Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [pers pn] [vb -s] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not suggesting that he arrives at the meaning of Truth as the result of philosophical or metaphysical speculation in a vacuum . |
| 2 | There is a particularly fine example in the last pas de deux of La Fille Mal Gardée where Lise and Colas weave themselves into an embrace which is so tender , gentle and loving that it arrives at the end of a phrase as the most natural thing in the world . |
| 3 | Lying as it does at the northern limit of the global thermohaline ‘ conveyor belt ’ , changes in this region may ultimately have global consequences . |
| 4 | Although it is a means of asserting authority , coming as it does at the start of the shift , parade is very relaxed and , from the point of view of the ordinary constables , serves as a way of casually reorientating themselves to the demands of work . |
| 5 | The Methodist chapel is also in a vulnerable spot , standing as it does at the crossroads . |
| 6 | The current form in which pop reproduces itself , the music video , is the perfect post-modern form , standing as it does at the vector of the leisure industries ' new situation . |