Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] [pron] [adv] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the only way to do it is get that book one really sort of so he really understands it and then he 's gon na be interested in book two cos he 'll |
| 2 | the work will be still continued on that , but also in terms of Bungay itself , we 're looking at whether county management can look at this and sort of if you like identify it , so we have n't abandoned Bungay , far from it , we 're still concerned with the , we 've got the , the base of the facts still go on er and , and we 're gon na continue on Monday . |
| 3 | Eventually , the boys decide to start a fire going , this shows the amount of damage they are capable of but it also shows they can cooperate . |
| 4 | The episode raises the question of whether she actually knew who Mapplethorpe was when she agreed to the V&A being used for an Aids fund-raising event , at which there was to be a slide show of the photographs in the book . |
| 5 | and er he said to himself there 's something I , I , I do n't know what it is necessarily but there is something , go to a specialist and the specialist was very very good you know blah blah blah blah you want some te I want some tests , you know , so I had some tests , you know and the crew that were doing the tests they knew what they were looking for and they either found it or they did n't , do n't know . |
| 6 | The members of Gothic Voices ( on this occasion five , of whom two were singing with the group for the first time ) sing these melodies — often complex and wide-ranging — as if they really love them ; sensitive to the ebb and flow of the text , they nurture unexpected melodic twists , always allowing the structure to unfold and mould . |
| 7 | They ask about the short stories as if they really want them — none of that toffee-nosed ‘ we might conceivably ’ stuff we had last time . |
| 8 | as if she ever paid it back ! |
| 9 | Just a minute … ’ and finally , ‘ Well , I expect we 'll see you when you 've the time , ’ as if she only visited them twice a year . |
| 10 | Every morning at Mass he sought her smiling eyes as if she alone understood his loneliness and felt for him . |
| 11 | It was then as if she hardly registered his arrival . |
| 12 | Sally stood still and gazed , glared at Daryl as if she suddenly hated her . |
| 13 | She smiles at me as if she really likes me . |
| 14 | It was n't as if she really needed it , as if there was anyone she wanted to impress … |
| 15 | Chopping as if she really means it , the sharp knife hacking through the orange flesh , the bits flying , almost as if it is something personal . |
| 16 | Between Newbury and Reading a middle-aged man had pressed his knee against hers , and she had had to change compartments , doing her best to look unconcerned about it , as if she often heaved her suitcase down from the rack halfway between stations to try the view farther down the train . |
| 17 | His voice was croaked and hoarse and his shocked stare came to rest on David as if he instinctively knew he was a doctor . |
| 18 | That might intensify that odd look of sympathy on his face , as if he already knew it meant something to her , when it meant nothing to him . |
| 19 | And , just as if he too suspected her caller was Travis , he had taken the diabolical liberty of answering her door himself . |
| 20 | He was looking at me as if he really hated me ; he seized me by the shoulders and pushed me over to the bathroom mirror . |
| 21 | One minute he was kissing her as if he never wanted it to stop , and the next he was trying to protect her in some cryptic , jaded way from a danger that seemed clear to him but was a mystery to her . |
| 22 | He nods morosely , as if he always knew I would leave him , and he tries to impress on me that I have to disappear out of sight . |
| 23 | It was as if he always needed something — it was terribly exhausting . |
| 24 | as if I suddenly knew I could n't be sure of anything any more . ’ |
| 25 | I felt — it was as if I suddenly knew I was going to die and I was nothing , just sand and dust blowing away . ’ |
| 26 | I began to pat at my pockets as if I really meant it but the barman shook his head . |
| 27 | It 's as if I never knew her . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Only make it sound as if you really believe it this time . ’ |
| 29 | Because you spoke about Heather in the present tense , as if you genuinely believe she 's still alive . ’ |
| 30 | Yeah well no it 's not as if you ever say anything nice about me . |