Example sentences of "[vb past] [v-ing] with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same was true when I tried recording with the ME-6 through a Fostex desk onto cassette . |
| 2 | The second tactic employed by the authorities related specifically to the Snowball campaign and involved dealing with the symbolic fence-cutting as the offence of criminal damage . |
| 3 | He had partly explained why he needed her help , how it involved complying with the terms of his uncle 's will , although he had n't admitted yet why he needed the money so desperately . |
| 4 | The priest frowned and sighed , and then tried reasoning with the child , but only half-heartedly , his enthusiasm for this particular subject having long gone , so often had he had to cover this ground . |
| 5 | He advised finishing with the architect in Manchester and " getting a local man in " . |
| 6 | She closed her eyes to hide her revulsion as he pressed his open mouth against hers and began fumbling with the buttons of her bush shirt . |
| 7 | When he saw Duclos striding back across the compound dragging a young Annamese boy behind him , he smiled quietly to himself , stepped back into his bedroom and began fumbling with the buttons of his silk shirt . |
| 8 | He had with him his daughter and her husband , Lord and Lady Brabourne , their fourteen-year-old twin sons , Nicholas and Timothy Knatchbull , Lord Brabourne 's elderly mother , and Paul Maxwell , a local lad who enjoyed helping with the boat . |
| 9 | Rachel paused by her desk and began toying with the telephone cord . |
| 10 | I really enjoyed experimenting with the Utopia , although I would argue that while one company 's products are undoubtedly the most compatible from the technical standpoint they might not be the best combination for sound — something hi-fi buffs have known for years . |
| 11 | Profiled recently in this magazine , Madame Yevonde was a highly influential but sadly unsung pioneer of colour photography who began experimenting with the new Vivex colour print process in the early thirties and was soon producing work of startling and refreshing originality . |
| 12 | Graham began climbing with the Edinburgh JMCS and shared first ascents of significant Scottish routes like Parallel B Gully , Lochnager ( 1958 ) , Smith 's gully on Creag Meaghaidh ( 1959 ) and Vanishing Gully on Ben Nevis ( 1961 ) . |
| 13 | When she emerged , she responded with a grunt to Melissa 's , ‘ Good morning , ’ and began wrestling with the bar that controlled the window shutters . |
| 14 | He took a gulp from his drink and began fidgeting with the cutlery . |
| 15 | Sails began splitting with the sound of gunfire , and with no spares they were sewn up in situ — an incredibly dangerous task in a full gale . |
| 16 | He looked away and began twiddling with the curtain cord . |
| 17 | He kept saying how their fortunes had taken a turn for the better from the moment Alice began playing with the group . |
| 18 | Putting that aside , I enjoyed playing with the various contraptions which was both fun and time filling ( during boring lunch hours ! ) |
| 19 | Gedge was keen to keep parents and old friends informed and began corresponding with the local paper , The Middleton Guardian . |
| 20 | Some Australians came out of the shower room and began arguing with the merry sub-human guard : |
| 21 | Steve pulled the duvet over the two of them and began fiddling with the remote control . |
| 22 | He transferred his attention to his gold wristwatch and began fiddling with the bracelet . |
| 23 | He began fiddling with the tripod and did n't answer . |
| 24 | I enjoyed working with the outside tradesmen . |
| 25 | I enjoyed working with the children . |
| 26 | He saw how every little niggling thing old Andy had given him to do counted — how one developed his muscle , another his eye , a third his judgement of time and distance ; how each hour he spent working with the foremast hands taught him to know and understand them better against the day when such men as they were would look to him for guidance . |
| 27 | So after I finished Sleeping With The Enemy I walked Pennine Way to release all the pent-up aggression and that helped , ’ he says . |
| 28 | Allison acknowledges that there was a slightly strained period when he first began working with the group , but he found Charman particularly antagonistic . |
| 29 | We began working with the campesino cooperative , Union Nacional de Comunidades del Frente para la Liberacion ( UNACOFL ) and the Health Brigade " Manuel Federico Castillo " . |
| 30 | Ulysse and Brutus , both low-ranking males , soon moved in and started eating with the dominant females , who showed no aggression towards them . |