Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] signs [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She expected to see signs of fury in his eyes at that stab but she saw nothing to indicate any such irritation . |
| 2 | He would certainly notice if they tried to leave signs for Fenella and Caspar to follow . |
| 3 | If she 'd expected signs of embarrassment or even an apology , it was obvious that she 'd miscalculated . |
| 4 | Newport began to show signs of tension , Orrell tackling David Thomas late as he pursued his own high kick , but Gareth Thomas hooked his penalty attempt past the left post from 37 yards out . |
| 5 | Despite the hospital specialist 's scepticism , he began to show signs of recovery . |
| 6 | By the time Piłsudski took over , the Polish economy was in a desperate plight and it was only with centralised planning introduced in 1936 under the guidance of Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski and the left wing of the Sanacja ( ‘ moral cleansing ’ regime ) that the Polish economy began to show signs of recovery . |
| 7 | Just as the scope of physical geography had become unbalanced ( Brown , 1975 ) , so the content of geomorphology now began to show signs of imbalance as the emphasis moved towards fluvial geomorphology and hydrology . |
| 8 | It was very soon after this that he began to show signs of dissatisfaction with the ecclesiastical situation in the north . |
| 9 | When he did show signs of depression I could usually shake him out of it , and we took a schoolboyish delight in finding ways to disconcert Ralph 's snooty man , Talbot , who brought morning coffee and afternoon tea up to the library , and evidently disapproved or both us and our enterprise . |
| 10 | In the end it was overtaken by the advent of the ‘ New Draperies ’ , but the downward trend had set in well before the establishment of these in East Anglia ; indeed , in the event they came to replace the contracting broadcloth manufacture which , even as early as 1523 , had shown signs of instability : it was symptomatic of recession that no less than 35 per cent of Spring 's liquid assets had to be written off as irrecoverable , and the winding up of his affairs can not but have dealt its prosperity a mortal blow . |
| 11 | He told the Coroner 's Court she had showed signs of uncertainty since she returned from spending a year in France as part of her University course . |
| 12 | Mr. Gould was to my very great regret in this disposition when Mr. Gunn , Elinor and I embarked again in the evening to visit the shores of that portion of the northern part of Research Bay where La Haye 's garden was planted , and where Captain King had discovered signs of coal … |