Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [adv] [adj] [conj] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 What is admired ( in the old sense of negative awed wonder , an example to be admired rather than imitated ) , is the apparent role of anonymous system forces seen not as natural but as overweening .
2 If he had turned from her and rushed from the room , banging the door after him , she would not have felt half as afraid as when he backed slowly from her , his arm bent and his forefinger wagging at her .
3 erm the other view , of course , is that medicine should have become much more scientific and that these almost old wives remedies should have been disgraced and discontinued .
4 I lay with my limbs stretched out as stiff as though rigor mortis had set in , and imitated a corpse so as to give greater reality to the enquiry .
5 It is recommended that salmeterol be taken regularly twice daily and that a shorter acting β 2 agonist such as salbutamol be added for additional relief .
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