Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] with his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carey was often discouraged and frustrated but stubbornly pressed on with his translation work , realising its vital importance in the foundation of any missionary venture . |
| 2 | Benjamin Titford — the name had always been a popular one with the Carpenter family — was born on 15 December 1786 , and was baptised along with his ill-fated sister Lydia and brother Charles Thynne at St John 's on 27 May 1792 , Whit Sunday . |
| 3 | By now , ‘ gunman ’ Risdon had checked in with his new Smith & Wesson .22 calibre hand gun at a nearby hotel . |
| 4 | Barry Silk immediately carried on with his preparations , slipping a six inch long knife into its calf holster and tagging the retaining strap . |
| 5 | British Aerospace worker Leonard Phillips , injured in a terrorist bomb attack on a tourist bus in Egypt , defiantly carried on with his holiday yesterday after leaving hospital in Cairo . |
| 6 | It was Lou — frantic , almost incoherent , reporting that Rick had vanished along with his passport , that the police had been to see her and had asked hundreds of questions . |
| 7 | His hooked nose and moustache looked like the plastic variety that would have come off with his thick-lensed spectacles . |
| 8 | Comrade Li , who did the interpreting for us , got a bit mixed up with his vegetables and statistics , but was good-humouredly prompted by the others . |
| 9 | Frank had come up with his idea due to the accident of circumstances : the work surrounding him in Bristol , and the association of ideas — Blackett 's idea for the pi-meson being applied successfully for the muon . |
| 10 | In his darker moments Rincewind had come up with his own explanation as to why even minor spells refused to stay in his head for more than a few seconds . |
| 11 | curled up with his cuddly blanket , waiting |
| 12 | ‘ This is for people who have had a passing interest in Hendrix or have caught up with his music in the advent of the CD age . |
| 13 | Troy soon caught up with his wife . |
| 14 | Benjamin 's stomach seemed to have caught up with his memories for he now looked white-faced and confessed he felt queasy . |
| 15 | He had forgotten all about his previous difference with Owen and was now totally caught up with his argument . |
| 16 | When she had once laughingly asked , ‘ Who supplies the meat , Father , and the clothes that go between the hats and the shoes ? ’ he had come back with his usual answer to her , ‘ You 're too sharp by half ; you 'll cut yourself one of these days . ’ |
| 17 | The owner had bolted along with his fellow worshippers . |
| 18 | Thereafter , the caretaker was his man , glad of a chance to finger ‘ that man ’ who had moved in with his girlfriend on the eighth floor . |
| 19 | Fleury , exhausted and still quaking from his gallant dash beneath the sepoys ' glistening bayonets , had slumped down with his back to the new rampart . |
| 20 | Thieves had made off with his 3′ deep 6′ wide fibreglass pond — complete with fish and an estimated two tons of water … |
| 21 | By 1966 , the Church was better able to take advantage of the new interest in its separatist stance because it now had a core of Ulstermen who had been converted under Ian Paisley s preaching and who had grown up with his politicized evangelicalism . |
| 22 | A five-pound note that had got muddled up with his handkerchief fluttered to the floor , and he looked at it accusingly , though without making a move . |
| 23 | Victoria Lockhart , 20 , finished her three-year relationship with Dennis Harper , 25 , when she got fed up with his endless attempts to alter the way she looked . |
| 24 | Kinnear is fed up with his side playing in front of the smallest crowds in the Premier League , averaging only just over 4,000 at Selhurst Park , the ground they share with Crystal Palace . |
| 25 | Astrid , who had once found him such fun , was fed up with his tinder temper . |
| 26 | This unsensitivity aside , though , George comes over as a pretty decent bloke who simply got fed up with his celebrity status . |
| 27 | IT would n't happen on this newspaper , of course , but in Washington a reporter got fed up with his editor having a go at him because his first sentences were too long . |
| 28 | Even they are fed up with his moods . ’ |
| 29 | This unsensitivity aside , though , George comes over as a pretty decent bloke who simply got fed up with his celebrity status . |
| 30 | Had Stirling been more cautious , he would have followed the route taken by Cooper , Sadler and Taxis , and eventually would have met up with his brother Bill . |