Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you did that with your two times table so because times means the same as sets of or lots of . |
| 2 | Times sets of and lots of , that 's the sam it 's like counting in threes or counting in let's add another three , add another three add another three . |
| 3 | So that was the start of and lots of different And then we used to get er maybe a wee special jobs in for antiques . |
| 4 | It is easy to keep quiet — who wants to be thought of as someone with dirty habits or as a woman-hater ? |
| 5 | Obviously the main justification for location shooting is for outdoor work , but , given the costs of set-building , it is often realistic to film indoor material in a ‘ real ’ house — it is a moot point how ‘ lived-in ’ it ought to look : studio sets do tend to look like studio sets , but real houses are often too run-down to provide the slightly artificial air of super-tidiness which many commercials strive for and which at least some consumers seem to respond to . |
| 6 | Two Queen 's Awards for Export Achievement — one for and one for — honours in which we can all feel tremendous pride . |
| 7 | Mm Spain into castle , one for my sister , one for and one for . |
| 8 | It was as if nothing at all had happened . |
| 9 | They 'd dress up then and go out to dinner to some restaurant , laughing and talking together as if nothing at all had happened . ’ |
| 10 | Next day , when he awoke at noon , he was as bright and cheerful as if nothing at all had happened . |
| 11 | He was behaving as if nothing at all had happened between them . |
| 12 | ‘ Mrs Tiverton you have also not met , ’ Rose pursued , indicating the thin dame as if nothing at all were amiss . |
| 13 | She sometimes comes to me in dreams , too — smiling and calm , as if nothing at all had happened . |
| 14 | He had turned her body to fire with a few practised touches out there and now he expected her to forget all that had happened , stand beside him and discuss the garden as if nothing in the world had just occurred . |
| 15 | ‘ We wo n't let them sit back and talk amongst themselves , as if everything in the garden is rosy , ’ she explained earnestly . |
| 16 | He felt the warmth of it flowing up his arm like an injection ; it was as if everything in her was being transmitted through their palms . |
| 17 | Now , The Cheaper Sex had been out in the States for some weeks , and it seemed as if everyone under the age of twenty-one wanted a copy . |
| 18 | Chief Inspector , you 're talking as if everyone in that car is now dead . |
| 19 | The next day it seemed as if everyone in the school knew . |
| 20 | It was as if something in the skinny mare compelled him ; he did not look at any of the others . |
| 21 | But I could only feel the sun on the back of my head and a sad , frightened sensation , as if something inside me was crying . |
| 22 | Hepzibah 's brilliant eyes looked into hers and Carrie felt as if something inside her , some hard , painful lump , were dissolving . |
| 23 | He saw the man 's limbs , tightly clenched as he drove his horse towards the Cutcherry guns , suddenly relax as if something inside him had snapped . |
| 24 | as if something within them had sharpened to awareness , or perhaps as if the darkling forest had wakened their strange ancestry and quenched the Human side of them . |
| 25 | Rincewind thought he could see a faint streak in the air , as if something from the mountain had reached out and touched the beast . |
| 26 | He merely nodded , however , as if he as a doctor fully appreciated the difficulties and while Rachel was searching for what to say next he said , ‘ I could n't believe it when I found you working here . ’ |
| 27 | He could have sworn that he had heard yet another vehicle out there , as if he in turn were being followed , but there was nothing to be seen . |
| 28 | Her travelling companions had quietened , as if someone in authority had arrived . |
| 29 | Second surprise was the music — a soft waltz coming to her through deep blue dusk , strings and woodwind , as if someone in a grand house up on the hill had just opened the door of the ballroom . |
| 30 | as if someone like me should have sat there quietly like a mouse , demure and repressed ! |