Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] with one " in BNC.
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| 1 | Name any one person you know who 's walking around with one lung . ’ |
| 2 | We have seen that the Stonors and their associates served together on the Commission of the Peace , and the records of proceedings before the justices of the peace , although few in number , show how important such a group of local men was , acting along with one or two professional lawyers . |
| 3 | The waifs and strays from the Dead worldwide carnival are picnicking on blankets in the car park , wandering round with one finger up in the air murmuring ‘ Need a miracle ’ ( rough translations : Gissa ticket , guv ) , and generally making sure nobody gets into Wembley till well after their heroes have ambled onto the stage . |
| 4 | The waifs and strays from the Dead worldwide carnival are picnicking on blankets in the car park , wandering round with one finger up in the air murmuring ‘ Need a miracle ’ ( rough translations : Gissa ticket , guv ) , and generally making sure nobody gets into Wembley till well after their heroes have ambled onto the stage . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm going out with one of the jocks , ’ she excused herself flatly . |
| 6 | And , just as it is unnatural to spend all one 's time hopping on one leg , going about with one eye permanently closed or trying to work with one hand tied behind the back , it is unnatural to be so unbalanced . |
| 7 | Straggling , catching up with one another , keeping more or less together , they had wandered over half a mile down the fields , always following the course of the brook . |
| 8 | Welcome back … in a few minutes we 'll be catching up with one of the fastest men on water … |
| 9 | Daak had stopped half-way up the girder and , holding on with one hand , was flailing the air with his chainsword . |
| 10 | New Testbooks : Two new books of tests covering Starting Out and Getting On with one test per chapter and a Progress Chart for students to keep . |
| 11 | All sorts of things seemed to flood in , including the fact that I was not getting on with one of my attendants . |
| 12 | I find the serenity of mainstream forecasters in the face of their debâcle discreditable because they now gravely confuse the public discussion as they go on popping up with one optimistic forecast after another , without any meaningful explanation as to why they have been so wrong . |
| 13 | Finnan was staring at Madra , and Riven could see her staring back with one eyebrow raised , eyes steady . |
| 14 | " Well , I 've been sitting up with one of my best sows . |
| 15 | I ai n't faffing about with one of them ! |
| 16 | This plan came to grief , however , when Waters , in an attempt to establish friendly relations , gave a prospective producer a copy of one of his books , which showed the idiosyncratic director palling up with one of Charles Manson 's gang — a gesture which was in even worse taste than it might sound , as the producer proved to have been a good friend of one of the gang 's victims . |
| 17 | ‘ Modigliani ’ , someone said , ‘ you 've been three years fiddling about with one type of head and you 'll be another three on the new design . ’ |
| 18 | If she could say playfully , in public , that he had been fiddling about with one design for three years , their conversations on his work in private must have been explosive . |
| 19 | ‘ Hi , Dolle ’ , I 'd say , hopping about with one leg in my trousers . |