Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [vb -s] [adv prt] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It gets parcelled out among the society he moves in , or rather flits in and out of , while himself belonging elsewhere , which means nowhere . |
| 2 | A sudden change of éaulement , an unusual turn in-out of legs or arms , or quick jumps up and then down to the floor followed by a roll over or even a somersault can accentuate the particular place that unusual movement has in the whole design . |
| 3 | Jane is a disgruntled , mean and worldly woman who presents herself as the victim of the men she sets out to attract and soon sees through and rejects . |
| 4 | All our friends know he 's infatuated with me and always comes back when his temper has cooled down . |
| 5 | Doreen , a nineteen-year-old mother of three young children , felt strongly about this after her experiences , and correctly points out that it was her own choice to have her children , and she should be given the same respect as any older mother : |
| 6 | The road winds on to Arco de São Jorge and then goes in and round a deep ravine before it reaches Boaventura ( 65km ) . |
| 7 | I have offered the fish some of his favourite food ( trout ) but he just ‘ feels ’ it and then turns round and ignores it . |
| 8 | One is contained in the sentence which is most often mocked in the Preface to ‘ Paradise Lost ’ : 'A schoolboy who reads a page of Milton by chance , for the first time , and then looks up and says ‘ By Gum ’ , not in the least knowing how the thing has worked , but only that new strength and width and brightness and zest have transformed his world , is nearer to the truth [ than the critics ] . ’ |
| 9 | He was one of these comparative anthropologists , he was n't the kind of anthropologist that goes out and lives with er , primitive people for several years , and then comes back and writes an account of them . |
| 10 | She takes the towel off me and then squats down and begins brushing bits of hair off of my face with her fingers . |
| 11 | She lifts her eyebrows at me and then stands up and goes over to the sink . |
| 12 | The cheetah can attain speeds of 97 kph for about 18 seconds , but soon slows down if his prey eludes him . |
| 13 | somebody else up you 've got a massive accent , but then turns round and says , Well so have you . |
| 14 | The Westerwolds grass establishes itself rapidly , but then dies down and is replaced by more aggressive invading species , |
| 15 | The fire brigade was unable to estimate the expense of each call , but helpfully points out that where the cost of malicious false alarms is being claimed back in court , the normal figure is £97.50 an appliance . |