Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [subord] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The availability of similar speeds across the network could make the future remote facilities as intuitive and supportive as if they were all on the user 's desktop . |
| 2 | Her head was swimming and the floor seemed to be undulating as if she were at sea . |
| 3 | I 'll let you know definitely as soon as possible about whether to confirm the booking . |
| 4 | just behave normal as if it , as if you do n't know it 's there . |
| 5 | Well a pot will be simpler for when we get back if she 's in of course but |
| 6 | Once in one of these classes one year I had a Jewish student got up and got very upset during such a class as this and stomped out and then slammed the door er which I was rather sorry about because erm I think he was being a little bit erm too sensitive because the person who was giving the paper said anything anyway erm , but warrant that , but he was just offended of the idea that anybody could suggest that Moses was n't Jewish , and of course |
| 7 | The fingers were clamped solid as if sewn into the material . |
| 8 | ‘ Little talk with Jesus ? ’ he said , and , halfway through reaching for a tube of tomato purée , he closed his eyes and froze solid as if overtaken by a large quantity of molten lava . |
| 9 | The crushing weariness was a formidable enemy , though , and she felt her eyelids drooping as if they 'd been weighted . |
| 10 | Ninety minutes later they were all back in the saddle and drawing their first covert as if the season had just begun . |
| 11 | ‘ I was very torn about whether to use that picture , 'cause it could be seen as too sensitive , but then , why does every photo of me have to be spread legs , arms crossed , strong woman ? |
| 12 | At precisely the right moment , a heavily-built fellow with a black beard arrived and paced about , staring this way and that as if waiting impatiently for another to arrive . |
| 13 | And now murder has been done , and you are as guilty of that as if you had struck the blow yourself ! ’ |
| 14 | Although it er the numbers are small it appears from that as if the response of the marker tumour to Pasteur B G C might be better than to Evans but I can assure that there is no statistical difference in those values . |
| 15 | He was now using his powers to remind me of that as if the matter he was about to broach was more important than any spy . |
| 16 | Men spoke of that as if it was a heroic thing , but it was Thorkel Fóstri , he found , who had done the actual killing , and his father would n't speak about it at all . |
| 17 | jester let his head sag lower and lower as if he were falling asleep . |
| 18 | Running in a half-mile race with little pains tearing at my chest and my knees sinking lower and lower as if I were running across quick-sands . |
| 19 | thank you situation are appointed jointly by the County Council and the County and effectively these consultations and of that er appointment and the following the last Committee we agreed with the er detail and of the and we also agreed that we would not go ahead with the which until we have seen the result of the consultation and therefore there still outstanding as whether we wish to action the not . |
| 20 | It does not mean that we have been made righteous as if we are perfect and free from sin , because our daily experience will tell us of the power of sin ; but it does mean that we are declared righteous . |
| 21 | Now what the bloody hell would I have done something like that for unless something bad had happened ? |
| 22 | He has been like that for since he 's been with her he has |
| 23 | ( 2.1 ) unc This law does not have quite such a general form as that for IF ( 1.1 ) . |
| 24 | that 's that for when I 've done the first ten tapes . |
| 25 | Sore as if bruised with a sore throat , consider Phytolacca which also has a hot red face and cold limbs and body . |
| 26 | To me this is odd as if I were the president of South Korea I would have imprisoned Kim Hyun-hui and released Im Su Kyong as to me Kim Hyun-hui committed the more serious crime . |
| 27 | She sat up in the bed , dumbstruck , her face aglow as if lit from the inside . |
| 28 | ‘ So often people criticise others for wanting to do things which are a little bit different as if it 's wrong not to do things like everyone else does . |
| 29 | The budget of the Horton generally puts day to day work has got to better reflect the fact that there 's a growing district Hospital , and has got to better reflect the size of the population it serves , and then also about a third of the patients that are treated at the Horton come from Warwickshire , Northamptonshire and Gloucestershire , but actually the Horton is funded as if every patient there comes from Oxfordshire , and that 's clearly crazy , and we 've got to make quite sure that cross-boundary flows of patients are better reflected by cross boundary flows of money . |
| 30 | And then they went to the different islands and I remember this for when we were at the hotel me brother and me went across , well me was on it too we were all young then . |