Example sentences of "be [v-ing] with the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the first day the West Indian bowlers had been sparing with the bouncer , for on such a pitch there was no need for it . |
| 2 | Coincident with the attention to reduce noise on the German Speedwing , David Clarke of Windy Kites in the UK had been toying with the concept of a kite with a rigid trailing edge . |
| 3 | Some people in the liberal Free Democratic party , the junior partner in the government , had been toying with the idea of switching their support to the Social Democrats after December . |
| 4 | In fact , ever since the beginning of the year you seem to have been toying with the idea of making a major career move or change of residence and what transpires sometimes between October 29 and November 3 should enable you to rebuild and reshape your life — and the past with all its traumas and dramas will be placed in their true perspective , if not forgotten altogether . |
| 5 | Before Henderson went to Russia Lloyd George himself had been toying with the idea that a Stockholm conference might help to keep Russia in the war . |
| 6 | But yes , abroad lies our final year of partnership , although I 've been toying with the idea of alighting upon a play by Shakespeare hitherto unknown , unseen and unenacted . ’ |
| 7 | Since Alice had long since been betrothed to Richard the studied vagueness of the phrase " to whichever of his sons married her " suggests that Henry may have been toying with the idea of marrying her not to Richard but to John . |
| 8 | ‘ No , he had been toying with the idea of proposing to Fiona , whom he had known all his life and whom he liked . |
| 9 | Sometimes on Sundays he would take her to the fields where he had been helping with the harvest , to see the rabbits , or a nest of mice . |
| 10 | The rugby club are helping with the organisation . |
| 11 | Providing support generally in a class where most children are struggling with the work , discouraged or disaffected . |
| 12 | I am copulating with the blacksmith . ’ ’ |
| 13 | This academic year the number of students per firm has increased to eight and we are collaborating with the department of oncology at the Whittington Hospital , which undertakes a fifth of the teaching . |
| 14 | Researchers are collaborating with the Department of Medical Statistics and Christie Hospital , Manchester , in the analysis of data on childhood leukaemia . |
| 15 | Geoffrey Smith , and his associates Michael Mackett and Bernard Moss , have been experimenting with the possibility of modifying vaccinia to make a vaccine against hepatitis B — a major health problem in the Third World — and it is beginning to look as if it might work ( Nature , vol 302 , p 490 ) . |
| 16 | In operating partially without paper , the bank is the first of a pilot group of 10 Belgacom clients , which have been experimenting with the phone company 's as-yet-unannounced Electronic Data Interchange service for the last 18 months . |
| 17 | A number of companies , recognizing the need for quality , are experimenting with the notion of the ‘ cost of quality ’ , but , as far as I am aware , most such schemes to date are fairly rudimentary . |
| 18 | In order to avoid making nasty marks on the wall when you are experimenting with the hanging , it is best to decide on the overall shape of the arrangement first — a square , oblong , diamond or triangle — and on a painted wall mark out the area with light pencil which can easily be rubbed off , or with chalk on a paper wallcovering . |
| 19 | While you are experimenting with the zoom , note how much easier it is to hold the picture in the viewfinder steady when it is set to wide-angle . |
| 20 | Dutch growers are experimenting with the use of lightweight acrylic fleece mulches to advance the flowering times of cut flowers . |
| 21 | Currently we are experimenting with the use of windows to provide context-sensitive advice , search history information and act as " dialogue windows . " |
| 22 | An alkali will obviously have to be introduced to neutralise the acid and I am toying with the idea of lime in one form or another . |
| 23 | Are you now confident about placing your faith in the adjustments that are happening with the economy ? |
| 24 | TEACHERS are grappling with the appliance of science in the primary classroom . |
| 25 | Lynn Eaton looks at how staff in one SSD are grappling with the problem |
| 26 | People are becoming with the word incest — although who would guess that an estimated one in four families are believed to have experience of this ? |
| 27 | The authorities have been grappling with the problem for a decade , but still the cars choke the cobbled streets . |
| 28 | When I read that junior Ministers are interfering with the curriculum , I get worried , because I do not think that they know very much about it . |
| 29 | ‘ You are interfering with the operation of this station ! ’ |
| 30 | At present , another member commented , " we have been driving with the accelerator full down and the brake on at the same time " . |