Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this point in the theory , the Nirvana principle is conceived of as deriving its energy from the death instincts , and the pleasure principle serves these too sometimes , and therefore it loses its former primacy in the unconscious life of man . |
| 2 | Jonathon watched it , for a while , with admiration , as if appreciating its impudence in charging them so much . |
| 3 | His heart was beating agitatedly , as if sharing his sense of foreboding . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's called Titian , ’ she said , pushing her waves back with vigorous sweeps of her hands as if to deny its attraction to men . |
| 5 | For all that , it was a key letter and sounded a new note , and it was his first written in French , as if to underline his sense of liberation from the worst aspects of things Dutch — their narrow-mindedness , their lack of joy . |
| 6 | as if to confirm his train of thought there came a great crashing and a screeching of metal . |
| 7 | Brian Everthorpe takes a chair at the far end of the table , slightly withdrawn as if to mark his difference from the engineers . |
| 8 | There are also the exciting poses that come at the end of some of Ashton 's pas de deux as the two characters declare their love , for example , when Oberon cradles Titania in his arms at the end of The Dream and , even more excitingly , when Colas lifts Lise high on one arm it the end of their dance in Act II of La Fille Mai Gardée as if to crown her queen of the harvest |
| 9 | He stared at her , almost as if seeing his daughter for the very first time , his eyes boring into her , and she suffered his scrutiny as best she could . |
| 10 | He shrugged his shoulders and smiled as if deprecating his lack of education . |
| 11 | Dacourt looked at me under lowered brows as if recognising my existence for the first time . |
| 12 | Lucier stood up , with his hand spread across his breastbone as if to protect his heart from the jolt , and weighed up the possibilities of escape . |
| 13 | as if saying his name to herself had magically conjured him up , Jessamy heard his voice behind her . |
| 14 | Careful experiments have made it clear that they take note of the geographical features below them and when leaving their home loft they circle above it as if refreshing their memory with one last look before departing . |
| 15 | Sheldukher stared down at her suddenly , as if registering her presence for the first time . |
| 16 | His head is cocked slightly to one side , as if to reduce his height to Shirley Esplin 's level , and a slight sympathetic smile goes up one side of his face . |
| 17 | The meteorologists would prove to be right about the sun , but as if to prove their fallibility at four eleven a steady drizzle began . |
| 18 | as if to lure her husband into a false sense of security , she pretended in the following year that she had gone to America and had hired a secretary , called Daisy Miller , to answer her correspondence in her absence : but she herself was Daisy Miller . |
| 19 | Ruthie folded her arms , as if to emphasize her lack of responsibility for the shop she was minding . |
| 20 | One of the children pawed at my lap , as if returning my attention to the lady on the velvet throne . |