Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [noun sg] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know why my experienced colleague and I were both having trouble with the yarn looping at the edges . |
| 2 | He said some new , purpose-built accommodation would probably be needed , but talks were also taking place with Wrexham Maelor Council 's housing department about the possible use of council houses . |
| 3 | Ms Dickinson also reported that discussions were currently taking place with various bodies , including the Arts Council , to investigate the possibility of setting up a National Children 's Book Council . |
| 4 | It got rather nasty — at one point my sister and I were actually playing tug-of-war with a vase — and ended with us rowing about which of us was his favourite . |
| 5 | Wordsworth was soon writing verse with greater confidence than ever before . |
| 6 | He was wet , cold and irritable and he was already losing patience with this case . |
| 7 | However , this season he has been nothing like as unequivocal in the tackle and , dating from his display for the Barbarians versus the Wallabies , he was patently losing ground with the powers that be . |
| 8 | The last tour , I had so much stuff and I was always having trouble with it breaking down and having to troubleshoot . |
| 9 | He was still cursing Midnight with great beery breaths , but had succeeded in finding her waist and was inching his hand up towards her breast . |
| 10 | My Aunt Lyallie was also spending Christmas with us , so our little house was rather crowded . |
| 11 | 1991 was aground breaking year with the launch of the Fusion ; this year its propulsion plate technology is starting to filter down into more affordable shoes , namely the Mojo and Magnum . |
| 12 | Shortly after moving to Wales , Bernard , who was continually having trouble with the finely tuned engine of his Lotus Elite , had discovered a motor club . |
| 13 | If this analysis is correct , then although many ‘ working class ’ people continued to think of the Labour Party as ‘ their ’ party in some vague sense , it was actually losing contact with their day-to-day political concerns and subsequently losing active working class support at a local level . |