Example sentences of "[noun] be [v-ing] [adv prt] with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're occupying themselves writing out an account of their movements since Lorrimer was last seen alive and the local force are getting on with the preliminary checking of alibis . |
| 2 | The year 1973 came close to repeating the triumphs of 1972 but , as usual in FI , other cars were catching up with the Lotus , though not in qualifying , for 1973 was the year in which Ronnie Peterson notched an astonishing nine pole positions and a place on the front row in twelve of the season 's fifteen races , as against one and five for Emerson , Peterson finishing a mere three points behind Fittipaldi . |
| 3 | A former 3rd Farnham scout was heading off with the Falklands-bound Navy task force as one of the mechanics servicing the Harrier jump-jets aboard HMS Hermes . |
| 4 | The engine of the big mechanical monster was ticking over with the deep throb of impatient , reined-in horsepower . |
| 5 | A warm wind was coming in with the tide . |
| 6 | I closed my eyes for the rest of the journey as it had been a busy two days and I did n't feel lik& going to the council offices either , It would be too late anyway so I decided to take a stroll by the river and see how Nigel was getting on with the excavations . |
| 7 | A small girl was messing about with the birthday cards in Mr Pascall 's shop . |
| 8 | Bookmakers Ladbrokes are catching up with the odds on races on four wheels instead of four legs and offering odds on Senna ( 11–8 ) and Prost ( 7–4 ) for the world championship during the week the cars were being loaded for the opening grand prix in Phoenix . |
| 9 | Mr you 'll spoi you 'll spoil us when I saw this tonight I thought we I got ta say something because Martin is coming up with the er same motion as it was last time , it was not much different so probably with the same reply 's got ta be made and that is that the Labour party is not the caring party , everyone here , I 'm sure the Liberals as well as the Conservatives care we are a caring party as much as you are and we are concerned , we are concerned about , we are concerned about |
| 10 | The group is pressing on with the expansion and development of NET but really needs the embryonic United States economic recovery to develop swiftly if short term returns are to improve . |
| 11 | Mr Sugar is ploughing on with the rationalisation announced last year . |
| 12 | Fred was thundering on with the speech as though the corpse had n't fled , and at the same time bobbing up onto the balls of his feet with relief from the lost burden . |
| 13 | Jordan is catching up with the Western world . |
| 14 | TEENAGE girls are ending up with the bones of old women because of eating disorders which are producing ‘ horrifying results ’ , a doctor said yesterday . |
| 15 | And the entire staff and management committee at Monte Samana were bubbling over with the news that old Mrs Richards had a boyfriend . |
| 16 | It may be that money worries are behind the disappearnce , but there 's no firm evidence to support that and police are carrying on with the investigation because there may yet be another explanation . |
| 17 | Mr Haydn Cook , chief executive of the Friarage , said negotiations were going on with the Scorton hospital about its contract for the forthcoming year . |
| 18 | Mum is singing along with the last hymn . |
| 19 | Certainly the Antrim Technology Park is filling up with the sort of high technology software companies that any self-respecting Californian science park would like to have . |
| 20 | Now Tygavac is linking up with the growing network of Application Support Centres , set up in close proximity to customers to provide sealants and coatings , being established in Europe by Courtaulds Aerospace . |
| 21 | As Eadmer saw it , the turning point came in 1076 , when Lanfranc was pressing on with the building of the new church , and had recently appointed Henry , his Italian fellow-countryman from Bec , as prior . |
| 22 | Time is catching up with the baldly-going heroes . |
| 23 | The insolvency department has moved to Southampton based Lyon Pilcher , the Salisbury office is closing down with the loss of four jobs , and Gaynor Harris is back where she started with the Southampton practice ( to be known as Hook Harris ) which she has bought from the old partnership with Charles Bullworthy , with money borrowed from family and friends . |
| 24 | Despite initial remonstrations , Ford is going along with the insurance industry 's grouping of the XR3i . |
| 25 | And Russian demand for energy is collapsing along with the country 's industries . |
| 26 | From the blurred picture you can see the vital point when the clubhead is catching up with the hands . |
| 27 | ‘ She was out of the oxygen tent earlier- and her temperature was coming down with the antibiotics but then when she came to … she opened her eyes and suddenly seemed to go into a panic . |