Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [adv prt] with the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | If we 're doing add we 're just starting off with the counting numbers . |
2 | And she was reported to have er have said when they when they took her out , that there would be nothing nothing grow on the site of the house but runcho And I do n't know the they were awful hungry for land in that day you ken and there was quite , there was more than one occasion there was old folk just putting up with the house just to get the land that it stood on . |
3 | A homoeopathic doctor would give a remedy selected to help the body in its fight against the virus — thus working along with the body 's healing force ; whereas an orthodox doctor might give aspirin or some other drug to bring down the fever — thus , in effect , working against the body 's healing force . |
4 | Back in New York , John Wilcock was still writing his column , still hanging out with the Realist 's Paul Krassner , and had moved from New York Times travel writing to travel books , indeed an opus on Mexico had begun to open — or dilate — his eyes to drugs . |
5 | Apple Computer Inc 's Apple USA unit cut prices on the PowerBook Duo 210 4/80 , Duo 230 4/80 , Duo 230 4/120 and Duo 230 4/120 with modem , by between 10% and 18% : it says it is now catching up with the demand . |
6 | People often feel that pinpointing a precise objective wastes time that could be used more productively getting on with the job in hand . |
7 | Women are now coming back with the end of an old , discontinued lipstick , or a favourite dress , and asking us to match it . ’ |
8 | Zapp is simply keeping up with the state of the art ; he is more convinced than ever that professionalism is its own justification and reward . |
9 | In Texas it may be described as the past constantly almost catching up with the future , leaving no stable present time . |
10 | Sometimes it 's worth going away for a while and letting her think she 's beaten you , and then coming back with the food a few hours later . |
11 | So I was actually messing around with the Tax Officer for quite a while because I was on demob leave and I was also working so he was n't gon na let me have two lots of sa wages . |