Example sentences of "[prep] perhaps [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | So what did John look like perhaps like a little Billy Bunter did n't he ? |
| 2 | seen like a border in perhaps like a bit of pink and bit of grey on it and it 's like sort of scalloped edging |
| 3 | One can rarely dip into a Pollini recording as a series of edited highlights ( except perhaps as a demonstration of superlative digital execution ) , as he rarely ever plays ‘ for the moment ’ ; one is irresistibly drawn towards hearing the whole work , as only then does the integrity of his vision register with its fullest potency . |
| 4 | An animal does indeed strive instinctively to keep alive , much as it will forage for food ( plants in unconscious and less mobile ways do also ) , but , lacking language , it is unduly anthropomorphic to describe this as hoping or aspiring to live to a ripe old age ; except perhaps as a joke . |
| 5 | While such beliefs enjoy a certain vogue in fringe cults in our own contemporary society , our dominant scientific tradition has persistently dismissed them as ‘ irrational ’ superstition , based upon an essentially mistaken view of the world , and thus quite unintelligible , except perhaps as a confession of ignorance . |
| 6 | In the Sandleford warren no rabbit of his age would have been asked to tell a story , except perhaps to a few friends alone . |
| 7 | Electric motors were , of course , getting to be well developed , but there could be no question at Foxton of an adequate power supply , except perhaps at an unacceptably high cost . |
| 8 | In most situations it is unusual and unnecessary to dwell on features of the research design , except perhaps in a boring and unread appendix , but in our instance we feel it is important to spend a chapter outlining the nature of the research design and location , and the associated problems , in order for the findings to be placed in their context , and to ensure that these considerations be taken seriously . |
| 9 | Few of us would want cream distemper with rough and ready dark graining — except perhaps in a listed building or outside privy . |
| 10 | It was possible she had never been in a tunnel before , except perhaps in a car going quickly through some underpass . |