Example sentences of "filling [pers pn] with the " in BNC.

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1 Once stomachs had settled to life at sea their owners got down to the serious work of filling them with the gargantuan meals offered .
2 Many fish , squid , octopuses , comb-jellies and jellyfish ensure that the abyssal depths are never completely dark by filling them with the sparkle and shimmer of animal light .
3 The palmier biscuits can be made up to two weeks in advance of the filling them with the whipped cream , as long as they are stored in an airtight tin .
4 Anticipate the hose-pipe bans and make the most of a sunny border , says Nigel Colborn , by filling it with the kind of plants that thrive on heat and dust
5 She revived the house , filling it with the best Paris could offer in people and le bon goût , in the tradition established there by her great predecessor Pauline Borghese , who employed Napoleon 's architect Fontaine to remodel the interior ( and sold the house to the Duke of Wellington ) .
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