Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [pers pn] [verb] [conj] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After eleven minutes it looked as though the changes would work , when John headed into the net from a centre by Hulme . |
| 2 | In this case it looks as though in fact there were " captains of thousands " and " captains of hundreds " , and that my metonymy or by abbreviation " thousand " has been used for " captains of thousands " ad " hundreds " . |
| 3 | Louis VI intervened on behalf of one of them , William Clito , son of Robert Curthose , and therefore a claimant also to the duchy of Normandy ; for some months it looked as though Clito would establish his right . |
| 4 | At this discovery he felt as though he was really achieving something . |
| 5 | some places you do or whether |
| 6 | For the next few weeks it seemed as though a genuine " United Front " would be established . |
| 7 | This morning she felt as though the cormorants were late . |
| 8 | At my first event in Fort Worth , I had held on to the few people I knew as though for dear life , terrified at the thought of being stranded in this great wilderness . |
| 9 | For some reason it felt as though she was being sucked into something by a card-sharp . |
| 10 | In carefully structured interviews on the concept of God with three and four-year old children she found that if she began by asking them to distinguish between objects which were man-made and ones which were natural and then to speculate about origins in each case , a majority of the responses referred to the natural objects being made by God or an unknown power ( almost half and half responses on this ) . |
| 11 | In this way it appears as though new species arrive continuously . |
| 12 | Mr Ramsay added ‘ This year it looks as though cereal prices will be much on a par with last year and on top of that farmers will receive the area compensatory payments . |
| 13 | In this country they say that if you do n't like the weather all you have to do is wait five minutes and it will get better . |
| 14 | Within about 10 days she knew that when the phone rang at night it would be Tony , despite never having seen a phone before . |
| 15 | In fact , within individual junctions it looks as though there may be a relationship between risk and recognition . |
| 16 | In order to gain some idea of the adequacy of the diet , I asked several people from poor families outside how much rice they ate and whether they would find the prison food acceptable . |
| 17 | its , it , the other truck drivers and I have to say that erm to a certain extent you do need to be forceful and positive because er they need a lot of space to manoeuvre on the road and a lot of people who drive cars do n't quite realize how much space they need and if they wo n't give you the space you have to take it . |
| 18 | Behind the screens the company has erected against the outside world it looks as though the demerger plans may be going badly astray . |
| 19 | Madra 's forehead shone in the heat , and with those dark eyebrows she looked as though she were concentrating hard on not spilling the wine . |
| 20 | As for the Gujerati joint family it looks as though nothing can save it now . |
| 21 | The immigrant ship to South Africa , and all that followed , was still in the womb of time ; but at that moment I resolved that though I would grieve for Leslie for the rest of my life , I would yet to go forward , lighting my way by the torch of the incandescent spirit . |
| 22 | I be lucky I get any bloke fer more'n two monfs togewer like my ol' lady I suppose an' if I get a bloke 'e 'll be aht a' work or 'e 'll set me ter the bleed'n game like 'er I would n't be surprised but if you reely want ter now jus ' fer now for this minute I wanner enjoy it . |
| 23 | For one brief moment it felt as though she was almost drowning in ecstasy , and then she felt Ross removing his lips , cursing violently under his breath as he withdrew his arms from about her body . |
| 24 | I think you need to go and do something else for a little while I said cos if you keep looking over thinking you ca n't do it , have a break and go back to it afterwards you just get really despondent |
| 25 | From any chosen viewpoint it looks as though every other galaxy is going away from you . |
| 26 | I had no intention just then of attempting such a thing , but as I lay awake that night I realised that if it had n't been for Lili I might have felt it necessary to attempt to describe to someone , anyone , what I knew of God and what he had asked of me . |
| 27 | Since there is an intelligent system at work in each person it follows that if discomfort or dysfunction is necessary in order to maintain harmony within the system as a whole then the disease will manifest in the least important parts possible thus preserving the higher functions of the person for as long as possible . |
| 28 | From his wrinkled face and sunburned skin he looked as though he had risen from the ranks rather than graduating from Saint Cyr or the Ecole Militaire . |
| 29 | and I 've long feet you see and if I put have me feet straight up like that it er it 's pressure on it |
| 30 | If you decide to go for a low-voltage set-up , work out how many lights you need and where they will be sited , so you can buy enough cable to connect them all up . |