Example sentences of "[v-ing] with the [noun] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Living as he was on the borders of his lost paradise , in the limitless landscape of childhood from which he had been banished into adulthood , an uncomfortable country , I sensed that Jean-Claude was continually grappling with the feeling that his present was a poor reflection of his past . |
| 2 | At first she had disliked this , but Rose 's amusement , and the joking of those around them , had infected her , too , and she had found herself giggling and laughing with the rest as they were shuffled along . |
| 3 | ‘ Roads , park , dispensary , institute , and so on — a hundred and twenty thousand pounds ; repairs and upkeep , recurring , four thousand … ’ and so on through all the elements that make for the running of a town , ending with the caution that it was ‘ all very round-figurey . ’ |
| 4 | Roll out the puff pastry to a rectangle 30×25cm/12×10in , sprinkling with the sugar as you go . |
| 5 | This picture broke with the past by dispensing with the idea that everything in nature has a purpose or proper function , which explains why it behaves as it does . |
| 6 | Lawyers acting for the Queen are set to try to block Living With The Queen before it goes on sale in the US next month . |
| 7 | But they did have a very clear idea of how they wanted the house to look and resigned themselves to living with the mess while they tackled it room by room . |
| 8 | Living with the Keraing and his wife was a very public affair ; and , although they barked a good deal at the constant throng which invaded their household while we were there , they were traditionally in no position to deny them entrance , and each resident of Bira got his chance lengthily to observe our every blink and mannerism . |
| 9 | It means living with the perspective that we are in touch with the Lord Whose Son died so that we might enjoy the sort of life that He planned for us at the beginning of Genesis , and living with that perspective and privilege . |
| 10 | And thus it was that she came to be , on that February evening , poised at the very crown of the hill in Kensington Gardens , looking down the hill , with her back to Bayswater and home and trembling with the fear that she had at last grown up . |
| 11 | Trembling with the fear that you might not believe in the truth or my love . |
| 12 | These include such essentials as a preliminary sounding meeting with the head and whoever else is part of the school 's senior management ( i.e. anyone in a position to further the aims of the group ) to secure their sanction and support ; and an introductory meeting with as many of the staff as possible and manageable , for instance over a working lunch , regardless of who will eventually join the group , so that everybody knows what it will be about and interest is generated even in those who may not wish to join it . |
| 13 | Flying in the wind to cheers and raucous pipe music , the banner does not halt under the national flag , but carries on up the flagpole , vying with the tricolour until it covers it triumphantly . |
| 14 | The nurse will find answers to these types of questions in the course of conversing with the patient and his family and observing their behaviour ; and there may also be relevant information in other records such as medical records to which the nurse has access . |
| 15 | ‘ I came to my senses , ’ she said , economising with the truth until she felt more capable of handling it with any degree of calm . |
| 16 | she was saying now is he still going with the girl that he was , that he 's going wi he was going with and I says he 's still . |
| 17 | Then I went back to rehearsing with the band while she sat around listening . |
| 18 | By leading a solitary existence , he avoids competing with the females that he has fertilised . |
| 19 | He 'd just finished helping with the dishes when he decided it was time for high-jinks in the sink . |
| 20 | Now , are we sticking with the allocation that we had in the past , peoples responsibility , or when we change them in this sort of way are we mucking them about ? 'Cos I like to know what I am responsible for and what I 'm not . |
| 21 | ‘ Because firstly she feels embarrassed at not knowing much about art , and secondly she 's still struggling with the fact that you mould her like a piece of clay in every painting . ’ |
| 22 | The top management group with which we began this chapter decided to begin to change their organisational defensive routines by beginning with the ones that they create in their own meetings . |
| 23 | It is encouraging to see that the Society is also moving with the times and its work with people with a disability , mothers and toddlers and its preparations for the arrival of National Vocational Qualifications are to be commended . |
| 24 | The profusion of newer universities have taken to offering franchised versions of their courses at further education colleges , while breaking with the tradition that it was unbecoming for a university to do anything so crass as advertising its wares . |
| 25 | The indications are that the crew acted courageously in staying with the aircraft until it was safe from civilian habitation . |
| 26 | What was he doing with the things that he was finding ? |
| 27 | But the house creaked her floor boards and rattled her windows , moaning with the wind till he picked up his bum and fled into the night shaking with fear as he imagined ghosts . |
| 28 | Continuing with the photo-copies that our Chairman , Richard Newcombe and I secured on our visit to the National Railway Museum at York , in this issue of the Journal I wish to concentrate on the correspondence between S. H. Pearce-Higgins and W. Roberts , who was the Receiver/Manager of the Bishop 's Castle Railway . |
| 29 | ‘ Your uncle Orrin tells us that you have been missing for months , not travelling with the Parslows as we thought , and when you surface again you have the gall to question us . ’ |
| 30 | There is no mention of it being outside the camp , and instead we are left with the picture of the tent , filled with the glory of God , travelling with the people as they continue onwards ( 40.34–8 ) . |