Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [v-ing] [adv prt] with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're occupying themselves writing out an account of their movements since Lorrimer was last seen alive and the local force are getting on with the preliminary checking of alibis . |
| 2 | A former 3rd Farnham scout was heading off with the Falklands-bound Navy task force as one of the mechanics servicing the Harrier jump-jets aboard HMS Hermes . |
| 3 | The engine of the big mechanical monster was ticking over with the deep throb of impatient , reined-in horsepower . |
| 4 | A warm wind was coming in with the tide . |
| 5 | A small girl was messing about with the birthday cards in Mr Pascall 's shop . |
| 6 | The group is pressing on with the expansion and development of NET but really needs the embryonic United States economic recovery to develop swiftly if short term returns are to improve . |
| 7 | Mum is singing along with the last hymn . |
| 8 | Certainly the Antrim Technology Park is filling up with the sort of high technology software companies that any self-respecting Californian science park would like to have . |
| 9 | Time is catching up with the baldly-going heroes . |
| 10 | The insolvency department has moved to Southampton based Lyon Pilcher , the Salisbury office is closing down with the loss of four jobs , and Gaynor Harris is back where she started with the Southampton practice ( to be known as Hook Harris ) which she has bought from the old partnership with Charles Bullworthy , with money borrowed from family and friends . |
| 11 | And Russian demand for energy is collapsing along with the country 's industries . |
| 12 | From the blurred picture you can see the vital point when the clubhead is catching up with the hands . |
| 13 | ‘ She was out of the oxygen tent earlier- and her temperature was coming down with the antibiotics but then when she came to … she opened her eyes and suddenly seemed to go into a panic . |