Example sentences of "was [adv] [v-ing] with his [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He was attached to his mother , but she died in 1926 , while Nasser was away living with his uncle in Cairo .
2 He afforded himself a quick glance at Plummer , who was still struggling with his spaghetti .
3 Ardamal just beat Kreig out of the door , while Dommer was still fumbling with his flamer .
4 ‘ You did n't care that Garry was still sleeping with his wife when he was supposed to be in love with you ? ’
5 In these last years of the war , he was simply continuing with his life , going on from day to day without much hope for the future .
6 Yesterday , serene as ever , Eric Clapton was there lunching with his photographer pal Terry O'Neill .
7 It was easier galloping with his head straight , and the horse could now see that the man was quite relaxed .
8 The first failed … but there was no messing with his second .
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