Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [conj] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aggie again looked to the side as if to help check the escape of some quick retort from her lips . |
| 2 | Gaston , however , disposed of the latest invaders and then commemorated his double success over the heathens by incorporating into his portal the figures of two Saracens in chains and oriental costume , to be seen still hunched submissively at the foot of the central pillar of the doorway as if having to bear all its weight . |
| 3 | Her hands covered her mouth as if trying to hold the screams in . |
| 4 | But also the administration of and trying to rectify the |
| 5 | Erm , but sole , we 're looking at sole proprietor as well , there 's some good things in that , I E they 're cheap to set up , stuff like that , so they 're not bad as they go , but , I suppose well I 'll have to sell when I 've got more money , I did n't get any replies today not a single blooming one , I 'm a bit cheesed off , so erm , I think I might ring back that one of the ones that I did get a reply from and say thank you . |
| 6 | He began to say all the prayers to the Blessed Virgin and the saints which he had been taught at his mother 's knee , and all the while , as he prayed , he was aware that under a mile to the west lay Gribbin Head , where murder had been done eleven months before : murder he had been witness to and had profited by ; murder he had known full well was mortal sin for which , at the Judgement Seat , he would have to give account to God . |
| 7 | 13.2 Should the Company for any reason whatsoever not procure the preparation of or fail to deliver each new edition then the Publisher shall be free to employ an alternative writer ( or writers ) to edit the work in such manner as the Publisher may consider appropriate and the Publisher will be entitled to deduct all or part of the remuneration payable to the alternative writer(s) from royalties payable to the Company on that edition . |
| 8 | Lou withdrew her hand , leaned her head against the wall and stared out of the window as if trying to pull her thoughts together . |
| 9 | He looked up at the ceiling as if expecting to see him floating there . |
| 10 | At a meeting on April 21-22 the Democratic Platform 's co-ordinating council was divided over the question of whether to begin creating a new party immediately , with those in favour of an immediate split from the CPSU forming a steering committee chaired by Nikolai Travkin . |
| 11 | In her frantic anxiety she began rubbing her eyes and then her dripping nose as if trying to flatten both into her skull . |
| 12 | Utterly astounded not only his words , but by the warm tenderness in his eyes , she glanced quickly round the room as if expecting to find watching eyes . |
| 13 | He stopped trembling as quickly as he had begun a moment before and seemed to withdraw down the dark passage to the daydream he was locked in when they first arrived . |
| 14 | This sequence is typical of what can be done in such surroundings once you have got your eye in and have begun to link your shots together visually or by association of ideas . |
| 15 | Jess pressed against the wall as if wanting to become one of the panels . |
| 16 | He moved out of the bright firelight into the shadows by the wall as if hoping to escape further questioning . |
| 17 | He shook his head as if trying to deny what he had heard . |
| 18 | Erika frowned and tilted her head as if trying to remember and then , cruelly , said , ‘ Oh yes , where I danced with that interesting lad , and with Herman Guttenbruk . ’ |
| 19 | Nevertheless , Zambia slouched into hir showercub as if going to relieve hirself , only partially closing the door . |
| 20 | Oh I mean I I after we after er we may never see look at each other again so my my job is to is to say right I can forward your name to and say look you know er I will make one or two points this guy er needs to be concentrated on , not as an exception , but you know because we 've taken fliers with people before you 've been very successful . |
| 21 | This legislation requires that people for the first thirteen weeks that they are unemployed have the right to look for a job which they have experience in and enjoy doing , but after 13 weeks they are required to take any job that comes along . |
| 22 | Arsenal started the 1932–3 season as if determined to erase the unhappy memories of the previous spring . |
| 23 | He stood in front of the door , staring at the peeling blue paint as if trying to imprint every detail on his memory . |
| 24 | She heard him making little noises with his lips and tongue as if preparing to speak . |
| 25 | The cabby made a squealing noise and clutched at the ragged edges of the wound as if trying to hold it together , to prevent the blood pouring through his hands . |
| 26 | If you have never skied langlauf before and want to have a go , there are ‘ Try it out weekends ’ in the Swiss resort of Kandersteg — a lovely old village in the Bernese Oberland . |
| 27 | On the 580 and the EC1 you can turn this button on and start knitting with the carriage at either side of the needle bed . |
| 28 | Ganong ( 1980 ) found that the identification of a phoneme on a continuum between and varied according to whether it was the first phoneme of kiss or gift . |
| 29 | ‘ I found out , by chance , that the girl I was in love with and hoping to marry was having it off with a colleague . |
| 30 | Mark said : ‘ I kicked the front door in and tried to get upstairs , but was beaten back by the smoke . |