Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [verb] with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either he could wait until the pod splashed down at which point it would start to sink , and if the water was deep enough and he had difficulty in escaping from the safety envelope , or became entangled with the chute , he might drown before he was able to struggle to the surface — or else he could blow the hatch prior to landing , risking being either injured or knocked unconscious during an unprotected impact . |
| 2 | Marshal Piłsudski ordered the Polish destroyer Wicher to greet , salute and escort the British as if the Accord were still in effect , and Tadeusz Morgenstern , the commander of the destroyer , was instructed that if the Danzig authorities insulted the Polish flag or tried to interfere with the visit in any way , he was to bombard designated targets in the city centre . |
| 3 | They let us off after our three Santa Clausesses mobbed them and asked to play with the red furry pandas they had clipped to the aerials of their radios , on condition we played ‘ Saints ’ until out of sight . |
| 4 | He read widely in all spheres of learning and became inspired with the idea that he had a mission to introduce the learning of western Europe to his countrymen in Serbia . |
| 5 | But then , early in 1168 , a new revolt broke out and became entangled with the question of the family settlement . |
| 6 | The Doctor leapt forward and became entangled with the archaeologist . |
| 7 | The defendant did not appeal and failed to comply with the notices . |
| 8 | He was used to sailing with the best and got exasperated with the Soviet crew . |
| 9 | The second tactic employed by the authorities related specifically to the Snowball campaign and involved dealing with the symbolic fence-cutting as the offence of criminal damage . |
| 10 | He covered his mouth with his hand , and seemed to swell with the oxygen he drew in . |
| 11 | Limited waivers may particularly be required and granted to deal with the hiatus caused by unforeseen death or illness . |
| 12 | The males used should be light-treated in the same way , and allowed to run with the females between April and June , as the signs of oestrus , though obvious to the goats , may not be noticeable to their owners . |
| 13 | When she emerged , she responded with a grunt to Melissa 's , ‘ Good morning , ’ and began wrestling with the bar that controlled the window shutters . |
| 14 | He looked away and began twiddling with the curtain cord . |
| 15 | Rachel paused by her desk and began toying with the telephone cord . |
| 16 | Steve pulled the duvet over the two of them and began fiddling with the remote control . |
| 17 | He transferred his attention to his gold wristwatch and began fiddling with the bracelet . |
| 18 | She closed her eyes to hide her revulsion as he pressed his open mouth against hers and began fumbling with the buttons of her bush shirt . |
| 19 | When he saw Duclos striding back across the compound dragging a young Annamese boy behind him , he smiled quietly to himself , stepped back into his bedroom and began fumbling with the buttons of his silk shirt . |
| 20 | In the early 1950s he used his creation to improve the size of the Aberdeen Angus and began to outcross with the red Beevbilde to produce a new breed of black beef cattle which combined Angus quality with the Lincoln 's fast weight gains . |
| 21 | Some Australians came out of the shower room and began arguing with the merry sub-human guard : |
| 22 | Gedge was keen to keep parents and old friends informed and began corresponding with the local paper , The Middleton Guardian . |
| 23 | But she simply ignored him as she always had and began to practise with the yellow-haired vibrancer who 'd been with Jeopardy in Mandru 's salon on the morning Lucien had met the master . |
| 24 | He took a gulp from his drink and began fidgeting with the cutlery . |
| 25 | Honor looked down at her gloves and began to fiddle with the buttons . |
| 26 | Ulysse and Brutus , both low-ranking males , soon moved in and started eating with the dominant females , who showed no aggression towards them . |
| 27 | And while the Pitts-buggers went wild with delight , Uncle Mick went wild with frustration , and started to remonstrate with the biggest of the pack . |
| 28 | Existing coastal defence structures will have to be raised and strengthened to cope with the mean sea-level rise and increased height of storm surges . |
| 29 | When the Palestinian revolt broke out in 1936 , Abdallah secretly urged Britain to exile Palestinian leaders , and offered to work with the Jewish Agency to sabotage intervention by other Arab states . |
| 30 | They have recognised that the laws to protect our environment need to be extended and revised to cope with the situation genetic engineering presents . |