Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] with [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clause 5 of the Bill would impose an obligation of confidence on a person who improperly acquires information by using or interfering with any computer or data retrieval mechanism , a welcome clarification . |
| 2 | This is done by applying pressure to the mastfoot by pulling or pushing with one hand on the mast . |
| 3 | Beneath the flowering plants were slats of the veranda half eaten by ants or crumbling with tropical humidity . |
| 4 | He features in Kirby 's Wonderful Museum ( p. 34 , vol. 4 , 1820 edition ) where he is described as having been ‘ tall and very slender ’ and ‘ as he was never seen in company , or speaking with any person , his real name and character remained enveloped in profound mystery , so that he was generally known by no other appellation than the ‘ Walking Rushlight ' ’ ' . |
| 5 | The mind does extraordinary things exaggerating or minimising with consummate ease . |
| 6 | We are still eager to bestow riches beyond belief , each month , upon the author of a letter which we deem either brimming with astute observations or glowing with sharp wit . |
| 7 | Nausea of vomiting or retching with great anxiety . |
| 8 | They are also given power to vote on fundamental structural changes to the company , such as altering the memorandum and articles of association or merging with another company or dissolving the enterprise which are thought to resemble constitutional issues . |
| 9 | Non-washable papers just need brushing down or rubbing with stale bread or a soft rubber . |
| 10 | Maybe there are other ways and other ways of forming relationships without people getting to know that person or working with that person . |
| 11 | The clinical effects are slight , and in the resting cat are limited to a chronic mild cough ; following exercise or handling , there may be coughing and sneezing with slight dyspnoea and production of mucoid sputum . |
| 12 | Well , Stan Bowes , thank you very much indeed for joining me this afternoon — Stan Bowes , head of marketing for Thames and Chilterns Tourist Board and helping with this look at the tourist industry . |
| 13 | Stroud , Gloucestershire-based Top Level Computing Ltd is offering MS-DOS and Windows users upgrades to its Complete Works or Fine Words packages , for £130 and £90 respectively : Complete Works combines a word processor , spreadsheet , database and charting with new form design and filling facilities ; the company reckons that the deal will be popular with users of its previous Microsoft Works package and with MS-DOS , Wordstar Express , Locoscript and Supercalc users wanting an upgrade path to Windows . |
| 14 | Considerable work has also been undertaken to develop new blends using wool and experimenting with new man made fibres and dyestuffs . |
| 15 | Moving house and experimenting with new furnishing styles is a challenging and exciting experience . |
| 16 | I mean no disrespect to the geriatric branch of the hospital service nor to the domiciliary services or the rapidly increasing old people 's houses and homes provided by local housing , health and welfare authorities when I say that I believe we are still groping and fumbling with this problem — all of us , social scientists and politicians alike . |
| 17 | She watched each gesture , scoring on her memory the slight frown , the pursing of his lips , and noticing with irreverent shock , for the first time , that his chin was rounded and weak . |
| 18 | They were all hearteningly well preserved and twinkling with renewed well-being , and none more so than Jim , 87 , and Mary , 91 , who met in an old people 's home and scandalised the staff by taking naps on the same bed , before deciding to make honest pensioners of each other . |
| 19 | Among other things , I 'm going to have you charged with trespassing and interfering with private property . ’ |
| 20 | Stop that mid-day shine by blotting your face with a tissue and dusting with translucent powder . |
| 21 | When England threatened to produce the magic that dazzled Scotland the back row stood defiant to a man , covering and tackling with fanatical commitment and dedication . |
| 22 | The way Albert was staring at her , dry and disbelieving with one eyebrow raised , was so maddening ! |
| 23 | He ate a gargantuan meal , starting with some plovers ' eggs they had overlooked earlier , working on through a few roast geese with a brace or so of ducklings on the side , and ending with one half of a cheese and a couple of bowls of fruit . |
| 24 | Her most beguiling quality was her air of dreamy detachment ; she liked being kissed , and kissed them back with mobile lips and a tantalisingly timid tongue , but at the end of a hectic hour of necking , when her partner would be scarlet-faced , sore-lipped and aching with frustrated desire , she was maddeningly serene . |
| 25 | He 's charged with causing death by dangerous driving , failing to stop and report an accident and driving with excess alcohol . |
| 26 | The half-day courses include two hours practical experience of firing and driving with full instruction on safety and how the engine works . |
| 27 | She had some mental stocktaking to do , she told herself sternly , tentatively tracing the lines of her body with her hands , and shivering with renewed disbelief at the remembered sensations , the utter , unexpected bliss of Roman 's lovemaking . |
| 28 | You are not aiming for some exact scientific precision ( if absolute precision is needed , you can use pen and paper ) , but you are meeting and communicating with another adult human being . |
| 29 | Maxim had finished his crab and was pushing bits of salad around his plate trying to identify them in the dimness and listening with half-turned head to a tenor saxophonist who had joined the guitar to swap phrases of the Beale Street Blues . |
| 30 | ROGER STOTT , one of Labour 's Northern Ireland spokesmen , was sipping a nightcap in a Belfast hotel recently and listening with genuine appreciation to a guitarist , when someone started taking flashlight snaps . |