Example sentences of "[v-ing] with a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This meant grappling with a panic that was like an asphyxiation . |
| 2 | There will always be books which are worth launching with a party because you are going to get wide coverage , but the half-page ad in Cosmo on your own is n't worth half as much as an advertorial that is tied in with a bookshop group . |
| 3 | Hairy Back was smoking his pipe and laughing with a neighbour as he stood at his gate . |
| 4 | There 's no point in me appearing with a pig-tail and diamanté donkey jacket . |
| 5 | Right great and what happens what seems to be happening with a base and an acid or an acid and a base ? |
| 6 | Something knocked his hat over his face , he pushed at the peak , saw the grey 's hindquarters lift elegantly over the gate and out into the light , felt Conker steadying and kicked him on swiftly because there was n't time to stop , he swung his hand back and hit the pony who lifted suddenly , landing with a jolt that made him grunt with effort . |
| 7 | By the end of 1981 and into 1982 , however , these new outbreaks were occurring with a rapidity and density which in retrospect can be seen as the building blocks for a full-blown heroin ‘ epidemic ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ Try these , ’ he said returning with a dress and coat which he handed to her . |
| 9 | Failing that they can be taken out into a yard sprayed with solvent degreaser and pressure jetted , otherwise it is a matter of brushing with a churn or utility brush and using a toothbrush in the crevices . |
| 10 | Finish off soaked filters by flushing with a hose or pressure jet or passing through a dishwasher . |
| 11 | Donald sat beside her , listening with a modesty that seemed sly . |
| 12 | So she watched , and listened , and fell a little further , and when his bleep went she went back with him to the department and they worked side by side , communicating with a gesture or a word almost in silence , each anticipating the other 's needs as they dealt with a little girl who had fallen out of a tree and broken both arms and one leg . |
| 13 | The girls at work admired her for living with a man and not being married to him , but she could forgo that pleasure , she thought , for the baby 's sake . |
| 14 | Alison Santos of Madryn Street , Toxteth , and her family are living with a neighbour because they are too terrified to go back to their home . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd always had a fantasy about living with an artist and waking up in the morning and him standing there with a canvas . |
| 16 | Passing with a smile and a bow through the predominantly female guests , she made her way through an open doorway to take refuge on the terrace outside , in spite of the slight September chill in the air . |
| 17 | And his eyes — piercing , vividly blue , and glittering with a light that she was yet too young to understand , but which called to something very feminine within her . |
| 18 | Soldiers of the Special Presidential Division were flirting with a barmaid and objected when a security guard , a karate instructor identified only as Ekofo , offered her a drink . |
| 19 | Any natural selection involves differential reproductive success that is nonfortuitous because determined by the way variant organisms are interacting with an environment that is causally sensitive to those particular physical differences in the organisms . |
| 20 | However the gem is surely the Third Ballade with the opening pages played as if improvised on the spot , the figuration commencing at 3′34″ foaming and cascading with a freedom and liberality unknown to most players . |
| 21 | He began to pour all his time and emotion into poetry , writing with a passion that recalls the English romantics , Oscar Wilde and the American beats . |
| 22 | I 'm sleepin' with a neighbour till she comes back . |
| 23 | While there may be some overlap between the experiences of people who are ageing with a disability and other ageing groups , there are also likely to be important differences . |
| 24 | If there was any trouble where a young policeman was concerned , she would get going with a whistle and summon assistance . |
| 25 | She said you were interning with a stockbroker and it was a special summer programme , so all the best and all the rest everyone else has already said to you . |
| 26 | Claudia , waking with a head that felt as if it were filled with lead , almost fell out of bed as her alarm rang . |
| 27 | She went over to the bed , realising with a shock that she still wore her kimono . |
| 28 | She held out her hand , and as he took it , he took off his glasses , so that she looked directly into his dark eyes , realising with a start that they were very beautiful and rather disconcerting . |
| 29 | He began toying with a beermat while Rachel , emboldened by his leading questions about her , went on , ‘ May one ask why , if you were enjoying it out there as much as you say you were ? ’ |
| 30 | So , instead of toying with a carrot and lettuce leaf , 30-year-old Julie tucks into a delicious , three-course meal at a smart London hotel , declining chocolates and coffee only because she 's given up caffeine . |