Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] [conj] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was cramp in my neck and arms and I was so tired that it seemed almost as if a malevolent magnetism was trying to drag me to the ground . |
| 2 | It was held that the income arising from the £2M was to be assessed basically as if a new source of income had arisen , ie there had been an addition to the account within s66(3) and the income arising from the addition would be assessed on an actual basis during the early years . |
| 3 | Even for the much more limited requirement of a qualification based purely on whether a significant proportion of the likely distribution of outcomes gives a negative net worth , there must be some implicit formulation of a distribution and a cut-off percentage . |
| 4 | Then there 's a fuzzy bit I ca n't remember — oh yes , it 's not a lake , it 's the sea , with tremendous waves , and I 'm still on my front looking downwards , but the people have disappeared , and the sea 's full of the furniture at Cal 's house — the grandfather clock that chimes every quarter hour , the gold velour sofa , all those tiny thimbles and china bells that her mum dusts every day of her life , even their bath and loo in trendy slate-blue — and everything is swirling round as if a great Sea God was stirring it like a pot full of stew . |
| 5 | She saw that Talvi 's frizzled up as it met Rosa 's , like a brand which is doused , and she also saw that Rosa did not notice , but went on as if a bubbling sulphurous spring rose inside her . |
| 6 | When he holds out his tiny arms to greet me my whole heart keels over as if a great wave has hit it . |
| 7 | These districts were treated almost as if a presidential campaign was underway ; radio and television advertising time was bought ; mail and telephone blitzes were organized ; administration speakers Appeared and organizations like the National Association of Manufacturers , the US Chamber of Commerce , the American Medical Association and other organizations supportive of Reagan 's programme were mobilized . |
| 8 | The document was in the name of Mustafa Ibn Assaad Shihada Zamzam , Mrs Zamzam 's husband , and when she saw that I recognised this type of British mandate deed Mrs Zamzam 's face lit up as if a great discovery had been made . |
| 9 | I think , I 'll come back to that a little bit when we get on to some consideration of these press releases . |
| 10 | In summer an artificial grass rug comes out of the garden shed for the children to roll about on and a wooden sandpit , brought in Germany , keeps them happy for hours . |