Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [verb] signs [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A psychologist will keep tabs on teams of youngsters and will stop the operation if they show signs of stress .
2 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 .
3 The officer gave her the kiss of life for five minutes before she showed signs of life .
4 Firstly , they found from eight of the better designed studies that ‘ mothers of schizophrenics are more concerned , protective , and possibly more intrusive than control mothers both in the current situation and in their attitudes to the children before they showed signs of schizophrenia ’ .
5 Roofs should be repaired as soon as they show signs of trouble — check for slipped slates and tiles , failed flashings around chimney stacks and damage to the chimney stack itself .
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