Example sentences of "[vb past] [be] toying with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some people in the liberal Free Democratic party , the junior partner in the government , had been toying with the idea of switching their support to the Social Democrats after December . |
| 2 | Coincident with the attention to reduce noise on the German Speedwing , David Clarke of Windy Kites in the UK had been toying with the concept of a kite with a rigid trailing edge . |
| 3 | Before Henderson went to Russia Lloyd George himself had been toying with the idea that a Stockholm conference might help to keep Russia in the war . |
| 4 | ‘ No , he had been toying with the idea of proposing to Fiona , whom he had known all his life and whom he liked . |
| 5 | He had been toying with her that day on the river , playing games to satisfy some peculiar quirk of his character . |
| 6 | Slowly , he put down the silver pen he had been toying with and stood up , walking to her at the windows . |