Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [subord] it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To decorate a dish of smoked salmon , so beautiful in itself , with lettuce leaves , or to strew it with tufts of cress , is not to make that salmon which has cost 38s. a pound look as if it cost £3 , but to belittle it so that you begin to feel it is some bargain basement left-over which needs to be disguised . |
| 2 | it will be , it will be nice to get there sort of before it gets dark would n't it on the other side ? |
| 3 | Then it would presumably spot some potential prey and come to a standstill in mid-air as if it had brakes . |
| 4 | The letter was waiting , lying in her pocket in a demanding way as if it had control of her . |
| 5 | Fitzormonde stepped away and the bear went back to its meal , shuffling its food into a dirty untidy pile as if it suspected Fitzormonde would like to take it away . |
| 6 | She parked , suddenly chill , picked up her bag as if it held eggshells . |
| 7 | Sometimes they approach language as if it expresses power relations and subjectivity directly , and originates from the very autonomous , fixed subjects whose existence they are challenging . |