Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [adv prt] with [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 On Aug. 28 , the Interior Minister , Daouda Rabiou , made a statement on national television apparently going along with the men 's action , and the government subsequently seemed powerless to do otherwise .
2 Only in the former case , where the plasma is in equilibrium , its particles randomly moving around with a distribution of energies , does the concept of ‘ temperature ’ have a true meaning and the possibility of sustained thermo -nuclear fusion exist .
3 The theory seems to be ( 1 ) that some act — noticing a resemblance — must precede uttering the word ‘ white ’ for the person who utters the word genuinely to be describing the object , and not merely coming out with the words , ‘ It 's white ’ as might a parrot , no matter what it was shown ; and ( 2 ) that the resemblance the theory requires one to have noticed , which is supposed to justify one 's calling it white as opposed , say , to blue , is what one is referring to when one calls the object ‘ white ’ .
4 Marie , sick and trembling , overwhelmed with fear and guilt at her own actions , was already kneeling down with a dustpan and brush , sweeping up the broken glass from the tomato-sauce bottle that had been on the table .
5 Liam Conway , Claire Breslin , Adrian Rouiller and Margaret McConkey , all of AIB Dublin , made a formidable line up behind Martin , finally ending up with a total of 889 in the crucial last game .
6 As Crawford , Winner and the ten-person film unit prepared to start work in the War Memorial Gallery , not exactly blending in with the surroundings , those on the floor of the Stock Exchange looked up , started screaming and shouting , and threw paper darts .
7 There I was welcomed by Molly Braithwaite who demonstrated Medau movement and I was soon joining in with the others present .
8 If we 're doing add we 're just starting off with the counting numbers .
9 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 .
10 I 'm just sitting down with a drink and the news before dinner .
11 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 .
12 He had twice been badly wounded and was still hobbling around with a stick when he was given command of Fort Vaux , the smallest of the forts ringing Verdun but crucial to the defence of the important Fort Souville .
13 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 .
14 He packs his girlfriend in then went with Jane , but he was still going out with a girlfriend if you know what I mean .
15 There were quite a few battles before Pearce got British Aerospace on the road to privatisation , particularly with civil servants and ‘ officials who were not really responsible , but tended to sit on the sidelines criticising and always coming up with a reason why you could n't do anything . ’
16 It was not a position which enhanced his personal popularity , but while he was still coming up with the stories Murray 's position was unassailable .
17 Sun is still tinkering around with the Cypress Semiconductor Corp Ross Systems HyperSparc chip , having apparently not found a home for it yet : in benchmarks , the part outpaced the SuperSparc but by how much remains a mystery ; of course third parties people could buy the chip from Cypress direct and do their own MBus upgrades for Suns .
18 It was comparatively easy for them to follow courses on particular aircraft types or their engines ( which were mostly civil versions of military aircraft engines anyway ) to ensure that the engineering side of AIB was also keeping up with the times .
19 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 .
20 Mark was now speaking out with a vengeance .
21 People often feel that pinpointing a precise objective wastes time that could be used more productively getting on with the job in hand .
22 She apologized for skulking out of the way so shamelessly , she thanked me for saving the life of their beloved dog who was now prancing around with the children as though nothing had happened , and she finished with the regret that she had n't even asked me my name .
23 Women are now coming back with the end of an old , discontinued lipstick , or a favourite dress , and asking us to match it . ’
24 But he 's not really coming out with the answers .
25 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 .
26 The telephone broke into his thoughts with Paul Lane triumphantly coming through with the Essex number .
27 ‘ When we were hunters , two and a half million years ago roaming round with the monkeys , only 15–20 per cent of our diet was fat .
28 In Texas it may be described as the past constantly almost catching up with the future , leaving no stable present time .
29 He 'd shaken up Evans , first bawling him out then ending up with a show of confidence in him with the Havana .
30 2 men were seen walking away and then driving off with a woman and possibly another man .
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