incommoding

As the late Robin Cook, who had served as Foreign secretary to Blair, wrote sarcastically in his 2003 memoir: "I never once knew No 10 [home of the British Prime Minister] to come up with any decision that would be incommoding to British Aerospace."

Vicky Ward: Why Britain Should Apologize for Releasing the Lockerbie Killer -- and Why it Won't 2009

Mrs Mears, who, though more frightened than hurt, readily accepted it, notwithstanding, to make way for her without incommoding Mrs Charlton, she was forced to get out herself.

Cecilia 2008

After repeated pressings on the part of Mr. Pott, and repeated protestations on that of Mr. Pickwick that he could not think of incommoding or troubling his amiable wife, it was decided that it was the only feasible arrangement that could be made.

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club 2007

The three columns were very slow in forming themselves, after there march our cannon incommoding them extremely.

Archive 2007-09-16 de Brantigny........................ 2007

The three columns were very slow in forming themselves, after there march our cannon incommoding them extremely.

Wild Geese at Fontenoy de Brantigny........................ 2007

The thin pale-faced man, whom their good-nature had brought into their society, looked out of place as well as out of spirits; sate on the edge of his seat, and kept the chair at two feet distance from the table; thus incommoding himself considerably in conveying the victuals to his mouth, as if by way of penance for partaking of them in the company of his superiors.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

But she was back at her workstation, bent over the coffee table reading fantasy comics without a zap or flicker of emotion, not making a nuisance of herself, not incommoding me by the disturbance of a single atom.

Kalooki Nights Howard Jacobson 2006

The fellow protested, with great humility, that their being overturned was owing to the failure of the axle-tree, and not to his want of care or dexterity in driving; though rather than be thought the cause of incommoding him, he would inquire for a post-chaise, in which he might depart for Brussels immediately.

The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle 2004

Indeed, I have known a Gascon, whose limbs were eloquent as his tongue: he never mentioned the word sleep without reclining his head upon his hand; when he had occasion to talk of a horse, he always started up and trotted across the room, except when he was so situated that he could not stir without incommoding the company, and in that case he contented himself with neighing aloud.

The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle 2004

Mr. Elton was to take the drawing to London, chuse the frame, and give the directions; and Emma thought she could so pack it as to ensure its safety without much incommoding him, while he seemed mostly fearful of not being incommoded enough.

Emma 2004