Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] signs [prep] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 It was when , on their leader 's orders , they went to search the huts and hovels and woods beside and ahead of them to find signs of retreat or of ambush that the news they brought back seemed to unsettle their leader and the noblemen from Northumbria and from Fife whom he conferred with .
2 Then muscular stiffness suddenly develops , the patient is in agonising pain — just like cramp in the leg — and she shows signs of insecurity when walking .
3 The second , and the one usually chosen by the authors , is to grow up a mixture of different species in variable numbers until they show signs of pairing and wanting to breed .
4 The bodies of 10 men and a woman had been found by a roadside with their hands ties behind their backs ; they bore signs of torture and had been shot in the head , a hallmark of right-wing paramilitary groups whose members included military personnel .
5 The world and everything in it shows signs of order and pattern , but such signs are inexplicable without the mind of a Planner .
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