Example sentences of "[v-ing] with it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I could see you grappling with it on a daily basis , ’ he drawled softly . |
| 2 | Nevertheless I would claim that the religious life as a phenomenon has insights which can throw light on the question , because the nuns have been wrestling with it for centuries . |
| 3 | I used it every day in my writing and after reading the Simontons ' book Getting Well Again , had started toying with it as an anti-cancer technique almost as soon as I left hospital . |
| 4 | Lots of people like the poster too , so we 'll be sticking with it for now , and as for the scores … we 'll be done some more reader challenges soon , so liars who can hardly play a game they claim to have mastered will have me to deal with ! |
| 5 | Sticking with it for the long haul , typically 5–7 years . |
| 6 | The bank has been experimenting with it for seven years , but , this year , 100 branches will come on stream . |
| 7 | Owen could hardly bear to look at her , so much was she at the mercy of the music , plunging with it into pits of despair , rising with it to heights of exaltation that were almost unbearable . |
| 8 | and in 1817 on the death of the grandfather Michael Dancer , Josiah returned to take charge of the family business , moving with it to Liverpool the following year . |
| 9 | Also more particularly because this particular bit of work has had such thorough examination by the presbyteries that it does n't seem to er justify further tinkering with it at this stage . |
| 10 | But sociologist Jean-Claude Kausmann has found out what they are doing with it in private in a major piece of research that takes the lid off the French marital laundry basket . |
| 11 | Where the innocent party has affirmed the contract , i.e. indicated his intention of continuing with it in spite of the misrepresentation . |
| 12 | Owen could hardly bear to look at her , so much was she at the mercy of the music , plunging with it into pits of despair , rising with it to heights of exaltation that were almost unbearable . |
| 13 | Something snapped inside her and she found herself grabbing the mutton and wresting the plate , with what was left of the uncut joint still on it , and running with it from his crazed presence . |
| 14 | First , and rather obviously , subjects unfamiliar with a rather complex dynamic decision problem under risk have difficulty in coping with it on first acquaintance . |
| 15 | The further reading I recommend can help you to challenge some commonly held assumptions about where stress comes from , and should help you to structure your own plan for coping with it in a way which is appropriate to you personally . |
| 16 | So if your voice is quick , make sure you put in pauses , or find some other method of coping with it in that way . |
| 17 | If the wife can so easily dispose of this property , it may be that her husband will coax or bully her into parting with it to him or to his creditors , and so it allows her a privilege which no other grown-up person of sound mind in the country can enjoy . |
| 18 | Now we may never know what secrets it was towing with it in the clouds . |
| 19 | You must tackle a warren as though you intend to do a good job at it ; there 's precious little point or pleasure in dabbling with it for that way you achieve very little . |
| 20 | And the judge tried effectively to ‘ settle ’ the matter by dealing with it through the ordinary channels of taxation . |
| 21 | ‘ 3(1) Any assumption by a person of the rights of an owner amounts to an appropriation , and this includes , where he has come by the property ( innocently or not ) without stealing it , any later assumption of a right to it by keeping or dealing with it as owner . |
| 22 | ‘ 3(1) Any assumption by a person of the rights of an owner amounts to an appropriation , and this includes , where he has come by the property ( innocently or not ) without stealing it , any later assumption of a right to it by keeping or dealing with it as owner . |
| 23 | This result is probably implicit in the concept of appropriation ( or ‘ conversion ’ ) ; but it is made explicit by the provision in clause 3(1) that a person 's assumption of the rights of an owner ‘ includes , where he has come by the property ( innocently or not ) without stealing it , any later assumption of a right to it by keeping or dealing with it as owner . ’ |
| 24 | There is an appropriation where in those circumstances he later assumes " a right to it by keeping or dealing with it as owner " . |
| 25 | Officials there are believed to be dealing with it as a private matter . |
| 26 | CHOOSE the wine and make sure someone has the job of dealing with it on Christmas Day . |
| 27 | ‘ In future cases where a new regime comes to power unconstitutionally our attitude on the question of whether it qualifies to be treated as a government , will be left to be inferred from the nature of the dealings , if any , which we may have with it , and in particular on whether we are dealing with it on a normal government to government basis . |
| 28 | VAT is certainly not a glamorous subject and it is easy for those dealing with it to be cynical about it . |
| 29 | Speaker B keeps returning to the same point , his first statement , dealing with it in a variety of ways , and we get three different and slightly conflicting evaluations of his action in discussing sex openly with his pupils ( it 's daring , it 's unsystematic , it 's something anyway ) . |
| 30 | ( 2 ) A person can not steal land , or things forming part of land and severed from it by him or by his directions , except in the following cases , that is to say — ( a ) when he is a trustee or personal representative , or is authorised by power of attorney , or as liquidator of a company , or otherwise , to sell or dispose of land belonging to another , and he appropriates the land or anything forming part of it by dealing with it in breach of the confidence reposed in him ; or ( b ) when he is not in possession of the land and appropriates anything forming part of the land by severing it or causing it to be severed , or after it has been severed ; or ( c ) when , being in possession of the land under a tenancy , he appropriates the whole or part of any fixture or structure let to be used with the land . |