Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] [adv] [conj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I mean it was a difficult start , and I was in fact a junior detective for five and a half years before any alteration was made in the staff , there was no promotions or leaving so that as junior detective for five and a half years , I got all jobs that nobody else wanted |
| 2 | It may not be adjusted or working correctly or as it is operated by water temperature , it may be air locked . |
| 3 | He took her hand between both his own , turning it palm upwards and gazing down as though he were a fortune-teller , searching the damp pinkness of her flesh for answers to all sorts of impossible questions . |
| 4 | Now she saw him , standing on the pavement outside the church , holding his thumb out to her and grinning beseechingly as though he were some hopeful teenager off on the hippy trail . |
| 5 | ‘ Nature takes delight in Nature , ’ Edward whispered as we turned ; then , a little louder , ‘ Nature contains Nature ’ ; and shouting then as though the triumph of the hour was entirely his : ‘ And Nature can overcome Nature . ’ |
| 6 | And it 's al you always think , it 's a real anti-climax because you , you 've made so much thing about getting ready and getting there and when you when you do finally arrive there you 're just exactly the same as the million others . |
| 7 | When , that is , when so that from equation ( 11.35 ) and Assuming again that when , the constant is . |
| 8 | A whispered ‘ Yes , ’ and he was back on the verandah , supporting himself on the rail , and bending over as though at any moment he might vomit . |
| 9 | At one point there was real concern about his future but he is now back and playing better than when he was first picked by England . ’ |
| 10 | The tremor of his head , which had begun only lately , had grown more distinct during this conversation ; starting low and shuttling up as though following a fly on a windowpane . |