Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [prep] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I always intended to , but I wanted a reason or some credibility to go back with , so that our gesture was n't completely fruitless or looked as if it had been a complete waste of time . |
| 2 | The old by-streets now swarmed with passengers and vehicles of every kind ; the new streets that had stopped disheartened in the mud and wagon-ruts , formed towns within themselves , originating wholesome comforts and conveniences belonging to themselves , and never tried nor thought of until they sprung into existence . |
| 3 | When Alexei Sultanov , a nineteen-year-old from the USSR , was finally declared the winner , he rushed up on stage and lifted his trophy over his head and yipped with glee and the people of Fort Worth stood and clapped as if they had been seized with divine ecstasy . |
| 4 | Can we talk about job description , because I am not clear about those , I mean to the end of the audit , I , I rang up to day and asked about whether the , who should be signing them . |
| 5 | The reason for prescribing this medication , and the plan for its use should be explained to the patient and agreed upon before a prescription is supplied . |
| 6 | ’ When still she made no move , he chuckled and made as if to put the document away again , pausing when he saw out of the corner of his eye that she was returning to the desk , albeit hesitantly . |
| 7 | He stopped when he saw the car and made as if to turn back . |
| 8 | This translates as a real problem for neighbourhood policemen , even in Easton , for the ever likely prospect of attack has to be adjusted to and lived with if the day-to-day tasks of neighbourhood policing are to be accomplished . |
| 9 | Angled away from the path of the hurricane , the concrete tube had become a giant organ pipe across the mouth of which the hurricane moaned and howled as if driven into enraged dementia by their evasion of its savagery . |
| 10 | After putting a trial foot several times in the river , Harriet launched herself and swam as if she had been used to water all her life . |
| 11 | The ship leaped and juddered as if trying to turn to inside out . |
| 12 | The fatal , fateful thing was that for a century the device appeared to work : Canada felt and behaved as if it was still part of the empire . |
| 13 | He said nothing to me about my fears for my sanity and behaved as if what we were doing were a common exercise , undertaken for purely scientific purposes . |
| 14 | She put her bag with the story on the passenger seat and drove as if it were a newborn baby . |
| 15 | Mortgage rates increased dramatically and seemed as if they would never fall . |
| 16 | We turned to the shore and paddled as if for our lives . |
| 17 | She watched as he narrowed his eyes and squinted as if against the brightness of the sun . |
| 18 | Francie paused in rolling his cigarette and frowned as if his brother had said too much ; but Melanie did not notice . |
| 19 | Cranston pursed his lips and nodded as if Athelstan had said all there was to say . |
| 20 | Tumbleweed hesitated and turned as if to go back and I put my arm round his shoulders . |
| 21 | " Indeed , I think it will , " said Gerald Hussey , and sighed as if he had the cares of the world upon his shoulders . |
| 22 | They had never met before , but as soon as Duroc was inside the Agency 's inner sanctum , the Chief Op looked up from his blondwood desk , flashed a monied piranha grin , and acted as if his visitor were an old college buddy who had happened to have walked in off the street . |
| 23 | He could n't forget he 'd been an Army sergeant , he talked like one and acted as if he was still on a parade ground or something . |
| 24 | He waved and grinned as if nothing had happened . |
| 25 | After his speech the conference clapped and cheered as if he had announced the abolition of the income tax . |
| 26 | Not , they were n't members of ours and they were n't er skilled in the trade , but hey were just people who were prepared to work any way and and scrambled through as best they could . |
| 27 | Until very recently this distinction was scarcely recognised by foreign language teachers and , in essence , they taught and examined as if spoken language were identical with written language . |
| 28 | ‘ I should think so , ’ he said severely , and paused , and swallowed as if he had some constriction , and then asked , ‘ Where were we ? |
| 29 | The fans absolutely loved him and would throng the terraces to witness his extrovert pre-match warm-up sessions , in which he entertained and even amused the supporters before returning to the dressing-room as mud-stained and soiled as if he had been playing in a game . |
| 30 | When the villagers stared , they smiled and waved as if on a royal tour . |