Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [prep] [subord] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd snatched them away as if they were in danger , and afterwards burst into Quentin 's study to have her scene . |
| 2 | The front of the hurricane tore at the lower flanks of the mountains , rending great trees from the rain forest and tossing them aside as if they were little more than sticks . |
| 3 | Cabrera Infante , among others , repeatedly draws attention to his role as author , while the narrator of Alfredo Bryce Echenique 's A World for Julius not only maintains a running dialogue with the reader , but also involves himself with his characters , putting himself in their shoes , addressing them directly as if they were there alongside him and , like a supporter at a sporting event , siding with some against others . |
| 4 | THESE FOUR boxes of action highlights from Pickwick enable the devout to exhume the 1992 World Cup , feeling it again as if they were in attendance in Australasia once more or seeing much of it for the first time if sleep and work schedules got in the way during those 33 hectic days and nights . |
| 5 | Soon the marching changed to slithering as the patrol hit a scree that propelled them forward as if they were on ball-bearings and they came tumbling headlong to the bottom . |
| 6 | Paul knew Nathan , as a rule , and would talk to him in a slurred voice ; Nathan had a notebook and pencil ready , and would jot down any thoughts that came , going through them afterwards as if they had been jewels . |