Example sentences of "[noun pl] had [be] [v-ing] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ Curiously enough the reduction in low level concentrations of sulphur dioxide , resulted in an increase in the frequency of detections and complaints about fish smells because the acidic gases had been reacting with and neutralising the smell of the amines ’ . |
| 3 | It was resurrected by the rising of Corunna which , by a reversion to the revolutionary federalism of 1808 , claimed to be the capital of all Galicia , and by risings in Barcelona , Saragossa , and Pamplona where officers had been plotting with the poet Quintana ( 21 February to 5 March ) . |
| 4 | His uncle , he said , was very displeased that the bargemen had been talking with us . |
| 5 | Mr Wilson said that police forces had been working with inadequate law for years and that the drafted change would , it was hoped , improve the situation . |
| 6 | Far from being a new threat , evolutionism was something that the conservative forces had been battling with for several decades . |
| 7 | Among them was John Ingram , who said that he and others had been drinking with Drew at 1.35pm that lunchtime , and that Drew had mentioned going to Cross Street to get a paper . |