Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] [adv prt] with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Older children might prefer the pirate 's treasure chest brimming over with stolen loot , or the sophisticated speed cruiser and space rocket . |
| 2 | Bush , at 68 , had a hard job keeping up with such a pace . |
| 3 | And that , ’ she went on a trifle bitterly , the memory of the previous evening flooding back with renewed clarity , ‘ is the one thing that everyone enjoys giving . ’ |
| 4 | Evening distractions were few , although we did hear Sinead O'Connor blasting out in the early hours in one village , and we spent one evening joining in with some traditional dancing — the original Twist ! |
| 5 | This plan came to grief , however , when Waters , in an attempt to establish friendly relations , gave a prospective producer a copy of one of his books , which showed the idiosyncratic director palling up with one of Charles Manson 's gang — a gesture which was in even worse taste than it might sound , as the producer proved to have been a good friend of one of the gang 's victims . |
| 6 | He hesitated and looked as if he was going to abandon the trip , his smile coming back with such speed that Maggie stood too . |
| 7 | A development of this has an inverted cone as a centre section , the water flowing down with heavy solids dropping to the bottom and then upwards at a controlled speed , so that falling lighter solids are balanced in the flow to form a " sludge blanket " , which acts as a buoyant filter catching very fine particles . |
| 8 | ‘ If OPEC is having so much trouble coming up with this agreement , it 's a bad sign for how they will be able to deal with the start-up of Iraq , ’ the analyst added . |
| 9 | Well , I 'm honestly not going to spend the whole of Saturday morning putting up with this sort of thing . |
| 10 | Continental furniture holding up with big names offered this month |
| 11 | Watching a kid fiddling around with fried bread . |
| 12 | Giving up with the Browning , Ace lobbed a grenade at the sedan chair , and was rewarded by the sight of Mait leaping out with surprising agility instants before the chair was blown apart . |
| 13 | As a result of the congressional elections meanwhile , the Democrats retained their crushing margin of superiority , returning 292 candidates in the House ( as against 143 Republicans ) and in the Senate finishing up with 62 seats ( compared with 38 for the Republicans ) . |
| 14 | They also argue that , given Pentos ' current level of borrowings , it is hard to picture Dillons ' expansion keeping up with that of Waterstones , which has the more capacious pockets of W H Smith to support it . |
| 15 | Used to put some sage in , sage and onion stuffing in with some and you used to like it did n't you ? |