Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] with a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marie , sick and trembling , overwhelmed with fear and guilt at her own actions , was already kneeling down with a dustpan and brush , sweeping up the broken glass from the tomato-sauce bottle that had been on the table . |
| 2 | At bottom then there was some democratic basis for the Unionist case , for the government was pressing on with a reform that they knew was not backed by the electorate . |
| 3 | Obviously it is not to be encouraged when you 're walking along with a bird on your glove , because the first thing that happens is the bird takes off . |
| 4 | But if you 're walking along with a bird on a jess , your movement disrupts it and stops it protecting itself from the wind as it would do naturally . |
| 5 | Walking along with a friend one evening , near Leicester Square , I noticed two men arguing with each other . |
| 6 | If a policeman could be so well endowed with it , despite the obvious difficulties and frustrations of his profession , the ordinary man or woman would surely be brimming over with a joke or two no matter what the occasion . |
| 7 | Driving through with a shotgun shooting the guy |
| 8 | 2 men were seen walking away and then driving off with a woman and possibly another man . |
| 9 | Her world was opening up with a vengeance . |
| 10 | Liam Conway , Claire Breslin , Adrian Rouiller and Margaret McConkey , all of AIB Dublin , made a formidable line up behind Martin , finally ending up with a total of 889 in the crucial last game . |
| 11 | I recently bought a Series IIA ex-military Land Rover with the intention of completely rebuilding it over the next few years ending up with a vehicle that will last for years to come . |
| 12 | ‘ Then I 'll get some , ’ she decided on the spot , and embarked on a small spending spree , ending up with a bottle of Becherovka , a bottle of plum brandy called Slivovitz and a presentation box of some sweet wafer biscuits called Oplatky which were traditional to the area . |
| 13 | The problem I get asked about most is ending up with a seam that is not the correct length , or is wavy . |
| 14 | A neat bit of rewriting there ; the real Richard was one of the leaders of the Second Crusade which laid waste to Palestine , before ending up with a score-draw against the Arabs whose land he was invading . |
| 15 | He subjected both to repeated analysis , ending up with a version of Maria Luisa in which she is transformed into a sharp-beaked , staring owl , and of Francisco Lezcano in which he has metamorphosed into a dog . |
| 16 | The point is here that he has mentioned in his press release a number of okay local people , and by doing this in this particular way he has greatly increased the possibility and probability of ending up with a piece in the local newspaper . |
| 17 | He 'd shaken up Evans , first bawling him out then ending up with a show of confidence in him with the Havana . |
| 18 | The best move was a forty yard pass from Macca , touched on by Deane to Wallace , I think ending up with a shot from Rocky . |
| 19 | Imagine my poor Aunt 's reaction when told by a shocked neighbour that her eldest daughter was walking out with a Chinaman . |
| 20 | Bobo ran to the back of her cage and Fifi had to scamper out of the way to save herself from being trampled , and then Bobo was storming back with a handful of straw and dung which she hurled at Donaldson before slamming herself into the bars and screaming loudly as they shook . |
| 21 | I have a feeling now , as if I 'm walking around with a sign on my back saying ‘ Kick me ’ , or ‘ I 'm a prat ’ , the sort of horrible joke kids play on each other , because I feel as though that 's exactly how people treat me . |
| 22 | walking around with a chip on his shoulder . |
| 23 | I was walking around with a camera and binoculars right on top of their nuclear silos . |
| 24 | Now if he did n't shave his hair off and he was walking around with a rim round the side of his head |
| 25 | People like walking about with a novel . |
| 26 | It does n't worry me , it 's just a bit silly walking about with a voice you . |
| 27 | Secondly , a dear friend of mine has gone wandering off with a person I 'm fairly sure is addicted to a very nasty personality altering drug . |
| 28 | The boy paused in his flight , looking up with a mixture of suspicion and hostility . |
| 29 | Looking up with a gasp , she saw him watching her with narrowed blue eyes , his mouth a hard line . |
| 30 | Looking up with a start , Daisy saw that Ricky was actually smiling . |