Example sentences of "was [verb] [pron] with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was helping me with the french . |
| 2 | ‘ Christopher , ’ said Francis to Jane , who was helping him with the sheep the next morning , ‘ has been like a father to me . ’ |
| 3 | Billie was fanning herself with the blanket to cool the sweat that was running down her body . |
| 4 | Those first six dancers had come to celebrate the newly awakened school of English classical dance that was establishing itself with the coming of peace . |
| 5 | No , the best he could do was to fortify himself with the Nielson family , and wait a century or two . |
| 6 | I did n't take offence , nor did I think her last question the non sequitur of a schizophrenic — Chineseness had everything to do with financial acumen — but she was treating me with the politeness she would accord a stranger who was her equal . |
| 7 | But the former golden girl of British tennis , who was mixing it with the world 's elite just five years ago , was pegged back when Smith won the second set tie-break 7-2 . |
| 8 | He did n't even look up , he was doing something with the cafetière . |
| 9 | Mr Clarke told the House of Commons that he was doing it with the great reluctance . |
| 10 | If he was still amusing himself , thought Cadfael , he was doing it with the eloquent dignity of archbishops and all the king 's judges . |
| 11 | It was Saturday morning and suburbia was busying itself with the tasks it likes so much . |
| 12 | And again he looked around , this time for the devil who was tempting him with the prospect he most profoundly desired . |
| 13 | It was then she realised that he was lambasting her with the tennis racquet . |
| 14 | ‘ I knew I was leaving them with the basis of a good side and a first-rate manager in Nigel Best . |
| 15 | ‘ I knew I was leaving them with the basis of a good side and a first-rate manager in Nigel Best . |
| 16 | ‘ I was watching you with the stopwatch . ’ |
| 17 | And perhaps Labour 's greatest ever mistake was to saddle it with the label ‘ poll tax ’ , thereby fixing in the public mind the link between voting and taxation . |