Example sentences of "[pers pn] [v-ing] with the " in BNC.

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1 I could hear them fumbling with the ladder at the window .
2 But they put their foot down when it came to maths and they caught me grappling with the colour scheme of a kestrel .
3 Designed by Matthew Holmes , 168 of the 18 inch goods locomotives of N.B.R. class ‘ C ’ ( later LNER class J-36 ) were built between 1888 and 1900 , with 25 of them serving with the Railway Operating Division in France .
4 lock Peter Bell got them going with the opening score …
5 It provides us with the data , but school children will probably lose interest , so I 've decided to keep them going with the , and they 're quite happy about that .
6 So are you helping with the catering side or are you running a cake stall ?
7 The testimony of a witness in a case tried at Matara early in the nineteenth century illustrates the lack of plausibility of much court testimony : ‘ I saw the two prisoners drive a head of cattle — It was in the high road — It was about two hours before dark — We asked them where are you going with the animal — Is this not the animal of the schoolmaster .
8 What is she doing with the guitar to produce that look of dreamy ecstasy ?
9 How are you coping with the BOTTOM TONER exercise ?
10 How 're you doing with the , the drink ?
11 What you doing with the a cup of tea .
12 Him and David a few beers What you doing with the mum ?
13 What are you doing with the tape ?
14 Well what are you doing with the those unicorn things ?
15 What are you doing with the water ?
16 What you doing with the fringe then , just that 'd be like fringe .
17 And now where er , what you doing with the gravy , put it , let the people
18 Sure , how are you doing with the , the drink .
19 ‘ She 'd probably heard rumours , and did n't like you fraternizing with the enemy camp . ’
20 Are you playing with the telephone ?
21 What arrangement are you making with the contemporary artists whom you represent ?
22 ‘ If the fans see you working with the right attitude , they 'll get behind you .
23 Now , are we sticking with the allocation that we had in the past , peoples responsibility , or when we change them in this sort of way are we mucking them about ? 'Cos I like to know what I am responsible for and what I 'm not .
24 ‘ If we 're both here , why are we bothering with the phone ? ’
25 It did not , however , stop them continuing with the innovation in the next school year , after making some modifications to the scheme of work .
26 They bade goodnight to Joe and left him struggling with the two inebriates .
27 We also find him toying with the idea of writing an arthuriad , choosing his subject from English history .
28 One can see him grappling with the difficulty in his poem-cum-essay ‘ The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm 's Son ’ , published in 1953 , the year before The Fellowship of the Ring .
29 Now I 've seen him interfering with the smoke alarm now !
30 Alex recounted her meeting with the young painter and they laughed together .
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