Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [v-ing] [adv prt] with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they were not ‘ luxuries ’ but , in the higher standard of living , had become essentials for anyone with the modest ambition of keeping up with the Jones 's — wireless sets , gramophones , motor bikes , motor cars , vacuum cleaners , geysers , Oxford Bags , artificial silk stockings , tennis racquets and steel-shafted mashie niblicks . |
| 2 | It did take a few minutes to get used to the cutting action of steadying the saw on it shoe , starting the motor , then gradually starting the cut by pivoting down with the blade , but it was a knack soon acquired . |
| 3 | Management gurus have done their best , picking over the bones of ‘ world-class ’ firms in the hope of coming up with the Magic Formula . |
| 4 | Iain Grainger , an executive with the Aberdeen-based subsea contractor , Rockwater , which is among pioneers of the technique , said it would be a natural step to integrate subsea production equipment for towing out with the pipeline bundles . |
| 5 | For them , it is more a question of getting on with the job . |
| 6 | There was just time for England and Australia to fit in the final Test before getting on with the serious business — serious to those for whom dollar signs are important — of dashing round the country playing game after game after game of the Benson and Hedges World Series Cup . |
| 7 | Now that 's that 's just sort of coming out with the answer . |
| 8 | DEAN RICHARDS and Martin Bayfield both gave England team manager Geoff Cooke a scare before joining up with the Grand Slam squad . |
| 9 | Winona Ryder is the reluctant member of the elite ‘ Heathers ’ crowd who becomes an unwitting murderess after hooking up with the new boy at school , rough diamond Christian Slater — giving his best Jack Nicholson impersonation . |
| 10 | At last the Eastern Bloc nations might have a chance of catching up with the West , and we owe them a debt . |
| 11 | Saturday 's defeat of leaders Muckamore by Cregagh left Holywood with an excellent chance of catching up with the leaders , but on Sunday they conspired to lose all wickets for a mere when chasing Carrick 's total of 177 . |
| 12 | The BBC itself , via its Enterprises section , rescued the day by coming up with the other half of a total £450,000 budget . |
| 13 | As for Willie Aitchison , who was felled by a ball on the knee on Wednesday , this game old caddie was having no difficulty in going along with the hospital 's recommendations . |
| 14 | Their weight is an advantage , as they almost level themselves , needing only the minimum of tapping down with the handle of a club hammer . |
| 15 | I should like to thank all our workforce , the majority of whom are of course remaining with the company , for their impressive commitment to getting on with the job in hand , despite the company 's problems . |
| 16 | Will he further commend the Secretary of State for pushing on with the tests , despite the opposition of the National Union of Teachers , the Labour party and the Liberal Democrats ? |
| 17 | The thief then bound his feet , wrists and mouth with tape and left him face down on the office floor before making off with the money in Barry 's car . |
| 18 | LANCASHIRE 'S prolific run-scorer Neil Fairbrother ( left ) and Middlesex 's exciting young spinner Phil Tufnell get into the Christmas spirit before joining up with the rest of their England colleagues who fly off on Monday for the winter tour to India . |
| 19 | SCO says it decision was based primarily on Intel Corp 's reported success in catching up with the performance promised by the ACE environment , and that it will re-focus its Open Desktop Unix efforts on the forthcoming P5 80586 part . |
| 20 | Now , though , I am saying that being reasonable is partly a matter of falling in with the conventions — in time and place — of an intellectual form of life or culture ; and this surely raises the spectre of relativism . |
| 21 | This will prevent the seam from tightening up with the result that it could be shorter than the surrounding fabric . |
| 22 | Both you and the Council can ask the Committee to adjourn and fix a later date for carrying on with the rest of the proceedings . |
| 23 | When we do find one , it takes me and my tech about a month to get it into shape for going out with the band . ’ |
| 24 | Staff already have challenging task of keeping up with the demands of an ever changing national curriculum , if every book they bought cost seventeen and a half per cent more they 'd simply have to buy fewer books . |
| 25 | The Isla , which has drawn power from tributaries high in the Grampian mountains , then adds further strength from the likes of the Ardle and the Ericht before linking up with the Tay . |