Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , if you see a ploughed field today , it looks exactly as if a lot of pigs have been a-hoggin' and a-rootin' on it up . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ What 's this , Sep ? ’ said Tom Tedder , coming in from his last class , and acting rather as if a load was now off his mind , or as if he was trying to conceal one . |
| 3 | This progress occurs regardless of whether a child shows emotional and behavioural disturbance . |
| 4 | The European Commission of Human Rights will rule today on whether a complaint by The Sunday Times , The Observer , and The Guardian that the UK broke freedom of expression guarantees during the Spycatcher affair can go ahead . |
| 5 | Later that month the draft report of the Cadbury Committee on Corporate Governance was published , calling for directors to report explicitly on whether a business is a going concern and for auditors to report on this statement . |
| 6 | But how do you find out about whether a planning application has been made in the first place ? |