Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] [conj] [pron] [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some people say that since you 've been away , and the conference illustrated this quite dramatically , particularly the fringe meetings . |
| 2 | Council staff say that although there has been a general increase in nonpayment in the region most non-payers are on the electoral roll . |
| 3 | A letter-quality printer uses a ‘ daisy-wheel ’ printing element to produce documents which look as though they have been typed on an electronic typewriter . |
| 4 | They look as though they have been splashed across the skin . |
| 5 | A bad Goshiki is a hotchpotch fish , whose colours look as though they have been mixed by a five-year-old and applied with a wet rag . |
| 6 | Some of the patients look as though they have been showered with poppy seeds . |
| 7 | Desktop publishing , as far as the user is concerned , is really the action of producing documents that look as though they have been professionally designed and produced by traditional methods . |
| 8 | Internal documents tend to be word processed , they look as though they have been typed , whereas brochures and price lists would generally be professionally produced using typeset material . |
| 9 | That is , a DCS200 fitted with a 28mm ( normally wide-angle ) lens will produce images that look as though they have been shot on a 50mm ( standard ) lens . |
| 10 | Having warmed to it , Flavia went on , ‘ And then you are so essentially neat , no , neat is too prosaic , you are so … styled , you look as though you had been made . ’ |
| 11 | You look as though you 've been cry — ’ |
| 12 | They look as though you have been blackleading grates ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I look as though I 've been on the wrong end of a Gestapo interrogation . |
| 14 | But it 's definitely a unique sound , with that percussive effect that ca n't be recreated on an electric bass — and I know that because I 've been getting sampled a lot recently … |
| 15 | ‘ I feel as though I 'd been living under an anaesthetic for years and years . ’ |
| 16 | I feel as though I 've been asked to define , what is the length of a piece of string ? |
| 17 | An almost remarkable achievement , even though you feel as though you 've been in their bedroom before in a different life . |
| 18 | There 's nothing worse than setting off on a day 's walking after a cold sleepless night when you feel as though you 've been trussed up in a straight jacket . |
| 19 | What made it what it feel as though you 'd been walked over ? |
| 20 | I 've only been here a matter of hours , but I feel as though it 's been more like a week ! ’ |
| 21 | I think that if we 'd been looking for some rather more er refined instruments of taxation , I nearly said torture , er from the continent then we might have looked er and found some rather better means of getting local money in to finance local government . |
| 22 | But I think that if it had been , the horses should have been showing distress by last night , which they were n't . |
| 23 | Ghandi , I think , in the early eighties epitomised , to a large degree , and attitude of concern about erm violence , and I think that in some large measure the sort of recognition that it gained , particularly in the awards and so on , had a lot to do with its subject matter as against it 's actual execution , and I think that if it had been at another time , or if the subject matter had n't been erm quite as powerful as that old genius 's life was , I do n't think it would have won the awards . |
| 24 | She wished more than anything that she could say yes , or at least explain that if it had been left to her she would have come with all the will in the world , but there was her mother . |
| 25 | Make sure that they have everything they need and that they have been thoroughly briefed , but do leave them alone to do their job . |