Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] with [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A fascinating satirical theme is never properly pushed to its limits and all concerned sadly bottle out , with plot and action drooping along with its protagonists ' derrieres . |
| 2 | Never break off a conversation to say , ‘ Oh I love this song ’ , and then start singing along with it . |
| 3 | Fred sat on the end of the bed with his elbows on his knees and his hands hanging down with their knuckles back to back , like a tired football player in a dressing-room . |
| 4 | Nonetheless , the Conservatives are still pressing on with their plans to stand in all 17 constituencies in Northern Ireland and to give the electorate the chance to accept or reject their programme for governing the country . |
| 5 | The optimism which greeted the ‘ workforce of the future ’ may have faded , but both the union and the company are pressing on with it . |
| 6 | And I was walking down with my yorks [ straps below the knee ] and my belt , everything tied and dressed properly like a collier . |
| 7 | She tried to look annoyed , but the teasing warmth in his hazel eyes disarmed her , and she found herself laughing along with him . |
| 8 | Lay the tissue over it , pressing down with your fingernail |
| 9 | Earn your freedom by behaving well and keeping in with your owner . |
| 10 | Which do you care about more — keeping in with your friends or keeping in with Jesus ? |
| 11 | The fire-bellied toad normally prefers to remain hidden and its back is patterned and coloured in a way that enables it to do so by blending in with its surroundings . |
| 12 | I was walking along with my girl and I see my old man and I was scared , you know , smoking , but at the same time I did n't want to throw it away because my girl was there , you know , and she 'd see it , and I just kept on walking and my old man stopped and said to me , ‘ Give me a light ’ , and I give him a light , and he said , ‘ I 'm away to the shops ’ , and I was , you know , thinking , I can get away with this . |
| 13 | The phones at Ralph Davies ' haulage office have n't stopped ringing , with drivers stranded in France checking in with their boss . |
| 14 | Henry Cotton was walking in with us and he says , ‘ That 's the bravest golf shot I 've ever seen in my life . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ We are not doing what we could have done , which is to go steaming in with lots of transport police officers and arrest them . |
| 16 | How about taking an afternoon off next week and driving over with me to have a look round ? |
| 17 | We 're just like , the other day I was doing the washing-up and I was just like , stripping off with my outer layers |
| 18 | When , in well-cut white satin and glycerine tears , she sobbed , Oh but Daddy I do love him , I do love him , he still tried to reason with her ; but then when he saw her hitching up the satin and running across the lawn , throwing off the veil , scattering the astonished wedding guests as she ran , and when he saw her jumping into a truck , not caring that she was getting petrol stains all over her broderie anglaise , jumping into a truck and not with the man they all expected her to love , but with the one she really loves , and then driving off with him in a cheap pickup truck to a motel in Wisconsin , shouting out , Goodbye Father , Goodbye Father ! as she goes ; well when he saw her doing that then Boy could not bring himself to disapprove . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's mine and we just saw the dog walking off with it , ’ the golfer replied . |
| 20 | Nine out of 10 are keeping up with their repayments , says consumer credit group Infolink . |
| 21 | Both keep going , even if it means a great effort and both keep their minds active by reading , talking and keeping up with what 's happening in the world . |
| 22 | Doing about sixty , seventy , normal speed , in hurry to get somewhere and er I I just sat there and erm all of a sudden I I thought I was miles past this other car and I started going in , just to let him go past , obviously and he 's I I did n't realise this other car was keeping up with me and I 've gone towards it and I thought sh I 'd looked in my mirror shit it 's still there ! |
| 23 | So quickly that the commonalty experienced difficulty in keeping up with them and the nobility wondered where disaster would strike next in the realm . |
| 24 | Behind her Rose followed her at a wheezing trot , keeping up with her , until she suddenly mastered the antiquated machine , and sped away , feeling like a Swiss mountaineer with his St Bernard dog , setting off on his errand of mercy . |
| 25 | The only trouble with Murray was keeping up with him . |
| 26 | Her bosom rose and fell ; she was out of breath from keeping up with him . |
| 27 | His flock has no hope of keeping up with him . |
| 28 | After the death of her husband , and surviving the destruction of her only means home , the woman had difficulties keeping up with him . |
| 29 | ’ I said , keeping up with him stride for stride as he continued on towards the bus stop . |
| 30 | But gradually in the l950s and 1960s it became clear that , though the economy had grown considerably since 1945 , the UK was not keeping up with its rivals abroad . |