Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] with the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must have taken the bucket outside but when he returned Robyn was still struggling furiously with the unfamiliar catch . |
| 2 | But trampolining wo n't be catching on with the other animals . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've always thought of the guitar as another voice , so I start with a voice , singing along with the vocal , and from time to time you can hear a place where other voices would come in , like backing harmonies , which then become part of it . |
| 4 | Mum is singing along with the last hymn . |
| 5 | The difference , says a senior commission official , is that ‘ binding procedures ’ means interfering only with the real basket-cases ( a euphemism for Greece , Italy and Belgium , which respectively run budget deficits of 19% , 10% , and 6% of their GDPs ) . |
| 6 | For the first time I noticed the brothers ' yarmulkes in the somewhat subdued light of the boardroom , plain black skullcaps blending in with the pale glow of the room . |
| 7 | The IWC meeting took place against a background of growing acrimony , with the pro-whaling nations arguing that those opposed to commercial hunting on ethical grounds were : i ) interfering unacceptably with the economic livelihoods of whaling communities ; and ii ) misinterpreting the charter of the IWC , which was set up to regulate catches , not to debate the morality of whaling as such . |
| 8 | Blending indissolubly with the untamed forces of hostile nature , the witch becomes the vicious foe of everything that society approves . |
| 9 | On checking further with the European Union , I do n't take anything for granted , not even what MPs say , er , it turned out that it was n't a directive and that the Government had freedom of choice , whether it imposes it or not . |
| 10 | Returning home with the other prisoners of war , he found his father had died of a heart attack . |
| 11 | The Christian town of Zahle , which had been under siege by leftist militias , was now open to visitors and traffic , the Syrians cooperating openly with the local Phalangist defenders . |
| 12 | There are other cases where such trusts are in danger of becoming sleepy animals , only barely keeping up with the minimum requirement to provide public access . |
| 13 | And as the dignitaries stiffly walked towards their jeeps and their ride home we prepared again for battle : to film , photograph , and record sound , while keeping up with the uproarious final procession to the cliffs . |
| 14 | Keeping up with the latest hair trends as ever , Wella has just introduced Hair Sets in three variants . |
| 15 | But while you 're keeping up with the latest ‘ squirrel-proof ’ bird feeders and designer nest-boxes , do keep a critical eye open , too . |
| 16 | ‘ Got your arses whipped in Nicaragua , and now you 've lost it all in bloody buggering Arizona , ’ Jitters shouted , keeping up with the broken American . |
| 17 | We rarely get out at night , because keeping up with the little fella leaves us dog-tired . |
| 18 | Questions biting at her like rats , ending up with the sharpest bite of all . |
| 19 | For eight years I had revelled in the dual careers of journalism and broadcasting , between 1929 and 1937 , and these years coincided with the ‘ boom to bust ’ period , winding up with the deepest depression of the century . |
| 20 | These people are going into the familiar local stores where they shop and are walking out with the American dream they could never afford on a minimum wage . |
| 21 | The pristine white walls were relieved every few feet with original prints of tropical flowers , their colours toning perfectly with the Mexican rug and quilted comforter tucked over coral-coloured bed-linen . |
| 22 | TODAY is all in favour of pressing ahead with the great public works which will give jobs in the construction , building and engineering industries , all of which have been badly hit by the recession . |
| 23 | The Hong Kong government had announced on Nov. 19 that it was pressing ahead with the next stage of construction of the airport , despite a lack of agreement with China . |
| 24 | The principle ground urged on behalf of the applicant was that the district judge had been misled by counsel then appearing or the Attorney-General into the belief that there was no real prospect that the B.M.F.L. prosecution of the applicant would go ahead , and that accordingly there could be no objection to pressing forward with the lesser charges . |
| 25 | It 's happening principally with the small and medium size businesses because they 're the first to suffer . |
| 26 | So of course it is proving already with the National Curriculum . |
| 27 | Joseph O'Conor also makes Menenius infinitely more than a wily patrician : he seems the only one capable of communicating sanely with the several , warring factions . |
| 28 | The UN Security Council , meeting concurrently with the General Assembly on Dec. 5 , elected Prince Bola Ajibola ( Nigeria ) to replace the late Taslim Olawale Elias ( Nigeria ) as a member of the International Court of Justice ( ICJ ) . |
| 29 | Teaming up with the Unanimous Decision Crew he talks us through a languid groove based story of how ‘ hard it is for a black man to get a job ’ , ‘ If you 're black , what 's your destination ? ’ he enquires . |
| 30 | It was a delight to see the pleasure , particularly of many of our older employees , once again meeting up with the former MD 's of the company . |