Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had a poster done out and had it outside the town hall . |
| 2 | We then take those kind of and use it in an ocean to create the state of the ocean . |
| 3 | The fact remains that most health professionals would still speak of and regard someone like Arthur B as an old man with a stroke , not a disabled person with rights and entitlements . |
| 4 | The great Italian poet Leopardi had this to say : ‘ Works of genius have this intrinsic property that even when they give a perfect likeness of the nullity of things , even when they clearly demonstrate and make us feel the inevitable unhappiness of life , even when they express the most terrible despair , nevertheless … they always serve as a consolation , rekindling enthusiasm , and though speaking of and portraying nothing but death , restore to it , at least for a while , the life that it had lost . ’ |
| 5 | But to take some fact that a novelist has written of and to add it to the mishmash at the back of your mind and then to reproduce it as part of the web you eventually weave : this is the process of creation . |
| 6 | I think it would be fun to use fabric paints rather than hunting for and knitting lots of different colours . |
| 7 | Nevertheless a sheriff officer has the right to come to our home , take possession of items which I have paid for and take me to court . |
| 8 | She talked with Emma about the chart and what it was for and put it in the kitchen where Emma could see it clearly . |
| 9 | Written up details of recycling campaigning experience for and sent it to . |
| 10 | Please note : Bookings can only be accepted if you cut out the relevant token for the course you 're applying for and enclose it with your initial application . |
| 11 | Walter made quite a business from stealing rationed food from the grocer he worked for and selling it on the black market , while Theo dealt mostly in men 's clothes which he shifted on to a second-hand dealer who paid ready cash . |
| 12 | It is no more than the action of clashing their teeth together as if sinking them into the neck of the prey , in the specialized killing bite of the cat , but it has become a sound signal that many observers have commented on . |
| 13 | A translucent figure appeared before him , its three fingered hand outstretched as if to claim him for death . |
| 14 | All of them were sitting forward in their seats , as if bracing themselves for a collision . |
| 15 | Philip French wrote in The Times , ‘ Once again , the considerable talent of Michael Crawford is squandered on feeble material , and he is excusably incapable of convincing us of the irresistible attraction of an insipid newcomer called Genevieve Gilles , who delivers her lines as if reading them from the small print of an oculist 's chart ( from which they might well have derived ) . |
| 16 | His ability to face anything was severely tested by Mr Multhrop , who clutched him firmly by his lapels as he entered the door , as if holding him under close arrest , an impression strengthened by the sight of a uniformed policeman standing behind him . |
| 17 | Without being aware of her movements , she had withdrawn her hands , as if to distance herself from him . |
| 18 | She runs her finger slowly along his chin , as if inspecting it for dust . |
| 19 | She moved past them , smiling at Axel , as if welcoming him for the first time . |
| 20 | as if to remind him of the past , Controller Macdonald had a large video print of that moment on one wall of his office , which was in the basement . |
| 21 | Spurred by a fleeting but unmistakable echo of Thetis 's music , interpolated in its original key as if to remind him of his mother 's counsel , and by the groaning shades of his dead countrymen , he sets forth to exact vengeance for the Trojan victory ( ex.10 ) . |
| 22 | Pascoe peered at the drink before putting the glass to his lips , as if drinking it at all was a risky thing . |
| 23 | These icy cold droplets seemed to cut through to the bone as if to punish him for the way he was . |
| 24 | She opened her arms as if to gather him into them but he simply grinned and walked straight past her . |
| 25 | She put the receiver down quickly as if to stop me from asking anything else about her illness , and it reminded me sharply of my Aunt Viv , bright , spirited and horse mad to the end . |
| 26 | Rosa had been crying then , with the pieces of the plate her mother had tried to smash over her head in front of her at the table , and her mother had put the back of her hand to her daughter 's cheek , as if to test her for fever . |
| 27 | The man looked at the boys as if seeing them for the first time . |
| 28 | Julius looked at her jeans and T-shirt , as if seeing them for the first time . |
| 29 | Eddie 's gaze ran on round the room , taking in , as if seeing them for the first time , the stool and easel , the framed reproduction Leonardo drawings on the walls , the low divan bed . |
| 30 | He looked at her for a moment as if seeing her for the first time then paused , giving the question serious thought . |