Example sentences of "[coord] [noun pl] [v-ing] with the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Sometimes for this reason civic dignitaries or merchants trading with the country from which the ambassador came would turn out to swell the column of men and vehicles and deepen the impression made on those who watched . |
2 | This may be associated with financial or housing problems , loneliness , problems with relationships , or difficulties coping with the responsibility of having a tiny baby . |
3 | He reminded me again of a puppet , with his out-of-proportion head and stubby little arms and legs waggling with the exertion of punching the ‘ fire ’ button and jiggling the positioning joystick . |
4 | The book includes facts and statistics on gender violence and gives a list of organisations and publications dealing with the subject in different countries . |
5 | The book includes facts and statistics on gender violence and gives a list of organisations and publications dealing with the subject in different countries . |
6 | Isabel remained very still for a minute , thinking about how much worse she must look with red-rimmed eyes and tears mingling with the dirt on her face . |
7 | There should be beadles placed at every corner , each covering his own section of the market place , and others mingling with the crowd . |
8 | There was a cultural bias against them too : much of British theatre and cinema in the fifties and sixties was peopled by heroes and anti-heroes wrestling with the small-mindedness of the lower-middle class . |