Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] [noun prp] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Looks as if Belinda has just realised she does n't have your undivided attention , ’ he commented , and Rachel gave a rueful smile . |
| 2 | ‘ Mr Stonebird , ’ said Ianthe seriously , as if Penelope had really forgotten his name . |
| 3 | Claude Simon 's Les Géorgiques ( 1981 ) was seen by several critics as a rejection of the extreme textual materialism of his more recent fiction , as if Simon had finally shaken off the pernicious influence of Jean Ricardou . |
| 4 | But then , as if Waimea had prematurely taken its gloves off , the waves all round him eased and he took advantage of the lull to belt the last thirty yards to the beach . |
| 5 | Although it is the coroner 's court 's function simply to find the cause of death , under what circumstances it happened and who , if anybody , is to be charged and with what , many members of the public plus the national papers were speaking as if Drew had already been indicted . |
| 6 | But he thought that it was as if Fael-Inis had somehow taken a shard of pure light and splintered it , and then scattered it about them . |
| 7 | ‘ O Jesus Christ , ’ he said , looking over my shoulder as if JC had just wandered in from the garden , ‘ did you die for this boy ? ’ |
| 8 | It was not as if James had ever given Leo any justification for disliking him . |
| 9 | as if Todd had never interrupted him , he continued with his original remark : ‘ Do n't worry , Hilary . |
| 10 | ‘ It was Rainer who did that , ’ Scholz said unperturbed , as if Brenner had never spoken . |
| 11 | Rachel refrained from adding that the presence of David Markham at Conway House could well be the deciding factor as to whether Jennifer went there or not . |
| 12 | Obviously this had led to considerable controversy between Marxists and non-Marxists as to whether Marx had fully understood capitalism and whether or not subsequent developments have invalidated his account of its structure of power . |
| 13 | Well , let's hope this weather picks up for when Margaret gets here . |