Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [v-ing] with [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He suggested that these came from samples produced by " bandwagon jumpers " who were not complying with Soil Association regulations . |
| 2 | Woolley was in business with death , while the rest of them were just playing with life . |
| 3 | The sweat was dripping from her face on to her breasts which were already glistening with water like orb-shaped fruit in the rain . |
| 4 | One cold evening , Seb returned from the cottage to Handley Farm along lanes , the banks of which were already glistening with frost . |
| 5 | The room was deserted and desolate : the arctic blue bubble of the drinking water machine looked as if it had turned to ice , two desk lights burned pointlessly above unoccupied desks and the rubbish bins were still brimming with polystyrene cups and waste paper . |
| 6 | The flaw was known , but not to the operators on the fatal night ; in allowing the reactor 's power to rise with too many control rods withdrawn , they were unwittingly playing with fire . |
| 7 | It means we 're starting from a better baseline than if we were simply dealing with health services budget and social work 's budget and what the voluntary sector has managed to pull together . |
| 8 | By ten that evening Polly was literally reeling with exhaustion . |
| 9 | Sooty turned to Yanto , who was already grinning with anticipation . |
| 10 | She was already sweating with exertion . |
| 11 | The warning may have had an effect , but did nothing to dispel feelings among various groups of workers that the Party was not dealing with reform correctly . |
| 12 | He had not realized that the boundaries of the black hole according to the two definitions would be the same , and hence so would their areas , provided the black hole had settled down to a state in which it was not changing with time . |
| 13 | During his session with the unfortunate staff at Caterer and Hotel Keeper he was always wheezing with laughter at something that did not really seem to warrant it . |
| 14 | The coroner laughed and was still bellowing with mirth as Athelstan urged his horse forward out into the street . |
| 15 | Ronni was still fizzing with indignation — how dared he make fun of her ? — when , sure enough , a car arrived at the front door , laden with dishes dovered in tin foil . |
| 16 | Ruth was still spluttering with laughter when she realised Fernando was n't . |
| 17 | I was still weeping with fright when Uncle Bill put me to bed . |
| 18 | She was still shivering with indignation , but when she looked up at her grandmother , it was to see her shivering too , but with suppressed laughter . |
| 19 | The word shot from her swollen lips ; she was still reeling with shock . |
| 20 | I was still brimming with plangency , chockful of feeling , when I arrived back at the hotel . |
| 21 | Vigo was still savouring with pride and joy his caller 's astonishment . |
| 22 | Gurder was still arguing with Topknot when they got back . |
| 23 | She was still tingling with pleasure and her cheeks burned when she realised that if he came back he could just take up where he had left off and she would not do a thing to stop him . |
| 24 | She was practically trembling with outrage . |
| 25 | She was practically gibbering with outrage . |
| 26 | I was practically screaming with frustration . |
| 27 | When they rushed to his hospital dragging hampers , he was practically levitating with relief . |
| 28 | She was positively trembling with rage , and she could feel her nails piercing into the flesh of her arm . |
| 29 | It was not a problem that had ever occurred before , and although Ellie knew she was probably playing with fire she was intrigued to know how it would all turn out . |
| 30 | Prime Minister Giuliano Amato was urgently conferring with coalition allies and state presidency officials in a bid to keep afloat his increasingly frail , eight-month-old coalition . |