Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was conducting my research with the staff of a school with whom I had previously worked . |
| 2 | ‘ Quite honestly ’ — Haverford was wiping his mouth with the napkin still festooned about his neck — ‘ neither can I. ’ |
| 3 | As a matter of fact , as I was larding my toast with the old Maria Schneider this morning , preparatory to sprinkling it with Ecstasy , I worked out a scenario involving eight women , providing one of them was Indian and none were dressed as Carmelites . |
| 4 | Privatization was losing its magnetism with the public , as the government 's decision to delay the electricity measure until late in 1990 seemed to confirm . |
| 5 | Rafiq was studying his magazine with the kind of intense concentration often assumed by those who are listening to other people 's conversations . |
| 6 | At the time that Friedman was airing his dissatisfaction with the Phillips curve , the complex econometric models of inflation which its discovery had spawned were still predicting inflation reasonably well . |
| 7 | And the knowledge was dampening my shirt with the clammy sweat of anxiety . |
| 8 | The Earl of Nottingham , a Tory who was to make his peace with the Revolution , nevertheless opposed the invitation , condemning it as " high treason , in violation of the Laws … and that allegiance which I ow 'd to the Soveraigne and which I had confirm 'd by my solemn oath " . |