Example sentences of "and [v-ing] with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the initiation of Clelia , she was to Clara less Surprising than she might otherwise have been , for the resemblance between mother and daughter was marked : the features were the same , though worn and lined by grooves deeper than mere wrinkles : the set of the conscious , curious head was the same , and the hair was the same , though streaked with white , and hanging with the benefits of expense , as well as of style . |
| 2 | The Requalification team began to work closely with the co-ordinator and the authors , identifying the criteria to be achieved and monitoring and assisting with the progress documents . |
| 3 | The Sudanese People 's Liberation Army ( SPLA ) , waging a rebel war in the predominantly Christian southern part of the country , stated in a broadcast on its radio that 15 NCOs , all members of the Nuba tribe , had been executed by the ruling Revolutionary Command Council on Sept. 15 for allegedly plotting and collaborating with the SPLA . |
| 4 | Delabere Pritchett Blaine ( 1770–1845 ) , a medical man , had been recommended to assist Vial by demonstrating anatomy and helping with the translation of Vial 's lectures . |
| 5 | She said how glad she was they had somewhere nice to stay and that she hoped they were being good and making their beds and helping with the washing up and remembering to clean their teeth . |
| 6 | Social services departments also provide care and after care for older children , by running hostels for working boys and girls and helping with the costs of further education and training , or simply by offering friendship and advice . |
| 7 | They play a large part in the provision of welfare services , especially in running clubs and recreational activities and helping with the provision of meals , and they make a substantial contribution to the demand for residential care . |
| 8 | We used to play marbles in the alley-way together , and sail paper boats down the gutter when it rained , and we 'd spent all our hot summers together playing rounders on the field over the railway line and helping with the donkey-rides on the beach . |
| 9 | Mr R. Mardle for painting a museum sign and helping with the interim layout ; |
| 10 | The country 's fifth national development plan , covering the period 1986-90 , was making progress at reducing economic dependence on revenues derived from petroleum and natural gas reserves and helping with the creation of new private-sector industries . |
| 11 | The followers say the exhiliration and the spectacle of horse and hounds is a vital part of country life , providing jobs and helping with the management of the countryside . |
| 12 | And helping with the handover to assistant chief housing officer Neil Schneider , were two young girls regarded by Stockton Borough Council as typical of the youngsters who would benefit from a successful bid . |
| 13 | Piphros stopped again , chest swelling and contracting with the effort . |
| 14 | What policy advice will the Home Secretary need on prison matters , for example the use of police cells and contracting with the private sector , which are distinct from the operations of the Prison Service , and by whom should it be given ? |
| 15 | Cecil King behaved liked a baron at the Daily Mirror in the 1960s , scolding the Wilson government and toying with the idea of political office . |
| 16 | Urquhart guided her into an alleyway along Ladbroke Grove and their tongues intertwined , playing and toying with the other . |
| 17 | By your own admission , when you 're not quizzing him about everything , you 're confronting him and toying with the idea of hitting him . |
| 18 | This channel might be solid state but the crunch sounds quite natural , and experimenting with the various options on both channels I ca n't imagine many players not being able to come up with a sound which meets their particular requirements . |
| 19 | Werewolf had been reading the owner 's handbook of Patterson 's BMW and experimenting with the passenger seat , having achieved what seemed like a dozen different positions before we got south of the river . |
| 20 | To what extent do they appear to preclude you from making use of the skills and knowledge that you have acquired and competing with the people for whom you used to work . |
| 21 | And weeping with the ache of the effort |
| 22 | And if we look at the patristic understanding of atonement , what hits us with startling freshness is that the Divine Drama is alive and pulsating with the tension and conflict of the Great Battle . |
| 23 | and fumbling with the zip on his anorak . |
| 24 | At home working on his Dictionary of Gaelic on Historical Principles , and struggling with The Times Literary Supplement crossword . |
| 25 | It was nice to be alone with him in Faye and Bill 's room , even though they were only doing the most mundane of jobs — stripping bed linen , dismantling head- and base-boards , and struggling with the big double mattress . |
| 26 | I caught it with the catapult , the thick black tubing of the rubber twisting once in the air as I scissored my hands and fell back , letting the buck go over my head and then kicking with my legs and turning myself so that I was level with it where it lay , kicking and struggling with the power of a wolverine , spreadeagled on the sand slope with its neck caught in the black rubber . |
| 27 | Ruth blazed , limping after him and struggling with the cool-box . |
| 28 | After glancing at the military map and checking with the compass , there was no mistaking Reggane . |
| 29 | But this caused Aboyeur to veer away from the rails and collide with Craganour , carrying him out towards the centre of the course and interfering with the finishing runs of Nimbus — who had been far enough back at Tattenham Corner for his jockey to have seen the suffragette incident — and Great Sport , both coming up the stands side . |
| 30 | It still has a minority government determined to hold on to power and interfering with the process of change by its illegal financial ( and other ) support of Inkatha . |