Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [subord] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also loved jazz though it was often difficult for him to get into the clubs because when he started he was only 15 . |
| 2 | He showed them around personally , introducing the coins as though they were friends . |
| 3 | But if you can arrange for experienced selectors to be present then this may lead to a more objective assessment of the candidates than if you act alone . |
| 4 | With her father 's fate still undecided , he had caught her cruising the shops as though she had n't a care in the world . |
| 5 | We went in and we paid seven pounds for me and my mum to get in , we did n't pay for the kids cos if they know they 're gon na sit on your lap , they get in there for nothing , but once we get in there we give them their own chair anyway , providing you go in like it 's not in the first week , the following week when the show is quieter and not so many people going |
| 6 | We auc we auctioned the books after as you know and erm so I I 'll have to make a new list of what 's left and let you have it . |
| 7 | " Oh , a time comes , " Dada spoke the words as though he was quoting somebody else . |
| 8 | ‘ The heart of the forest , ’ the cripple said , repeating the words as though it was a joke . |
| 9 | Worse , he told her that naturally he never used the lifts because if one were faulty he could be stuck a long time with no one to free him . |
| 10 | The woman looked at the graves as though she would like to open them . |
| 11 | Carbon dioxide is the most soluble of the gases because as it dissolves it does n't just go through a physical solution it goes through a chemical conversion such that carbon dioxide dissolving in water forms carbonic acid which , in water will dissociate into a hydrogen iron and a hydrogen bicarbonate iron which can further dissociate this is why I 've got a nice wide blackboard and you 've only got a piece of A four paper so you end up with a carbonate iron two hydrogen ions This system is a dynamic equilibrium . |
| 12 | And the though some were would actually go on the boats when after they were launched and finish the polishing you know . |
| 13 | This , of course , does not preclude the buyer from refusing to accept the goods if when they arrive they do not comply with the contract . |
| 14 | He hated the vulgarity of showing off the delegates as though they were exhibits , and the insincerity of pretending that platitudes were pronouncements of world-shaking import , and the feeling that he came a long way to greet fellow-Christians and found himself turned into a ham-actor on a second-rate stage . |
| 15 | And Mrs McMahon , who naturally had n't seen it because had n't she just this minute arrived back from the village and was n't the dress still in its bag , looked up at the three hovering on the stairs as though it were a divine deliverance , mumbled vaguely about a headache coming on , and thankfully abandoned her responsibilities to whoever was willing to take them on . |
| 16 | Later , when I was more familiar with the beliefs and practices of the movement and had ‘ learned the language ’ , I would interact with the Moonies as though I were one of them , and , although I never pretended that I accepted their beliefs or that I was anything other than a sociologist studying the movement , members who did not know me would mistake me for a member — the Moonies themselves were no longer ‘ translating ’ for me when we were interacting . |
| 17 | Er that is very welcome , and also that there will be help at the weekends because as I 've often reported before , that 's often when things escalate at weekends for some unknown reason . |
| 18 | That way they think twice as much of the girls than if I had praised them myself . ’ |
| 19 | She apologized for skulking out of the way so shamelessly , she thanked me for saving the life of their beloved dog who was now prancing around with the children as though nothing had happened , and she finished with the regret that she had n't even asked me my name . |
| 20 | She did not , however , conduct any multi-disciplinary case conferences about the children until after they had been returned to their homes . |
| 21 | The ancient winged insects — cockroaches , cicadas , crickets and dragonflies — also grow in a similar way , their early forms closely resembling the adults except that they lack wings . |
| 22 | She shook the papers as though they were two rag dusters . |
| 23 | ‘ You must go on with the preparations as though you were alone . |
| 24 | At lunchtime he scowled at his sister who , wrapped in a dressing gown , fell on the sandwiches as though she had not eaten in weeks . |
| 25 | Can I make the point that if you do n't get to the parents of kids kids , before the end of summer term you could be jeopardising the chances of what they 're doing in the SATS because if you get to the parent erm in the beginning of the spring term and say you know , Fred is not doing particularly well because of this the parents are then in a position to do something about it but if you actually tell them once , basically the stable doors closed what can |