Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 But not many people did see it and he was left with a clutch of good notices , a prospect of the West End which would say no , most times , to the sort of plays he was right for and a generous offer from Anthony Quayle to come back to Shakespeare in Stratford and tackle the next range of roles .
2 As an alternative to drawing the phasor diagram , an analytic solution is possible for and in terms of the measurements .
3 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 .
4 Her head was swimming and the floor seemed to be undulating as if she were at sea .
5 I 'll let you know definitely as soon as possible about whether to confirm the booking .
6 just behave normal as if it , as if you do n't know it 's there .
7 We have much to be grateful for and to remember him by .
8 I know I 've made a lot of mistakes and there are probably a lot of things I should be sorry about but I would n't change my life , I would make the same mistakes because they 've taught me so much .
9 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
10 Slipping tiles or slates may indicate a more serious condition , of ‘ nail sickness ’ , where the nails securing the tiles to the wooden battens have become rusted through or fatigued .
11 The fingers were clamped solid as if sewn into the material .
12 ‘ 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 .
13 The crushing weariness was a formidable enemy , though , and she felt her eyelids drooping as if they 'd been weighted .
14 Ninety minutes later they were all back in the saddle and drawing their first covert as if the season had just begun .
15 ‘ 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 ?
16 I 'll bust the balloons , you two split-ass about and distract their attention . ’
17 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 .
18 He fondled the ears and the dog turned , whipped his strange long tall about and licked the hand quickly .
19 While the serum activities of alanine transaminase and asparate transaminase remained normal during and after lithotripsy , the activities of the slightly raised alkaline phosphatase and gammaGT persisted .
20 So look at your friends , see what they are a little vain about and then multiply by a factor of ten .
21 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 .
22 Sore as if bruised with a sore throat , consider Phytolacca which also has a hot red face and cold limbs and body .
23 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 .
24 She sat up in the bed , dumbstruck , her face aglow as if lit from the inside .
25 ‘ 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 .
26 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 .
27 And another thing , the torch goes dim as if it 's losing its power .
28 We may readily show that the matrix X is non-singular. for if it is not , let us first suppose it to be simply degenerate .
29 Erm the sums behind it I 'm not too bothered about but I 'm gon na go through them because they 're quite instructive and I dare say there 's some poor souls here who 'd actually quite enjoy me to do that so we 're gon na go through some of the sums , not now but a bit later on .
30 Waterfalls of white and gold , shooting stars in scarlet and yellow , Christmas trees shimmering as if touched by fairy wands .
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