Example sentences of "[v-ing] with his [noun] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Adams , keen on nature , wildlife and bird-spotting , often went walking with his sons in the Oxfordshire countryside . |
| 2 | Mr Newton fled his bachelor flat in Cricklewood , north-west London , and is living with his parents in the Home Counties . |
| 3 | He is a married man living with his family in the Creggan estate where he himself had been born and reared . ’ |
| 4 | Here is Egisto conversing with his servants in the second scene : There is some realism in the handling of the fair-scene : the impatient cries of the chorus , ‘ Alla fiera , alla fiera ’ , and the soloists selling combs and mirrors , cups and vases , straw hats The gentry sing their arie and duets , sometimes over ostinato basses , but the expansion of the purely musical and scenic elements at the expense of the dramatic , the recitative , which had hitherto characterized Roman opera , was not merely halted but reversed . |
| 5 | Publius was obviously meant to be Publius Scipio Africanus , who at that time was operating with his brother in the East . |
| 6 | He was lying with his head in the hollow of my neck and shoulder , breathing quietly ; his voice had a languorous , far-away sound , as if he were rocking slowly in a hammock on a hot summer day . |
| 7 | The scene closed with judge and prisoner bowing solemnly to one another , and the latter , after spending half an hour discoursing with his supporters in the courtroom , being led off to prison wreathed in smiles . |
| 8 | There is a counter attack going on , and the target is the next village just along the road there , ’ indicating with his forefinger in the direction of No. 6 Commando positions in and around the Saulnier farm at the other end of the village . |
| 9 | By scrawling with his crook in the dust , the shepherd redirected us and by nightfall we were holed up in a cosy bar . |
| 10 | A BOY was ‘ almost killed ’ after being savaged by a rottweiler while playing with his pals in the street . |
| 11 | In Kilronan churchyard lies the blind harper who , it is said , wrote the music for the tune that became ‘ The Star-Spangled Banner ’ — Turlough O'Carolan , led across Ireland on a white horse by his servant , and sleeping with his harp in the bed so as not to let the instrument 's wood warp in damp rooms . |
| 12 | James disappeared while shopping with his mother in the New Strand Shopping Centre in Bootle , near Liverpool , on Friday , February 12 . |