Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 I had a poster done out and had it outside the town hall .
2 We then take those kind of and use it in an ocean to create the state of the ocean .
3 But to take some fact that a novelist has written of and to add it to the mishmash at the back of your mind and then to reproduce it as part of the web you eventually weave : this is the process of creation .
4 She talked with Emma about the chart and what it was for and put it in the kitchen where Emma could see it clearly .
5 Walter made quite a business from stealing rationed food from the grocer he worked for and selling it on the black market , while Theo dealt mostly in men 's clothes which he shifted on to a second-hand dealer who paid ready cash .
6 It is no more than the action of clashing their teeth together as if sinking them into the neck of the prey , in the specialized killing bite of the cat , but it has become a sound signal that many observers have commented on .
7 All of them were sitting forward in their seats , as if bracing themselves for a collision .
8 Philip French wrote in The Times , ‘ Once again , the considerable talent of Michael Crawford is squandered on feeble material , and he is excusably incapable of convincing us of the irresistible attraction of an insipid newcomer called Genevieve Gilles , who delivers her lines as if reading them from the small print of an oculist 's chart ( from which they might well have derived ) .
9 She moved past them , smiling at Axel , as if welcoming him for the first time .
10 as if to remind him of the past , Controller Macdonald had a large video print of that moment on one wall of his office , which was in the basement .
11 These icy cold droplets seemed to cut through to the bone as if to punish him for the way he was .
12 The man looked at the boys as if seeing them for the first time .
13 Julius looked at her jeans and T-shirt , as if seeing them for the first time .
14 Eddie 's gaze ran on round the room , taking in , as if seeing them for the first time , the stool and easel , the framed reproduction Leonardo drawings on the walls , the low divan bed .
15 He looked at her for a moment as if seeing her for the first time then paused , giving the question serious thought .
16 Vincent looked at him , as if seeing him for the first time .
17 She looked up at Trent , as if seeing him for the first time : ‘ I 'd have drowned if you 'd left me on the Key . ’
18 She sat down before the dressing-table , automatically picking up a hairbrush , but the sight of her own reflection in the mirror distracted her , and for long moments she simply stared at her own face , as if seeing it through the eyes of a stranger .
19 He moved round and joined them and stared intently at the portrait as if seeing it for the first time .
20 Sam looked at the revolver as if seeing it for the first time .
21 Charles found he was watching much of the play as if seeing it for the first time .
22 But on the following day he had shaved the red stubble from his chin , was wearing a cleaner shirt , and was once more beginning to adopt a stern and over-bearing expression The Magistrate continued to give the orders which regulated the defence of the enclave , but in a subdued tone , as if referring them to the final authority of the Collector , should he wish to exercise it .
23 She made as if to poke him in the eye .
24 Jannie put her spare hand over her eyes as if shielding them from the sun , and closed out the sight of her husband .
25 The eagles talked less now and fell into their own thoughts as if preparing themselves for the dark months ahead .
26 He and his sister stood on either side of the bed , bending over her as if to protect her from the perils of the night with their own flesh and bone .
27 Oswald sat up , shaking his head as if freeing himself from a trance .
28 Slowly , the guide bent down , as if to steel himself for the fight .
29 Before Mungo and Emily could focus on it , Vic made as if to throw it into the air .
30 Coombes leaned out of the window and shouted ‘ Come on then , this time ’ as if to pull me off the road .
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