Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or as if saying , the hussy , Look at my ample — too ample — bosom , Alice thought . |
| 2 | Even choice of proper names , or of whether to call a character fair or dark-haired , is a matter of style — in this Halliday the pluralist must agree with Lodge the monist . |
| 3 | Projection of another dimension or dimensions as when the sun breaks through a cloud and washing-up powder , launderette , what else was Jacob 's ladder ? he wrote , and Goldberg , staring at his friend 's manuscript all those years later , typed that in and put a little question mark in the margin of his typescript . |
| 4 | In the event the Plymouth group did very little after 1609 but in 1607 the Londoners committed themselves more fully than before and launched an expedition which founded a settlement at Jamestown in Chesapeake Bay . |
| 5 | Yusuf , who had returned with a smaller force than before and doubted the strength of his Spanish allies , abruptly withdrew . |
| 6 | Those seats are more supportive than before and offer good height adjustment . |
| 7 | Extensive prises were levied in 1336 and 1337 to supply the English armies in Scotland and the garrisons of English-held castles there , and the new method of levying the lay subsidy , first adopted in 1334 , yielded larger sums than before and increased the fiscal pressure on the poorer sections of the population . |
| 8 | Many of the weapons systems that we use now are bigger than before and have longer ranges , and so on . |
| 9 | It 's a lot stronger than before and has softer colour tone which complements Michelle 's skin . |
| 10 | I was leaving all that to and concentrating on , who needed my love and attention more . |
| 11 | He imagined for a moment that he was still in short pants , until she turned to him and added , ‘ What I mean is , I would have still recognised you , ’ and as if to soften her first statement she added further , ‘ Of course , you 've grown much taller . |
| 12 | And as if to point up this change Bukharin declared , ‘ Our Red Army , which is to an enormous extent composed of peasants , is the greatest cultural machine for the re-education of the peasantry , which leaves it with a new mentality . ’ |
| 13 | And as if to brook no further argument , Madame Gautier took a large paper bag and emptied the entire contents of the cookie jar into it . |
| 14 | The conservative leaders wanted a Prince Consort not a Prince president , and as if to underline their determination to keep Louis-Napoleon in check , the same group refused a request for the restoration of universal suffrage by the abrogation of the law of 1850 . |
| 15 | And as if to demonstrate this , a band of children and grandchildren suddenly troops in , receiving from Cormack the sort of effusive welcome only a 13-stone Irish wolfhound can give . |
| 16 | ‘ Have a cigarette , ’ he says , and as if to persuade me he lights one himself in the corridor . |
| 17 | Gothic he stated was not the national style its exponents claimed , but a foreign importation and as if to counter his own question to Scott , he recited a long list of classical public buildings in Britain and Ireland . |
| 18 | He stood with his back to the fire , dominating the room and as if trying at the same time to dominate Sarella 's thoughts . |
| 19 | Leonora 's heart sank at the prospect of a whole fortnight without him , and as if scenting victory Penry moved closer , his long forefinger caressing her drooping lower lip . |
| 20 | And as if to make amends for the rapacity of his Victorian forebears and their employers , he re-discovered species — notably the holly fern — long thought extinct in Snowdonia . |
| 21 | I ca n't take my eyes off this beautiful woman and as if sensing my gaze she hurries off to the adjoining room to get dressed . |
| 22 | It moves slowly , wearily and as if to ensure that you understand that it is tired ; it goes only a few degrees above the horizon , making a long , low arc . |
| 23 | And as if to cap the list of failed British assumptions , the Korean War broke out in June 1950 , forcing the abandonment of the ‘ no war for ten years ’ rule and its substitution with an over-hastily generated rearmament programme , the size of which proved beyond Britain 's economic capacity . |
| 24 | By their statement of claim the council claimed , inter alia , ( i ) that the council was the county council for Derbyshire and pursuant to statute was responsible for a wide range of governmental and administrative functions in Derbyshire , and in particular the investment and control of the superannuation fund ; ( ii ) that in those issues of ‘ The Sunday Times ’ the third and fourth defendants falsely and maliciously wrote and the first and second defendants falsely and maliciously printed and published , or caused to be written , printed or published of and concerning the council and of and concerning the council in the way of its discharge of its responsibility for the investment and control of the superannuation fund ; ( iii ) by reason of the words published in the articles the council had been injured in its credit and reputation and had been brought into public scandal , odium and contempt , and had suffered loss and damage . |
| 25 | ‘ of and … concerning the council and of and concerning the council in the way of its discharge of its responsibility for the investment and control of the superannuation fund the following words … |
| 26 | Each day he gained strength and with and longed to toss himself in the sea . |
| 27 | So we 're parking illegally but the police actually have almo they 've said they will turn a blind eye to it if providing that we all do it sensibly and without and face like in the line of the traffic . |
| 28 | I am grateful both to the Education spokespersons who put a great deal of time in , in order to carry out erm their preparations towards this report and to and to take part in the consultation exercises and to my own colleagues . |
| 29 | When , if and similarly if Hence which is at and at and reaches a maximum of unity in between at , as shown in figure 12.3 . |
| 30 | I also take the point Mr has made , and only assure you that we will look at these figures when we get them and take on board the sorts of comments that have just been made by yourself and Mr and by and use them with our judgement applied liberally . |