Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [adv] with the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In the meantime , they were pressing on with the task of handing leaflets to anyone prepared to take one , and taking limited encouragement from the presence of a junior Labour front-bencher , Kate Hoey , at their conference fringe meeting . |
| 3 | ‘ I was asking , Preston , how you were getting on with the Devil . ’ |
| 4 | We do not send you copies of every letter we write , minutes of every meeting we attend , etc because we assumed you would realise we were getting on with the job . |
| 5 | Diane was just thinking that she 'd go around to the back and see how the Venetz sisters were getting along with the buffet , when somebody moved in and stood beside her ; Pete McCarthy , wearing a more-or-less new jacket and a pleasant smile , his tie already undone . |
| 6 | Aubrey , watching the three excitedly making plans , was sensitive enough not to mention the news he had received a few days ' earlier from his mother — that Madeleine and Dunbar were coming home with the regiment . |
| 7 | And the entire staff and management committee at Monte Samana were bubbling over with the news that old Mrs Richards had a boyfriend . |
| 8 | It was Grandad 's basic contention in life that whenever you were cycling downhill with the wind behind you and the sun on your back and never a care in the world , some little bugger nipped out of a bush and stuck a spike in your spokes . |
| 9 | Most of pop 's pretensions to offering social commentary for all were waning along with The Clash and the 2-Tone contingent , and a new ethic of dance-and-forget prevailed . |
| 10 | Nervous trembles ached in her legs and the floor was vibrating fractionally with the movement of some train deep underground . |
| 11 | With my back against the stout trunk of an oak tree I crouched still , hoping that my green anorak was blending nicely with the surround , and trying to ignore the gnats which promptly and itchily invaded my scalp . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He was trembling now with the intensity of his detestation , his voice precarious with passion . |
| 14 | In your letter dated Tue , 18 Jan 94 10:25:54 MET , you wrote : If I thought Wilko was going there with the intent to win I might feel a little happier , but with the form as it is I think we 'll wind up in one of those boring 1–0 or 2–0 defeats where nothing exciting happens in the game . |
| 15 | Unlike Michelle in Eastenders , my situation was quite different as I was going out with the father of my son . |
| 16 | I thought that was the mate who was going out with the blonde you know . |
| 17 | Occasionally Group Captain Bennett would poke his nose in to make sure everyone was getting on with the job and not larking about . |
| 18 | I enjoyed physical exercise , but I also enjoyed the thought that I was getting away with the sort of behaviour commonly considered inappropriate to a sixteen-year-old girl . |
| 19 | When the Halliday brothers eventually sighted Johnstone , the boat was drifting aimlessly with the tide . |
| 20 | Duncan was coming closer with the brush and a big bucket , emptying ashtrays and mopping things . |
| 21 | She 's not the one that was coming round with the baby ? |
| 22 | no , it was Michelle that was coming round with the baby |
| 23 | She 's not the one that was coming around with the baby ? |
| 24 | It was Michelle who was coming around with the baby . |
| 25 | A warm wind was coming in with the tide . |
| 26 | He caught a glimpse of Sheldukher who , with his usual instinct for self preservation , was scurrying off with the Cell case tucked under his arm . |
| 27 | President Carlos Andrés Pérez declared that the strike was not justified because the government was dealing successfully with the country 's " serious problems " . |
| 28 | The Collector nodded to Ford who was standing by with the portfire . |
| 29 | She must have had a posting , or else obtained her demob while I was still at Binbrook , because I have a distinct memory of Sheila hammering nails into this crate before despatching it to her new destination , and scornfully refusing all help from J. , who was standing by with the hammer and nails . |
| 30 | A liar or perjurer stood in the docks , a great whetstone round his neck , a placard proclaiming that he was a false perjurer and breaker of oaths ; beside him a hapless youth who had stolen a leg of mutton and was standing there with the piece of meat , now well decaying and buzzing with flies , slung round his neck . |