Example sentences of "[noun] [pn reflx] and [vb mod] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is nothing a five-year-old likes better than being read to , although he may spend considerable time looking at books himself and may even pretend to read . |
| 2 | It breeds rapidly — a single female may produce 200–300 offspring in one year — and its mass production and distribution present few difficulties , although it does not thrive everywhere , is subject to disease and predation itself and may sometimes eat the wrong prey . |
| 3 | The bed magnate took charge of the team himself and could often be seen running the touchline in his pith helmet , armed with an old shotgun to encourage the lads . |
| 4 | After discussing colour and product preferences , the consultant applies the make-up step-by-step to her own face and the customer copies , so that she learns how to use the products herself and can instantly see if she likes them or not . |
| 5 | Clutterbuck was an architect manqué himself and would obviously have seen their pattern books , including the one from which this design derives : Chinese and Gothick Architecture Properly Ornamented . |
| 6 | Studies published in the National Geographic Society 's journal Research & Exploration show that the phenomenon thought to account for the warming at night — increased cloud cover — is probably caused by the warming itself and will thus continue to moderate the effect as long as the warming continues by keeping day temperatures lower . |