Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] with [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I recently heard of a family who invited to church some friends who were staying with them for the weekend . |
| 2 | And then , on the verge of sleep , she was crashing with him through the bushes of that dreadful wood , feeling the briars scratching her legs , the low twigs whipping against her cheeks , staring with him as the pool of light from the torch shone down on that grotesque and mutilated face . |
| 3 | The doctor was walking with them towards the private rooms . |
| 4 | My maternal grandmother was living with us at the time , it having been decided that her flat in Highgate should be closed down for the duration of the war , and she circulated between the homes of her son and three daughters so that she could be looked after . |
| 5 | Naturally he would assume that Richard was staying with her for the weekend . |
| 6 | After we had been at school for about three years Arnold Hodson , who had been Consul in Southern Abyssinia , was staying with us at the beginning of the holidays . |
| 7 | The front door slammed distantly , the Aston Martin 's tyres scattered the gravel noisily on the drive , and still she stood there , torn inside , unmoving , until Charles came to see if she was coming with them to the hospital to visit Lucy . |
| 8 | Now we may never know what secrets it was towing with it in the clouds . |
| 9 | A couple of hours later Masha , placated , was standing with us in the workroom of Sigmund Freud in Hampstead . |
| 10 | Luckily I had a friend who had run the photo lab at Time magazine who was working with me on the technical side and we came up with this idea of trying to use Fujichrome 1600 . |