Example sentences of "[v-ing] it with [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She shook her head at that , denying it with vigour . |
| 2 | Between 200 and 500 miners are said to be inside the park , polluting it with mercury , and local politicians appear reluctant to remove them . |
| 3 | Various techniques to promote reflux while imaging have been attempted , such as abdominal cuffing , in which a binder is placed over the abdomen and the pressure is increased by inflating it with air . |
| 4 | As a matter of fact , as I was larding my toast with the old Maria Schneider this morning , preparatory to sprinkling it with Ecstasy , I worked out a scenario involving eight women , providing one of them was Indian and none were dressed as Carmelites . |
| 5 | She could hear Betty reigning below in the kitchen , shuffling plates and boiling water , and doubtless adding some original touches to the toast : slicing it laterally perhaps , or dusting it with cinnamon . |
| 6 | Others are opportunists , killing anything they can catch and devouring it with relish . |
| 7 | She was pleasantly surprised to see that we use real food and the only cheating is to under-cook it , sometimes brushing it with oil or water to keep it moist . |
| 8 | This would generate the extra revenue needed to pay the higher cost of replacing nuclear energy with biomass , compared to replacing it with fossil fuels . |
| 9 | Scald and skin the tomatoes by placing them in a bowl , pouring boiling water over them , counting to fifteen before pouring off the hot water and replacing it with cold . |
| 10 | Here , in the valleys of the Rivers Zamora and Upano , several generations of colonists had cleared much of the forest , replacing it with pasture grazed by cattle . |
| 11 | The Komsomol was to be split into republican bodies , and it was proposed to disband it , replacing it with youth wings of several parties and a non-political youth organization . |
| 12 | Through the creation and maintenance of that image , she gave access to a particular source of energy , to a kind of mythology that fed the life of the court and country , uniting her realm under a common symbol and filling it with colour and vitality . |
| 13 | Even more annoyed by that intrusive thought , Guy scowled furiously as Isabel rose and took a beaker from the table , filling it with water from the pail . |
| 14 | In even smaller gardens the only solution may be a bamboo wigwam smothered with runner beans , into which junior can crawl and consider , if not the lilies , why Mum and Dad are digging a huge hole in the lawn and filling it with sand . |
| 15 | Aunt Tone and the family 's two children , Josh and Becky , and Becky 's infant daughter , Iona , were already in the dining room , filling it with bustle and chat . |
| 16 | It 's no good just digging a big hole and filling it with acid soil ; the surrounding limey water soon seeps in . |
| 17 | He touched one of the chessmen , a crenallated castle , caressing it with pride . |
| 18 | We are looking for people who can accept that the past has passed and , whilst remembering it with fondness , can also look to the future and view what it might bring with a degree of optimism and hope . |
| 19 | A lot more than just fitting it with leather , walnut and air conditioning . |
| 20 | Dr Woodall , 32 , denied this , saying he had produced 80,000 bottles of the non-alcoholic elderflower drink without anyone confusing it with champagne . |
| 21 | Although ‘ orthodox ’ theory disregards orthogenesis ( often confusing it with rectilinearity ) the existence of ‘ laws of growth ’ was recognised by Darwin , although he failed to synthesise their role in relation to the environment and vastly overemphasised the power and importance of natural selection . |
| 22 | Cover the top of the cake drum with the sandpaper , securing it with glue and trimming to fit . |
| 23 | Once the glue is dry you should place the photograph in the correct position , securing it with masking tape . |
| 24 | Alternatively the whole could be whitened by flooding it with alkali and the design etched on , probably with a solution of copper nitrate . |
| 25 | ‘ We have a tradition in our home of setting up a little crib and surrounding it with Nativity figures . |
| 26 | A core of topics/issues now exists and trainers select from this , supplementing it with material that is directly relevant to the college or subject area . |
| 27 | Castro scored a great propaganda victory as the official American role in training the exile force , and in providing it with air cover in unmarked planes , became clear . |
| 28 | I mean , you know , if you see an advert in the paper that tells you that every fifty pence you spend is going to save a child 's life by providing it with Diralite or providing it with food that it needs for a money , or something like that , I mean how can you justify keeping any fifty pences at all yourself ? |
| 29 | I mean , you know , if you see an advert in the paper that tells you that every fifty pence you spend is going to save a child 's life by providing it with Diralite or providing it with food that it needs for a money , or something like that , I mean how can you justify keeping any fifty pences at all yourself ? |
| 30 | Ferranti continued with presentations yesterday to the group of more than 10 companies believed to have expressed an interest in bidding for the company or providing it with equity capital . |