Example sentences of "[subord] [conj] [verb] by a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Close inspection of the data showed that the context effects were due to inhibition : when preceded by an anomalous context , words took an average of 110 milliseconds longer to identify than when preceded by a row of Xs . |
| 2 | But it 's true : his fairway shot , as though drawn by a magnet , fell into Road Bunker or , as Tetsu himself called it , ‘ Nakajima 's Bunker ’ . |
| 3 | The Friar sprang to his feet as though bitten by a snake . |
| 4 | She felt as though confronted by a child : it 'll be all right , she wanted to say , I 'll see that it 's all right . |
| 5 | The rubber had been cut wide open , as though slashed by a surgeon 's knife . |