Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man leans forward , grasps the paper as if to take a closer look at it , and removes the small white packet of cocaine from behind my thumb . |
| 2 | It sent her backing nervously towards the casement window as if to set a safer distance between the two of them . |
| 3 | My partner almost ran across the traverse as if to depart a potential trouble spot before it was aware of his passage . |
| 4 | And just as they were about to leave , as if to make a grand exit of it , O kissed Boy again , very publicly . |
| 5 | He listens , and sometimes he inclines his head sympathetically , as if to get a better purchase on what I am saying . |
| 6 | But reason requires that protest itself needs to spring from and to recognise a liberal sentiment , since romantic revivalist passion and the protest which its enthusiasm engenders can be inimical to both the interests of the individual and free social cooperation . |
| 7 | In writing a program , one often has a lot of freedom in the use of bound variables : not only in where they are declared , but also in whether to declare a new variable or re-use an old one . |
| 8 | The recent fuss over whether to build a new town at Foxley Wood in Hampshire , for example , was a case where the then Secretary of State , Nicholas Ridley , intended to ignore the inspector 's advice to reject an appeal by the potential developers . |
| 9 | Political hot potatoes include the pylons scheme which is planned for Cleveland and North Yorkshire and the Department of Environment 's decision on whether to allow a toxic waste incinerator at Portrack . |
| 10 | She turned up the volume of the calypso tape Elaine had given her and sang at the top of her voice , thinking about whether to have a formal dinner party for the charity night , as Pauline suggested , or a more casual fancy-dress party on Halloween , which was what she would prefer . |
| 11 | According to Anthony O'Reilly , chairman of the multinational H. J. Heinz , which owns Starkist , the internal corporate debate about whether to adopt a dolphin-safe policy was ‘ epic , almost theological in tone . ’ |
| 12 | You want your body to get about as easily as possible and be able to do the things that your mind seizes on that you want to , to have a go at and to make a reasonable job of it . |