Example sentences of "with a [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This would explain the cases where the plaintiff accepts a lift with a driver whom he knows is drunk . |
| 2 | Beyond the Leonardo monument and the row of yellow taxis , each with a driver whose disregard for your safety if you try to cross the road in front of them is as remarkable as any of da Vinci 's theories , is La Scala . |
| 3 | A journey in a camper shades into a lift with a driver who turns out to be a narcotics agent ; the former episode is then repeated , with sado-masochistic variations , until that too shades into a bus journey . |
| 4 | When he arrived at Glasgow , there would be a car to pick him up , with a driver who knew the Scottish lowlands ‘ like the inside of his sporran ’ . |
| 5 | Brian would have his damages reduced for contributory negligence in riding with a driver who he knew was drunk and in failing to wear a seat belt . |
| 6 | If a piece of glass is dipped in water , the drops of liquid stay on the surface for several seconds ; with a diamond they run off instantly , leaving the stone dry as a bone . |
| 7 | William Malyverer bequeathed to Our Lady of Walsingham a little ring with a diamond which Richard had given him . |
| 8 | William Malyverer bequeathed to Our Lady of Walsingham a little ring with a diamond which Richard had given him . |
| 9 | Experiments have shown that males which perform the zigzag display at a higher rate ( more swims back and forth per minute ) are more likely to be successful at courtship : a female is more likely to mate with a male whose zigzagging is more energetic . |
| 10 | When a group of female mice is placed with a male their oestrus cycles become synchronized and the majority of animals will mate on the third night . |
| 11 | As a consequence she may be more likely to mate with him than with a male who is less explicit about his state . |
| 12 | A male who did somehow manage to copulate with hundreds of females would be at an enormous advantage compared with a male who only copulated with one or two females . |
| 13 | ‘ We are actually now dealing with a substance which affects us all , not just the few people who take cannabis for recreational purposes . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ We are dealing with a substance which affects us all , not just the few who take cannabis for recreational purposes . ’ |
| 15 | Philippa was cleaning silver nail varnish from her nails with a substance whose odour reminded Lee of some exotic flower turning rancid . |
| 16 | that he injected Royan with a substance he knew would harm him , in the presence of the press , and failed to given him adequate medical attention . |
| 17 | Shortly before the vote Saddam Hussein had made a speech broadcast by Baghdad radio , asserting that if war came Iraq would fight with a heroism which would fill every Arab and Moslem with pride , and , more specifically , that Iraq had the means to detect US stealth bombers and shoot them down like any other enemy aircraft . |
| 18 | you know , there 's no , whereas when you do it with a chisel it 's a bit of a , inverted commas |
| 19 | At Tesco we have now started to use foam packaging , such as meat trays , which has been produced either without CFCs at all or with a CFC which is far less damaging to the Ozone layer . |
| 20 | Others can go continental with a style which is as chic and avant garde as a French bistro . |
| 21 | " It 'll be good for a giggle , as Charlie says , " she concluded , with a look which on a lesser woman could have been called coy . |
| 22 | ‘ I need a swim , ’ he said with a rueful grin , levering himself upright and glancing down at her with a look which sent her senses spinning into chaos again . |
| 23 | Occasionally she would allow her gaze to drop on to one of the other patients with a look which Theodora could only interpret as startled amazement . |
| 24 | Lucy looked straight into the camera with a look she had taken — and still , against the odds — with a look Jay thought of as love . |
| 25 | ‘ You are no better than our readers , ’ he said , fixing me with a look it took me years to forget . |
| 26 | ‘ Personal in what way ? ’ she queried gently , fixing Virginia with a look it was hard to evade . |
| 27 | I studied piano , too , then trombone , but it was n't until someone at school turned up with a guitar which had been ‘ converted ’ into a bass that I really thought about the instrument . |
| 28 | ‘ If you want to create a certain density with a guitar you record one instrument with three mics and you get this wonderfull stereo spread . |
| 29 | Even with a moon I 'd need some sort of guidance . ’ |
| 30 | Thus the early years of the century , when war was taking on ‘ so decorous an aspect ’ in Western Europe , saw the conquered provinces of Livonia ravaged by the armies of Peter I with a ferocity which shocked Western observers . |