Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] 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 | And the entire staff and management committee at Monte Samana were bubbling over with the news that old Mrs Richards had a boyfriend . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Unlike Michelle in Eastenders , my situation was quite different as I was going out with the father of my son . |
| 9 | I thought that was the mate who was going out with the blonde you know . |
| 10 | Occasionally Group Captain Bennett would poke his nose in to make sure everyone was getting on with the job and not larking about . |
| 11 | She 's not the one that was coming round with the baby ? |
| 12 | no , it was Michelle that was coming round with the baby |
| 13 | She 's not the one that was coming around with the baby ? |
| 14 | It was Michelle who was coming around with the baby . |
| 15 | A warm wind was coming in with the tide . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The Collector nodded to Ford who was standing by with the portfire . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Can I just ask a question to start with because I was messing around with the camera and was it that he ha that he had no private pension policies at all ? |
| 20 | A small girl was messing about with the birthday cards in Mr Pascall 's shop . |
| 21 | I observed him warily , waiting for the outburst I felt certain was infusing along with the coffee , but he remained impassive and finished the meal by stoically downing a litre or so of the espresso blend , a large tin box of Amaretti di Saronno and eight grappa . |
| 22 | 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 . |