opening the way to spectacular views , views helped by the air being free of dust and haze . |
| 11 | ‘ We are toasting missing colleagues who were with us in the buffet and who would have preferred us to do it this way , instead of being sombre , ’ said Mr Christopher Reeves , a consultant engineer who joined the train at Southampton Parkway station . |
| 12 | At least , you did n't when you were with me . |
| 13 | That evening I wrote again to Mrs Girdlestone and said I would come and see how things were with my aunt , and if possible arrange for something to be done . |
| 14 | I could see how things were with him at home ; his wife was no good at her job . |
| 15 | There are no children to spoil things as there were with Noah . |
| 16 | Without doubt the sympathies of the British people were with the Spanish Republican government — and they demonstrated their support with a humanitarian response . |
| 17 | Their true love affairs were with the camera and with those flickering images of themselves which turned on the rest of the public as well . |
| 18 | You knew where you were with curs . |
| 19 | He wished Emily were with him , to share the adventure ; to talk about it afterwards and laugh with relief . |
| 20 | Have n't you considered it might be the woman they were with ? |
| 21 | My auntie and uncle were with us as well , and it was awful , no one stuck up for me . |
| 22 | We were with his secretary in the car immediately behind the gun car , a huge open station wagon with six secret service men wearing bullet-proof jackets and with the most vicious looking automatic rifles at the ready . |
| 23 | ‘ You are as skilful as you were with my wife , Wilson , ’ he remarked . |
| 24 | I would that you were with us to hear me play the piano which I do every day and Papa declares I make good progress . |
| 25 | As it happened , the links he had remade were with the Magharba in Ajdabiya . |
| 26 | ‘ Then I 'd say perhaps Harry 's sunglasses and pen and belt were with Angela Brickell because she took them there herself . ’ |
| 27 | Fiona and Harry were with Mackie and Gareth in the family room . |
| 28 | Rather , they were with the events of August 1968 and , in particular , with the self-immolation of the young philosophy student , Jan Palach , in January 1969 . |
| 29 | Both Mr Souness and Jim Smith , the Portsmouth manager , emphasised how delighted they were with the overall quality of yesterday 's tie . |
| 30 | During his time in Brazil he was sheltered by Wolfram and Liselotte Bossert , an Austrian couple introduced to him by Gerhard , who were with him on the day he died . |