Example sentences of "[subord] [subord] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm and I have to say that er I mean if if if for example this was to Well assuming we had H two policy then would n't you expect to make some cross-reference here to your ei policy M eight in your approved structure plan ? |
| 2 | You know if if if for example you did n't understand anything about engines |
| 3 | It 's very good to compare how people see you , because if for example , your score came out we 'll say at a hundred but you work mainly with adapters , the innovators who were up here , they 're going to think that you 're an adapter . |
| 4 | Then , it follows from that , that understanding Shakespeare , and keeping the understanding of Shakespeare alive , is also a good , because if for example this great , rich and wonderful thing were simply there in the world and no one could see him and no one could understand him and no one was any longer thinking or talking about him , that also would be a secondary impoverishment . |
| 5 | In ordinary spoken discourse the endless cycle of encoding-decoding-encoding may be terminated by an action , as when for instance I say , ‘ The door is open ’ and you say , ‘ Do you mean you would like me to shut it ? ’ and I say , ‘ If you do n't mind ’ , and you shut the door , we may be satisfied that at a certain level my meaning has been understood . |
| 6 | Although I did my best not to , something of my scepticism must have betrayed itself , for Mr Farraday then added , as though for reassurance , that were it to prove necessary , then an additional member of staff could be hired . |
| 7 | Outbuildings , including a fourteenth-century chapel , now a garden shed , appear to huddle round the medieval manor as though for warmth , giving the whole an informal and completely unselfconscious appearance . |
| 8 | She was lying on her side and Hugh was on his side also , clinging to her back , as though for protection . |
| 9 | Moreover , when barons and knights gathered together in arms , as though for war , who could tell what conspiracies and rebellions might not follow ? |
| 10 | She looked across the desk at Wycliffe as though for encouragement , but none came ; his expression remained bland ; she could not even be sure that he was looking at her or whether his gaze was focused on the window behind her . |
| 11 | James nodded to him as though for confirmation and then said loudly , ‘ Let us go to the Castle — ’ He became aware that the further reaches of the crowd were out of hearing and shouted at the top of his voice , ‘ Let us go — along to the Castle — and let us see — what John Menzies — will do about the Act ! ’ |