Example sentences of "[conj] [vb infin] [pron] with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dress shop assistants grow supercilious , aware that they can uplift or slay us with a single comment . |
| 2 | Your right to use your ex-husband 's contributions to improve or provide you with a pension depends on your age and/or whether you remarry before the age of 60 . |
| 3 | He had inched his way to the dark bathroom , and stood slumped over the sink , feeling lost , depersonalized , and trying to soothe or tether himself with the running water . |
| 4 | And Northumberland had chosen , rather than pursue them with a force then quite inadequate , to gather his and his sons ' levies and wait for the marauders to return . |
| 5 | Not only is he generally responsible for the system but he also receives all appeals from refusals of permission , and has the power to call in any application for decision by himself rather than leave it with the district council . |
| 6 | Some poison lions which are troublesome , rather than kill them with a spear . |
| 7 | She always accompanied her unpackings by such comments , always with the same indignant implication that the grocers did their best to defraud and anger her with every item . |
| 8 | I want you to love and desire me with the same degree of passion that Lucia loved and desired my namesake . |
| 9 | She recalled his saying , ‘ I want you to love and desire me with the same degree of passion that Lucia loved and desired my namesake . ’ |
| 10 | But they were quite happy to come along and discuss it with the parish council erm and . |
| 11 | But you see , the Reverend has a distant relative whom he means to put in my place and so I was granted sick leave over the holiday in order that his dear Jonathan could come and assist him with the Christmas services . |
| 12 | At this point some vainglorious politician would step forward and present him with a book such as this one . |
| 13 | You had to book to get your hair cut , your toenails cut and your fingernails cut , and a screw had to stand and watch you with the scissors . |
| 14 | Most officers will be happy to help and provide you with the necessary information . |
| 15 | You could go back and confront him with the photo now . |
| 16 | Everyone wants to be able to design and create something with an individual touch , whether it 's an outfit to wear or soft furnishings for the home . |
| 17 | Any of my old school friends in Wallingford that know me er well they 'll just never believe that I can run 26 miles because I do n't know if when you were at school , but when er when we used to have a cross-country run I was the one at the back and usually the P E instructor used to go round and whack us with a slipper , you know the slow ones and I was unfortunately one of those , but er now I 've been running with the Bicester Road Runners for what 2 years , er half , I 've done a few half marathons , nothing anywhere near 26 miles , I 've , my furthest run until yesterday was 16 miles , and yesterday , injured , with a bandage round my knee , I managed 18 miles , and I 'm pleased to say it 's still holding out and I 'm quietly confident that I 'm going to complete this , and like I say , if I can er well , just get the local businesses in Bicester interested and to support me , I say however small , just a , you know , if they , a penny a mile from just a few of the businesses in Bicester and , well , the Bible school could have , you know , a few pounds coming to them , which I 'm sure they 'd be , you know , greatly received . |
| 18 | There 'd been yet another cancelled lesson only today and Ronni was feeling even angrier and edgier than ever as , just after lunchtime , she made her way down the garden towards the villa 's private little jetty , a corner she had n't explored before , to try and calm herself with a breath of air . |
| 19 | The new editor shares with the retiring one a proper reverence for the game , balanced by an ability to stand back and view it with a perspective born of experience of other important things in life . |
| 20 | Have you someone who can assist and support you with the children ? |
| 21 | Was there another car ahead , waiting to pull out and sandwich them with the Peugeot coming up behind ? |
| 22 | No doubt they would return and place him with the other Commando dead in neat rows in front of the Chateau to await burial . |
| 23 | Nigel had arranged that his son-in-law ( his daughter Caroline 's husband ) , who was living and working in Denmark , and his nephew James from California would come over and help me with the move . |
| 24 | Mr and Mrs Bryant would be thrilled to have a family living in your old home once again — and , since my holiday plans have fallen through , I 'd be happy to come down and help you with the twins . ’ |
| 25 | Yeah and my sister in law used to come M my brother 's wife used to come and help us with the cleaning at night . |
| 26 | The head had asked the educational psychologist to come and assess him with a view to producing a formal Statement of Special Educational Needs . |