Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [subord] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Athelstan had talked to another friar who had seen Wallingford 's ingenious clock , the wheels within it fixed as if by magic , which not only measured the hours but indicated the states and signs , the phases of the moon , the position of the sun , the planets and the heavens . |
| 2 | His eyes roved to the perimeter fences where the lights still shone as if in defiance of the coming day . |
| 3 | He nodded as if in dismissal , and Merrill guessed that he was still angry with her . |
| 4 | The priest nodded as if in understanding . |
| 5 | A string orchestra wailed as if in torment . |
| 6 | In the intense heat of the day most of them fell silent and withdrew into the gum trees , where they disappeared as if by magic among the bright green leaves . |
| 7 | Fragments of slate appeared as if by magic on the lawn . |