Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked at him with a derision of her own , delighted to be able to go into battle , and she was just standing to leave when there was a noise in another room of the suite as if something had fallen over . |
| 2 | Some energy from point Q is also detected by the sensor as if it had originated at P , due to scattering at S1 . |
| 3 | And there was a Miss living in the croft beside and she dreamt during the night that er he he was stolen . |
| 4 | See which one you like the smell of as I pass them round . |
| 5 | ‘ The reader interprets the text as if it had been written in his own language , culture and time … . |
| 6 | And is there a chance we 'll give a little bit extra for the hour to cos he 's organized it , he 's taken |
| 7 | Madame Gebrec 's face became serious ; she took a sip of water , put down her glass and fiddled with the stem as if she had something on her mind . |
| 8 | It had been seen nine years before at Kangaroo island and in 1840 came to us in thousands — running about the streets and Gardens and into the houses as if it had never seen man before . |
| 9 | and then that 's a fiver , and then you 've got the worry of and you got you got to go shops because when it 's so hot things go stale you 've got to have |
| 10 | Picking them up and you get they put one paw on the settee like and I said no Windy and he went |
| 11 | He strode briskly into the building as if nothing had happened . |
| 12 | One of the tragedies to that it has now become so expensive but is very difficult but not because it was sponsored but somebody told me the other night that the Billy Connolly programme excuse me Billy Connolly programme about art and culture was |
| 13 | Why do n't you save the story for when I go to the hairdresser ? |
| 14 | There 's things that we are doing like I 've been told by a couple of people this evening the autumn programme they think it 's very good very progressive very enjoyable I thi that that to me that reinforces the autumn programme by several people so people who here are people here this evening feel they we say something about what is n't on the agenda or what is on the agenda but I think that 's what the meetings for but I do n't think it 's a bad exercise to talk to the people who actually pay come in the building I mean I think that 's a valid exercise . |
| 15 | These student assessments were used as part of the formative evaluation of the course in that they provided information on the functioning of the course as , for example , in the presentation of the references . |
| 16 | Jesus , Saint Peter and James and John had just been on the mountain top at the site of the transfiguration , a high point in the gospel story , and right on the heels of that they descended into the valley below and there was a crowd with Jesus ' others disciples . |
| 17 | ‘ A workman , who had been injured through the breaking of a defective part in the machine with which he was working , brought an action of damages against his employers , and later convened as second defenders the manufacturers of the machine , who had supplied it to his employers , on averments to the effect that the accident had been caused by the fault of the manufacturers in that they failed to supply his employers with a machine which was safe for use by their servants . |
| 18 | With her temperament , surely she 'd have brought the roof in if she 'd discovered her lover in the arms of another woman ? |
| 19 | As they walked towards the hotel , she gave him the rates on an ascending scale and spat her gum into the kerbside as if she had already decided what his preference would be . |
| 20 | He blinked at the light as if it hurt him . |
| 21 | She strutted around in the snow as if it belonged to her . |
| 22 | I went out and slammed the door behind me , turning the key in the lock as if I wanted to safeguard the proof of the crime and its only witnesses , repeating the same English phrase , over and over again , ‘ Just you wait and see . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Ho intenzione prenderlo , Benito , ’ muttered Lucenzo sourly , taking the wheel as if he meant to handle the boat alone . |
| 24 | Indeed , when Jessica had locked her car with all the others at the Moira roundabout — travel-sharing , she assumed , hardheaded Ulstermen saving on the petrol — Rory had walked up to her and kissed her lightly on the mouth as if they owned each other . |
| 25 | ARAZI returned to the racecourse as if he had never left at Saint-Cloud yesterday , cruising home by five lengths in the Prix Omnium II . |
| 26 | Every research study needs to be assessed on the criterion of whether it measures up to its own stated objectives . |
| 27 | ‘ And what his idea was , in a way I suppose , was just to see the position which I had to get the horse into before he had the job with the mare ; and he wondered how the job was done with the harness I 'd got on . |
| 28 | Lou spat out the words as if they had turned rancid in her mouth . |
| 29 | Nails was looking out of the window as if he had nothing to do with any of them . |
| 30 | Titch knocked the engine in and they began to draw slowly away . |