Example sentences of "with [pron] [noun sg] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know that I am dying , ’ he said , ‘ and I am so angry with God for letting it happen , and with my family for refusing to let me work through it . ’ |
| 2 | It was considered a very eccentric pursuit for a female ; people used to commiserate with my mother for having such an awful daughter with such odd tastes . |
| 3 | He carried her to a side room , Lady Grafton , resplendent in draped red silk and turban headdress , hurrying beside him , thoroughly irritated with her daughter for shewing such weakness . |
| 4 | I received it , along with her idea for making a Christmas fairy , just in time for the festive season and I 'm pleased to say that I made my fairy thanks to Mrs Sall and the post office . |
| 5 | She was furious with Isobel for preferring God to any man , and thus denying her the status of grandparenthood , and furious with her husband for dying before her . |
| 6 | This is a position which Popper has called theoreticism as distinct from operationalism , with its concern for measuring operationalized concepts , and distinct from instrumentalism , the concern with using science for predicting impending events . |
| 7 | Local government , with its responsibility for sweeping the streets and emptying dustbins , had always essentially been a humdrum business . |
| 8 | A new approach to assistance with housing costs , for example , may have to be considered both by DHSS , with concern for social security policy , and DOE , with its responsibility for housing policy . |
| 9 | The company says that the programme has already roped in SmartStar Corp , which does proprietary language applications on Digital Equipment Corp hardware ; — Inmark Development Corp , which specialises in applications for the banking and brokerage community and tools for the C++ development market ; Tivoli Systems Inc with its software for managing distributed computer systems ; and The Digist Software Co division of the Turing Institute in Scotland , which provides shrink-wrapped spatial-data-processing applications for the AM/FM and geographic information systems markets . |
| 10 | An advocate of the charting device with its versatility for creating personalised knitwear garments , Rita was always surprised by the number of students who never used this accessory . |
| 11 | This sort of research , which critics describe as ‘ playing God ’ , gets even more morally knotty when it comes to gene therapy , with its potential for monitoring and altering human genes to check for and eliminate hereditary diseases . |
| 12 | There were also obvious similarities between teachers in the two LEAs in the way that positive attitudes towards SSE were associated with its potential for proposing change and with willingness to repeat the exercise . |
| 13 | It was already his nickname with fellow-writers such as Ezra Pound ; and , in adopting it for use by the youngest generation , he may have again wished to convey , though with slightly less emphasis , the elusive character of that animal , with its instinct for feigning and dissembling . |
| 14 | Rose Bower belonged to Sandy — with their obsession for recording details about employees they would know that . |
| 15 | Had not Paheri broken with his master for relaxing his severity , though ? |
| 16 | Thorp director & name presents & name with his award for winning the THORP logo competition |
| 17 | The coachman reined in his horses , leapt into the road and , seizing the sprawling cyclist , beat him soundly with his whip for having the temerity to overtake the coach . |
| 18 | Citrine , with his instinct for seeking stability and continuity , wanted to preserve the EDA intact on nationalisation , but the area chairmen felt the Boards should take over its work . |
| 19 | How right for one another they must be , how happy together , each with his gift for presenting the world anew . |
| 20 | A Craig Chalmers , with his penchant for plugging holes , would have been invaluable . |
| 21 | ‘ What , with your reputation for watching the pennies , guv' . |
| 22 | ‘ An operative with your penchant for letting herself get trapped inside things should not attempt to pull rank . |