Example sentences of "[adv] a [noun] [vb -s] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a question of not being discouraged and persevering until suddenly a drawing looks like you hope , of seeing the possibility in something , in a line , and thinking ‘ Oh quick , I must n't change that . |
| 2 | It 's asking a good deal , but rather a lot depends on it . ’ |
| 3 | Eleven of the 15 signers signed ‘ skateboard ’ in terms of its shape ( oval with pairs of wheels ) , its movement ( forward and side to side ) and how a person interacts with it ( standing on the board , balancing with arms and body ) . |
| 4 | Similarly for ‘ punchball ’ , the predominant way of signing it was threefold : shape ( ball on a stick ) , movement ( springs to and fro on a pivot ) and how a person interacts with it ( hands punching alternately ) ; these three are salient features . |
| 5 | In other words the lithosphere experiences flexure , just as a springboard does when a diver walks along it . |