Example sentences of "was [adv] [v-ing] with [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rachel knew , however , there was no point trying to explain that she was merely going with David to see her new friends from Conway House , because it looked as if her mother , together with Nina , Greg and all the others , had jumped to conclusions and were ready to believe that what was a perfectly innocent friendship had developed into something more . |
| 2 | The racecourse was naturally buzzing with accounts of the row at Tremayne 's dinner , most of the stories inflamed and inaccurate because of the embroidery by the press . |
| 3 | Bobbie ( RH ) : It was better working with pupils from another school 'cos everyone 's good at different things so the more people in the project , the more things we can do . |
| 4 | By ten that evening Polly was literally reeling with exhaustion . |
| 5 | Seizing his opportunity immediately , Mr Chan grabbed at it and Ray Shepherd was soon wrestling with Mr Chan as well as with the wheel . |
| 6 | The shy young visitor was soon disputing with Wordsworth almost on equal terms ; and next evening , while Coleridge was providing Dorothy with superfluous explanations about the different notes of the nightingale , Hazlitt and Wordsworth ‘ got into a metaphysical argument ’ which may have inspired two of the most genial of the Lyrical Ballads — ‘ Expostulation and Reply ’ , and ‘ The Tables Turned ’ , both of them written ‘ in front of the house at Alfoxden ’ . |
| 7 | Screen-tested four years later , she did something nasty to her hairline in the interests of personal sultriness , and was soon starring with Fred Astaire in You 'll Never Get Rich and You Were Never Lovelier . |
| 8 | The horrible hubby had not encouraged this , however , and indeed had sold her piano one weekend when she was away staying with friends . |
| 9 | Sooty turned to Yanto , who was already grinning with anticipation . |
| 10 | Shannon had been halfway convinced that he was already sleeping with Marianne , but now she was n't so sure . |
| 11 | She was already sweating with exertion . |
| 12 | I mean , before all you Outsiders came , I was just tinkering with things and I really did n't know anything about the world . ’ |
| 13 | And just to remind you what I was saying , if you 've just switched on , what I was just confirming with Colin er earlier , is that erm it 's slightly different in this competition to what we 've been accustomed to in the football league er this and last season , in as far as it 's not goals scored that 's important when you have the same number of points , it is goal difference . |
| 14 | When I was n't rushing out to meet J. somewhere , I was usually chatting with Sheila . |
| 15 | Even Heather , the Gnome Sixer , who was usually bursting with things to say at Pow-wow , was too flabbergasted to utter a word . |
| 16 | But it is entirely characteristic of Williams , whose head was always buzzing with Dante , and with the dangerous borderlines between sacred and profane love , that he should have read The Allegory in that way . |
| 17 | He was always arguing with Will about how to write plays . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The coroner laughed and was still bellowing with mirth as Athelstan urged his horse forward out into the street . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Like myself , his mind was still wrestling with Mr Billing 's problem and he hardly winced as Tristan placed a steaming plateful of sausage and mash before him . |
| 22 | Ruth was still spluttering with laughter when she realised Fernando was n't . |
| 23 | I was still weeping with fright when Uncle Bill put me to bed . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He had not yet finally committed himself to subordinating all his other interests to tragedy , but was still toying with ideas of a wider scope . |
| 26 | Obviously another trick question and I was still fumbling with words when Swartz said ‘ Baghetti ’ . |
| 27 | The word shot from her swollen lips ; she was still reeling with shock . |
| 28 | I was still brimming with plangency , chockful of feeling , when I arrived back at the hotel . |
| 29 | They hoped it would be a means of convincing voters — and their own restless supporters — that the party was still bursting with initiatives after 13 years in office . |
| 30 | Vigo was still savouring with pride and joy his caller 's astonishment . |