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

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1 ‘ Be there — or you 'll really get fucked , ’ he hissed , jabbing a manicured index finger at my face and transfixing me with lifeless black eyes .
2 He said that he will be continuing with Mary 's work of dealing with residents ' worries and complaints — ‘ pointing them in the direction of the right person to help them ’ — and assisting them with official forms , etc .
3 He began gathering the books together , handling them with exaggerated care and opening them a second time to gaze at Melissa 's signature .
4 He made his way through the twisting streets of the harbour district , crossing the little squares where the market traders were spreading linen sheets on the ground before decking them with neat conical piles of vegetables and spices whose reds , yellows and greens shone out brightly against the white .
5 He has been a fantastic friend helping me with financial work . ’
6 It seems right to see Hubble 's greatness in recognising splendid opportunities and pursuing them with utmost devotion and superb vision .
7 They stole the birdfood and embarrassed the cats , screaming imprecations while eluding them with flying leaps .
8 If we lose them as doubting teenagers by not stimulating them with well-made and provocative stories , what kind of audiences will we have left when they become adults ? ’
9 At five o'clock in the morning Ada Neumann would have been in her kitchen , simmering the dozens of doughnut-shaped rolls in hot water for a few minutes before baking them in the oven , glazing them with egg-white and then showering them with sesame seeds .
10 Sunlight streamed through the arched windows , dusting her with pale gold as she hurried along the Aubusson carpet that stretched the length of the gallery .
11 He caught her up in his arms , carrying her through to the bedroom , disrobing her with eager , predatory fingers until she stood naked except for the glint of gold at her throat .
12 The slide of bodies bathed in perspiration ceased as Luke shuddered and stilled momentarily before moving to kneel over her , surveying her with glittering eyes , his shadow cast over her , and Maria fell back against the pillows with a hoarse sob , wordlessly pleading with him to end the torment , aching for him , needing to feel him inside her , hating him for prolonging her agony like this and resenting the control that enabled him to do it .
13 They were especially critical of the assumption that one can explain a form of behaviour simply by observing its incidence and correlating it with other variables .
14 Lake Windermere 's ranger 's annual report has accused boat owners of polluting it with raw sewage and spent fuel , leading to noxious smells in warm weather .
15 Weller is trying to make political idealism glamorous by linking it with being a stylist , and validate being a stylist by aligning it with political ideals .
16 Despite his desire to secure the dominance of holism by equating it with social scientific explanation , Miller 's argument only sustains a weaker claim ; for his distinction between holism and individualism suggests that there is a place for both types of explanation .
17 X owned an ox which , while his servants were driving it with due care through a town , entered the shop of Y , an ironmonger , through an open door .
18 As a change and to provide more nourishment , try pouring yogurt over them and topping them with fresh fruit .
19 England lost all three of their Tests and West Indies won two of theirs , but neither side liked the arrangement of interspersing them with one-day games that were part of the new Benson and Hedges World Series Cup .
20 One particular Easter , a beautiful day , I remember an overwhelming fear filling me with absolute terror as we stood outside the ticket office after returning from a journey .
21 filling me with warm salt
22 This illusion was achieved by slightly blinding them with blue lamps facing them and lowering dummy bodies from the flies .
23 He wanted to finish reading the works of Walter Machin that were available , perhaps have a good look at Gerald Seymour-Strachey 's autobiography and other writings , talk to people who knew Machin — grilling senior citizens in pubs , as he put it to himself : filling them with weak beer to stimulate their weaker memories .
24 Toddler walks with her had been a superhuman test of patience as she squatted by every puddle , slowly stirring the water with sticks , and picked up myriads of stones , tenderly brushing them free of earth and inserting them with infinite laboriousness into pockets already grinding with pebbles .
25 ‘ We 're in the process of replacing them with beta-carotene and the packaging will be changed to indicate that . ’
26 Fifthly , rebellion , giving up the conventional goals and means and replacing them with new ones .
27 Family and guests could be heard playing charades and blindman 's buff in the drawing room , and Mr Priddy snuffed out the candles , replacing them with new ones ready for tea at about ten in the evening when the table would again be laden with sweetmeats and delicacies .
28 The government ordered the dismissal of nearly all 3,000 of its customs inspectors in early December , replacing them with new recruits , in an effort to reduce bribery and corruption and improve efficiency .
29 Historical research has thus proved more successful in demolishing old myths and theories about the relationship between crime and social change than it has in replacing them with sustainable generalizations .
30 The British swept aside traditional food-and-agriculture systems in all the countries they ruled , replacing them with food-store and cash-cropping .
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