Example sentences of "messing [adv prt] with the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But once I saw him lumbering down Ward Street , you know , opposite , and he was here as well , messing around with the television .
2 Can I just ask a question to start with because I was messing around with the camera and was it that he ha that he had no private pension policies at all ?
3 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 .
4 I tried all the channels from 1 to 40 in case the hijackers had been messing about with the rig in the truck , but still got nothing .
5 But could all this messing about with the type of tree affect the taste of the cider :
6 A small girl was messing about with the birthday cards in Mr Pascall 's shop .
7 Yes I know what you mean but I do n't fancy you messing about with the grasscutter .
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