Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | A way of starting in shallow water that involves stepping on to the board with the rig already in the sailing position . |
| 2 | Half convinced , she shrugged philosophically and turned to leave the apartment 's square entrance hall in which they were standing , aware of Luke following her into the luxuriously appointed lounge , a long elegant room which ended in sliding glass doors opening on to a balcony with a view she had spent part of the afternoon enjoying , pretty green parkland dotted with ornamental ponds linked by a winding , deeply cut stream that was spanned by the occasional arched stone bridge . |
| 3 | The library was a comfortable brown room with tall windows to floor level and doors opening on to the terrace with its crumbling balustrade and ornamental urns . |
| 4 | She was walking down towards the ferry with Mr Clark and found the way blocked by a stationary train of wagons . |
| 5 | On reconnaissance nights , the submarine had to use precious hours of moonless darkness while she charged her batteries before trimming down in the water with her saddle-tanks just awash , the slight swell breaking occasionally over the casing . |
| 6 | It assured him of his right to be here and he picked it up and put it in his jacket pocket before walking through into the hall with its white doors leading to the reception rooms . |
| 7 | Driving back from a game with fellow coloureds , he stopped at a white sports ground to watch a match played by members of the SACU . |
| 8 | The demand may be advertised in one or more newspapers if the demand is for payment of a sum due under a judgment or order and the creditor knows or believes that the debtor has absconded or is keeping out of the way with a view to avoiding service and there is no real prospect of the debt being recovered by any enforcement action . |
| 9 | ‘ Office girls were screaming uncontrollably and walking about in a daze with blood pouring from them , ’ said witness Helen Millican . |
| 10 | Says Harrison : ‘ I was thrashing about in the water with all my clothes on and ended up being dragged down . |
| 11 | ‘ Do after your kind , ’ said Radulfus , looking down at the pair with a face almost as blanched as the prior 's , ‘ and so must I. Jerome , ’ he said , with absolute and steely authority , ‘ look up and face me . ’ |
| 12 | He stood up and picked up the candle and went wandering off into the shadows with it . |
| 13 | ‘ Good day to thee , sire , ’ Blind Hugh began , and found himself looking up into a face with four eyes in it . |
| 14 | Sir , — May I congratulate the photographer who took the picture in last week 's edition showing a young boy looking up at the Queen with wonderment and awe . |
| 15 | ‘ Gngh ? ’ he said , looking up at the woman with a puzzled frown . |
| 16 | It is possible that the origin is naval and dates from the 16th Century when ‘ sucking the monkey ’ described the tapping and topping up of a coconut with rum before the milk mix was sucked from it . |
| 17 | Grace 's mother was in the room now , and she was looking out of the window with her husband and daughter . |
| 18 | DS Shaw who , amongst other things , acted as the squad 's quartermaster , would see to the hiring , and fitting out of the rooms with equipment from central stores . |
| 19 | I 'm sneaking a moment on deck before breakfast , feeling limp and watching a heron gliding around like a poker with a crick in its neck , when there 's a North country whisper behind me . |
| 20 | How this reminds me of old times , ’ she sighed , looking round at the hall with its decorated stalls and paper chains and lanterns hanging from the rafters . |
| 21 | Anyone who imagines that a British Chancellor of the Exchequer could , wholly independently , determine interest rates here without considering what was going on in a Europe with a single currency , with all the other member countries belonging to it , is totally wrong . |
| 22 | It was less easy to convince herself that the thought of lying down on the bench with fitzAlan , with hardly a stitch of clothing between them , did n't scare the wits out of her . |
| 23 | It 's not like us nipping down for a pint with the vicar ! ’ |
| 24 | If I 'm going down to the pub with my mates , I will probably just wear jeans but , again , I 'll wear a nice shirt and smart shoes . |
| 25 | Yeah , I saw , I passed him this morning going down to the garage with some wood |
| 26 | Well , your mother came rushing in from the car with a rare display of energy and snatched it from the fellow 's hands . |
| 27 | There are countless individual stories encapsulated in the photographs of migrant workers arriving at Continental stations or commuters pouring into the London termini , of the Jews being herded on to trains headed for the death-camps , or of armies departing for half a dozen different wars — the brave , cheerful , youthful faces of a nation 's young men heading off for the rendezvous with destiny . |
| 28 | Their fortunes will become more divided than before : some are waking up from the party with happier memories than others . |
| 29 | ‘ All she could remember was waking up in a shower with him four hours after drinking with him . |
| 30 | ‘ All she could remember was waking up in a shower with him , four hours after drinking with him . ’ |