Example sentences of "[v-ing] and [verb] with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd been amazed to see Nelson working for her — and even more amazed to see how good he was at it , laughing and chatting with the customers , apparently having the time of his life . |
| 2 | He subsequently saw them laughing and talking with the guard before the train left Birmingham and described both youngsters as well dressed ; the boy was wearing a school uniform of yellow and brown with cap to match and scarf . |
| 3 | My daughter , Dr Ann Mitchell , who got her PhD at Heriot-Watt University in microbiology , spends much of her time in the Caquita Medio region of the Columbian Amazon , living and working with the Uitoto y Muinane Indians observing their healing techniques and categorising and collecting plant specimens . |
| 4 | 9 Through listening and comparing with the standard model , the student is encourage to evaluate his progress himself . |
| 5 | However , the drugs dust was really stirred with the apparently unrehearsed efforts of two rugby-medicos , Laurie Knight , the former All Black flanker now practising medicine in South Africa , and John Mayhew , in recent years the doctor tending and travelling with the All Blacks . |
| 6 | As half of the first full-time two man drug squad in the North-East of England , I was tasked with defining and dealing with the new social aberration of ‘ flower power ’ , ‘ the counter culture ’ , and the ‘ psychedelic trip ’ . |
| 7 | I spend most of the day in there , splashing and wallowing with the delight of a five-year-old . |
| 8 | It is significant that Maltwood was a sculptor , since one of the skills of a sculptor is to be able to use natural form to create a vivid and living piece of art , using and flowing with the natural lines . |
| 9 | But th , we go get a er , report from the counselling agency on the type of , of er , question that 's been posed , and I would expect that that agency would be providing help and guidance , er , along the lines of suggesting and working with the individual on problems of the type , which I 'm sure you have at the front of your mind . |
| 10 | What could be simpler than the ball carrier going in , turning and setting with the support player going in low and hard and stripping the ball as he turns ? |
| 11 | At last in the line-up , rising and falling with the ridges and troughs , he wondered whether even he could withstand the force of the mighty impact zone . |
| 12 | Two liquid brown eyes gazed on them with mild curiosity , rising and falling with the pull of the waves . |
| 13 | Both identify the cause of the problem as beginning and ending with the land-users themselves … they should change their habits of production and reproduction , and the problem of soil erosion would be largely solved . |
| 14 | The watercourses wander , breaking and re-forming with the seasons . |
| 15 | I caught it with the catapult , the thick black tubing of the rubber twisting once in the air as I scissored my hands and fell back , letting the buck go over my head and then kicking with my legs and turning myself so that I was level with it where it lay , kicking and struggling with the power of a wolverine , spreadeagled on the sand slope with its neck caught in the black rubber . |
| 16 | It may be necessary to get the individual to look at alternative ways of approaching and coping with the circumstances of life without work , perhaps trying to ‘ wipe the slate clean ’ and start the process all over again , but with an increased awareness of the problems and difficulties that are involved . |
| 17 | Mary would work like a slave , but a woman could not take the animals to market , though he knew of widows living alone , soldiers ' wives mostly , who farmed on in a rough way by themselves , their cattle straying and mixing with the herds of others , their oats still standing in November … |
| 18 | Suddenly the earth was drumming and quivering with the beat of hooves , coming at a fast gallop along the grassy verges of the Roman road from Shrewsbury . |
| 19 | Amelia was in there , jostling and tugging with the worst of them . |
| 20 | Here a few fragments of painted stucco still remained and on these were painted a tangle of trailing flowers : roses , tulips and irises , some cut , some growing from the ground , others emerging from cornucopias — ancient symbols of fertility and plenty , merging and tangling with the real creepers of the jungle . |
| 21 | Joseph divided his time between fighting and councilling with the other headmen in a concealed ‘ smoking lodge ’ . |
| 22 | Ahead of us , another of the boats slams through a wave , folding and buckling with the impact . |
| 23 | Carrie felt as if she were falling through space ; falling and falling with the air pressing her chest and making her gasp . |
| 24 | Piphros stopped again , chest swelling and contracting with the effort . |
| 25 | Here and now she was actually standing and talking with the great Vendelin Gajdusek ! |
| 26 | He was screeching , sobbing and wailing with the aplomb of a professional mourner and it was n't always easy to understand what he was saying . |
| 27 | Annie was sitting beside Rachel 's pram , talking and laughing with the child , when she noticed the young man walking slowly along the paved path . |
| 28 | She sat down on the grass and stayed for a while , talking and laughing with the children in the quiet , sunny garden . |
| 29 | Urquhart guided her into an alleyway along Ladbroke Grove and their tongues intertwined , playing and toying with the other . |
| 30 | At first she had disliked this , but Rose 's amusement , and the joking of those around them , had infected her , too , and she had found herself giggling and laughing with the rest as they were shuffled along . |