Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [v-ing] with [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah but effectively the customers are only dealing with plastic of |
| 2 | And those flowers are literally buzzing with honey-making , pollinating bees and greenfly-eating hoverflies . |
| 3 | There is still a sense in which the relation between words and object can be called ‘ arbitrary ’ , since we are not dealing with onomatopeia , but it is quite unproblematical . |
| 4 | I know that many killings are done for next to nothing but we are not dealing with street muggers or footloose louts , we are dealing with the middle-aged and the middle-class-people who know which side their bread is buttered and value their reputations almost more than their deeds and their share certificates . |
| 5 | Hungarian shops are not bulging with consumer goods like TV 's and so on , but there are excellent clothing and accessory shops with bargain prices . |
| 6 | If obese Type 2 patients who are not complying with diet are given sulphonylureas which stimulate insulin secretion or insulin itself , the consequences are all too frequently an even more obese patient with glycaemic control still very poor — a very undesirable situation . |
| 7 | If you are just starting with video , or even if you think you 're very familiar with it , try running through some of these familiarisation routines : |
| 8 | You 'll work until you 're literally dropping with tiredness . |
| 9 | ‘ You outrageous dyke , you 're just oozing with lust ! ’ he said . |
| 10 | Local Derbies on Merseyside or in Manchester are often dull and drab , but in Central South land , they 're usually overflowing with action and excitement . |
| 11 | ‘ People never are angry ; they 're always hurt , or surprised , or — when they 're simply boiling with rage — ‘ merely amused ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ We are still struggling with child sexual abuse and we are still trying to get it right from the child 's point of view . |
| 13 | A : You are both playing with fire and , although so far your clandestine relationship has been fairly innocent , if it develops any further , your daughter could stumble on the truth at any time . |
| 14 | They are also exploring with solvency regulators the possibility of advancing current-year profits , which would not normally be paid out until 1996 — perhaps up to 5% of names ' underwriting limits . |
| 15 | They are also playing with fire . |
| 16 | He noted his reading and his earnings : ‘ Thoreau I am now reading with interest and pleasure . |
| 17 | On the other hand , if you only use the present tense — ‘ I am now bursting with health ’ , while you have raging ‘ flu — your subconscious might believe this is your idea of good health , and do nothing ! |
| 18 | The Government are now tampering with legislation that was put in place for the protection of miners . |
| 19 | This is what , out of consideration for me , you are now surrounding with talk about whether and how and why . |
| 20 | I 'm just not , I 'm not bothering with coursework |
| 21 | He told himself that it was ridiculous for him to be nearly trembling with fear , wondering what form her explosion would take . |
| 22 | Not that Therapy ? give two hoots about that , but you can be your prized original copy of ‘ Love Buzz ’ that A&M are simply drooling with anticipation that such a miracle might happen . |
| 23 | Employees at Echo Logic Inc , the AT&T-owned start-up , which is making it possible for Apple Computer Inc to run Mac programs on PowerPCs ( UX No 385 ) , are reportedly negotiating with Mama to get a 20+% chunk of the company as sweat equity . |
| 24 | Many people are precisely dispensing with Christianity because they can no longer believe in it . |
| 25 | He suggested that these came from samples produced by " bandwagon jumpers " who were not complying with Soil Association regulations . |
| 26 | Woolley was in business with death , while the rest of them were just playing with life . |
| 27 | The sweat was dripping from her face on to her breasts which were already glistening with water like orb-shaped fruit in the rain . |
| 28 | One cold evening , Seb returned from the cottage to Handley Farm along lanes , the banks of which were already glistening with frost . |
| 29 | The room was deserted and desolate : the arctic blue bubble of the drinking water machine looked as if it had turned to ice , two desk lights burned pointlessly above unoccupied desks and the rubbish bins were still brimming with polystyrene cups and waste paper . |
| 30 | The flaw was known , but not to the operators on the fatal night ; in allowing the reactor 's power to rise with too many control rods withdrawn , they were unwittingly playing with fire . |