Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] with the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A NORTH-east farmer wants a few wise men from Scotland to take a behind-the-scenes look at farming in EC member states to see how counterparts are faring with the rules and regulations . |
| 2 | On the first day the West Indian bowlers had been sparing with the bouncer , for on such a pitch there was no need for it . |
| 3 | Coincident with the attention to reduce noise on the German Speedwing , David Clarke of Windy Kites in the UK had been toying with the concept of a kite with a rigid trailing edge . |
| 4 | Some people in the liberal Free Democratic party , the junior partner in the government , had been toying with the idea of switching their support to the Social Democrats after December . |
| 5 | In fact , ever since the beginning of the year you seem to have been toying with the idea of making a major career move or change of residence and what transpires sometimes between October 29 and November 3 should enable you to rebuild and reshape your life — and the past with all its traumas and dramas will be placed in their true perspective , if not forgotten altogether . |
| 6 | Before Henderson went to Russia Lloyd George himself had been toying with the idea that a Stockholm conference might help to keep Russia in the war . |
| 7 | But yes , abroad lies our final year of partnership , although I 've been toying with the idea of alighting upon a play by Shakespeare hitherto unknown , unseen and unenacted . ’ |
| 8 | Since Alice had long since been betrothed to Richard the studied vagueness of the phrase " to whichever of his sons married her " suggests that Henry may have been toying with the idea of marrying her not to Richard but to John . |
| 9 | ‘ No , he had been toying with the idea of proposing to Fiona , whom he had known all his life and whom he liked . |
| 10 | It also oxygenates the water on warm summer nights or in thundery weather at a time when the fish are competing with the plants for oxygen . |
| 11 | Sometimes on Sundays he would take her to the fields where he had been helping with the harvest , to see the rabbits , or a nest of mice . |
| 12 | While Jessica and Karen had been helping with the salmon mousse , the dark-eyed alien had been lurking at the gate … |
| 13 | The rugby club are helping with the organisation . |
| 14 | and they are helping with the children in the house , I mean , they ca n't do much more ! |
| 15 | Providing support generally in a class where most children are struggling with the work , discouraged or disaffected . |
| 16 | I am copulating with the blacksmith . ’ ’ |
| 17 | I find I am competing with the Ann Summers ones now . ’ |
| 18 | The private sector has , in fact , been struggling with the intricacies of inflation accounting for the last 25 years and have , by and large , abandoned the idea as being too difficult . |
| 19 | This academic year the number of students per firm has increased to eight and we are collaborating with the department of oncology at the Whittington Hospital , which undertakes a fifth of the teaching . |
| 20 | Researchers are collaborating with the Department of Medical Statistics and Christie Hospital , Manchester , in the analysis of data on childhood leukaemia . |
| 21 | Geoffrey Smith , and his associates Michael Mackett and Bernard Moss , have been experimenting with the possibility of modifying vaccinia to make a vaccine against hepatitis B — a major health problem in the Third World — and it is beginning to look as if it might work ( Nature , vol 302 , p 490 ) . |
| 22 | In operating partially without paper , the bank is the first of a pilot group of 10 Belgacom clients , which have been experimenting with the phone company 's as-yet-unannounced Electronic Data Interchange service for the last 18 months . |
| 23 | A number of companies , recognizing the need for quality , are experimenting with the notion of the ‘ cost of quality ’ , but , as far as I am aware , most such schemes to date are fairly rudimentary . |
| 24 | In order to avoid making nasty marks on the wall when you are experimenting with the hanging , it is best to decide on the overall shape of the arrangement first — a square , oblong , diamond or triangle — and on a painted wall mark out the area with light pencil which can easily be rubbed off , or with chalk on a paper wallcovering . |
| 25 | While you are experimenting with the zoom , note how much easier it is to hold the picture in the viewfinder steady when it is set to wide-angle . |
| 26 | Dutch growers are experimenting with the use of lightweight acrylic fleece mulches to advance the flowering times of cut flowers . |
| 27 | Currently we are experimenting with the use of windows to provide context-sensitive advice , search history information and act as " dialogue windows . " |
| 28 | An alkali will obviously have to be introduced to neutralise the acid and I am toying with the idea of lime in one form or another . |
| 29 | I have heard her voice and spoken to her lover and been walking with the Masai who was present at the farcical and tragic lion hunt . |
| 30 | Are you now confident about placing your faith in the adjustments that are happening with the economy ? |