Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [subord] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she was flying off as if caught by the wind . |
| 2 | The need to put roofs over heads is the excuse councillors always came up with when confronted with the consequences . |
| 3 | ‘ Mrs Crump , I presume , ’ said Hope , gallantly slicing through the knot , and then he stood back as if struck by a startling thought . |
| 4 | Perhaps it was the way his eyes flicked about as if hoping for an attacker to appear , or maybe it was the slight inclination of his head . |
| 5 | We can now account moreover for the observation made by Poutsma ( 1923 : 41 ) that a perfect infinitive is always preceded by to when used with a verb of perception : ( 50 ) Mr Lorry observed a great change to have come over the doctor ( and not *observed a great change have come over the doctor ) . |
| 6 | Its engine is missing badly and it 's circling round as if looking for a landing-place . |