Example sentences of "[v-ing] down with a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marie , sick and trembling , overwhelmed with fear and guilt at her own actions , was already kneeling down with a dustpan and brush , sweeping up the broken glass from the tomato-sauce bottle that had been on the table . |
| 2 | walking down with a |
| 3 | When father and son were alone David stood warming his hands at the brazier , and looking down with a clouded face into the red glow . |
| 4 | Finch had picked up some Arabic and heard the interpreter translating the image into a metaphysical one about a camel ( whichever is a camel ) lying down with a camel ( whichever is a camel ) . |
| 5 | Five pirates were on their feet , and another man was lying down with a head wound . |
| 6 | I do n't know if I 'm going down with a cold or something . |
| 7 | I thought I would look up and see King Tut staring down with a hacksaw blade in his hand . ’ |
| 8 | Isambard caught up both , and stood for a moment staring down with a formidable frown at Harry , who nursed his bruised wrists and glared back , expecting a blow and tensing every muscle to receive it without a tremor . |
| 9 | " I hope you 're not coming down with a fever , dear , " said my mother . |
| 10 | Eliot could not it first hear it either and bending down with a friendly expression , asked her to repeat the name . |
| 11 | " Not , " Steven said , sitting forward and tapping the desk as Mr Starke sat back , slumping down with a sigh in his seat and shaking his head , smiling slightly , " because I wanted to , either . |
| 12 | In ‘ B ’ Shop , the overhead crane is sweeping down with a new Bedford axle . |
| 13 | It was good to be sitting down with a family for dinner even though I did n't understand everything the Frenchman and his wife were talking about . |
| 14 | I 'm just sitting down with a drink and the news before dinner . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , whatever was that ? ’ she used to cry , sitting down with a thump on anything that was handy , whenever one of them exploded within hearing . |
| 16 | The next task is to cut the hide to a more manageable size , and I assumed that the straps would be cut out at this stage , so looked around for someone sitting down with a steel rule and a knife . |
| 17 | The truly interested would undoubtedly be better off sitting down with a less amusing but ultimately more useful camcorder manual . |
| 18 | So it was then a question of just sitting down with a blank sheet of paper and starting to draw , because a Designer thinks about structures and design only by doing it , by drawing what 's in his mind . |
| 19 | ‘ I did n't expect this treatment from my father 's oldest friend , ’ said Monks angrily , sitting down with a frown on his face . |
| 20 | ‘ What have you learned , Lili ? ’ asked my mother , at last sitting down with a cup of tea before her . |
| 21 | Sitting down with a slip of graph paper and jotting down a few ideas will help , you make sense of your thoughts . |
| 22 | Then he saw Stefan , blue round the chin , sitting down with a plate of rolls and butter and a jug of milk . |
| 23 | It 's really good for sitting down with a meal and just forgetting about work . |
| 24 | 1 Settling down with a book can be a chilly experience if there 's no blanket to snuggle beneath . |
| 25 | As it was , she pumped me about every move the Binkworthys had made since their arrival before settling down with a mug of Bovril and a packet of Salt ‘ n ’ Vinegar to watch American Football on the box . |