Example sentences of "[pron] [v-ing] [adv prt] with the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You were n't supposed to turn the radio off , but I used to so they could n't hear me singing along with the tape . |
| 2 | So how are you getting on with the rest of your course ? |
| 3 | ‘ How are you getting on with the family history ? ’ |
| 4 | A bit later on , I saw you touring round with the army recruiting drive , giving demonstration bouts . |
| 5 | Yes I know what you mean but I do n't fancy you messing about with the grasscutter . |
| 6 | They looked intently at him , then at each other , then executed a smart about-face ; the scullion with the loaf threw it at the other , who caught it and started to hit the other minion over the head with it as they ran back into the mist the way they had come , their figures — one crouched almost double , one striking out with the loaf of bread — and their running footsteps quickly absorbed by the rolling mists . |
| 7 | We had an old inspector , a Manx man , he used to laugh when he saw them coming in with the blood pouring down their heads , fighting and everything . |
| 8 | It 'll save her going round with the baby . |
| 9 | You can not imagine him putting up with the committee which apparently advised Elizabeth II in 1960 to buy an all too committee-like selection of modern artists — Nolan , Lowry , Hitchens , Davie — chosen , one suspects , so that none of the great men felt left out . |