Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [subord] [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost all her errors here were regularisations : for example , she read have as if it rhymed with ‘ cave ’ , lose as if it rhymed with ‘ hose ’ , own as if it rhymed with ‘ down ’ , and steak as if it rhymed with ‘ beak ’ . |
| 2 | I have been to the Benefits Agency in my constituency , where the manager and staff made it plain to me that if staff were concerned about their safety they would not wear a name badge — but most of them want to because they want to be able to be identified by the public , so that if someone rings up a week later he can identify the person to whom he spoke a week before . |
| 3 | But if we act as if we belong to Jesus Christ then we shall be seen to have that plus and others will be attracted to Jesus Christ through us . |
| 4 | ‘ You actually sound as if you care about what happens to the men who undergo this operation . ’ |
| 5 | I feel as if I want to it hurts and I feel as if I want to move it . |
| 6 | That must have made her feel as if you belonged to her exclusively . |
| 7 | The Experience consists of four young men who look , talk and act as if they 've grown up in good families , graduated from decent schools , and dress as if they shop at just the right places — Paul Smith , say , or Emporio Armani . |
| 8 | Write as if it happened to you . |
| 9 | Be aware of the category you fall into before you go for the interview and make a conscious effort to avoid the pitfalls . |
| 10 | Friends stand or fall by whether they stick by you and still see you when you have your baby and can not go out much anymore . |
| 11 | Almost all her errors here were regularisations : for example , she read have as if it rhymed with ‘ cave ’ , lose as if it rhymed with ‘ hose ’ , own as if it rhymed with ‘ down ’ , and steak as if it rhymed with ‘ beak ’ . |
| 12 | Almost all her errors here were regularisations : for example , she read have as if it rhymed with ‘ cave ’ , lose as if it rhymed with ‘ hose ’ , own as if it rhymed with ‘ down ’ , and steak as if it rhymed with ‘ beak ’ . |
| 13 | Colleagues , I have members in my branches who are unemployed but still pay full contributions not because they have to cos they want to , |
| 14 | Cos we need to cos we need to sort of all hands to the pump next week cos we 've got a big change-over Yeah but I know ink well no cos the leaflet he 's got has only just been approved and it 's going out next week yeah well I mean you 're to ha you 're to handle their enquiries er deal with their enquiries and then tell them to phone yeah yeah yeah but you see it 's the mailing that 's gone out and and then he 's got to do some advertising first two weeks in Feb . |