Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll let you know definitely as soon as possible about whether to confirm the booking . |
| 2 | We have much to be grateful for and to remember him by . |
| 3 | Slipping tiles or slates may indicate a more serious condition , of ‘ nail sickness ’ , where the nails securing the tiles to the wooden battens have become rusted through or fatigued . |
| 4 | The fingers were clamped solid as if sewn into the material . |
| 5 | ‘ Little talk with Jesus ? ’ he said , and , halfway through reaching for a tube of tomato purée , he closed his eyes and froze solid as if overtaken by a large quantity of molten lava . |
| 6 | ‘ I was very torn about whether to use that picture , 'cause it could be seen as too sensitive , but then , why does every photo of me have to be spread legs , arms crossed , strong woman ? |
| 7 | I 'll bust the balloons , you two split-ass about and distract their attention . ’ |
| 8 | He fondled the ears and the dog turned , whipped his strange long tall about and licked the hand quickly . |
| 9 | Sore as if bruised with a sore throat , consider Phytolacca which also has a hot red face and cold limbs and body . |
| 10 | She sat up in the bed , dumbstruck , her face aglow as if lit from the inside . |
| 11 | Waterfalls of white and gold , shooting stars in scarlet and yellow , Christmas trees shimmering as if touched by fairy wands . |
| 12 | She felt compassionate like a mother and wanted to help him but the wheel had slowed down until its glow had died and she stood paralysed as if frozen in the aftermath of the death of the sun . |
| 13 | Her lips were red , half-open as if waiting to be kissed , displaying teeth as white as ivory , though I noticed one tooth slightly out of line with the others . |
| 14 | At times she was very subjective , at others quite detached as if floating outside her body . |
| 15 | This is work which the majority of section police see themselves as unsuited for and dislike when they have to do it . |
| 16 | A translucent figure appeared before him , its three fingered hand outstretched as if to claim him for death . |
| 17 | I 'm finding something totally wrong with and got shot of it and then things have been |
| 18 | General ‘ completely or almost universal including or affecting nearly all parts ’ |
| 19 | Recently , a rectal motor complex that is not synchronous with or related to the migrating motor complex was reported . |
| 20 | For the question whether a property is present here can never be different from or lie beyond the question whether we have the best possible evidence that it is present . |
| 21 | Moreover , when words are spoken in continuous speech they often sound different from when spoken in isolation . |
| 22 | ‘ Counter cultures ’ are groups of people within society whose values and norms are different from and go against those held in the wider society . |
| 23 | Again , mathematicians are notoriously not all competent accountants ; physicists may not be interested in or fitted for involvement in industrial processes — they may not even be able to change a light bulb . |
| 24 | Underlying the suffrage struggle was a set of attitudes which dictated that women 's natural sphere was the home , that their full development came only with motherhood and that a ‘ womanly woman ’ would not be interested in or want the vote . |
| 25 | I think of my role as trying to guide them with the interface of the business side , the bits that they might not be interested in or do n't want to be involved in . |
| 26 | The aim of this arrangement is the same as that of the mentor programmes ; it is to demonstrate in a consistent way that someone cares about , is interested in and encourages the school and its students in their work . |
| 27 | Make a note of the job number that you are interested in and take it along to the clerk at the desk . |
| 28 | It is only car cases of the larger mammals that kites are interested in and help to remove . |
| 29 | ( 4 ) An alternate Director shall be entitled to contact and be interested in and benefit from contracts or arrangements and to be repaid expenses and to be indemnified to the same extent mutatis mutandis as if he were a Director [ but he shall not be entitled to receive any remuneration from the Company in respect of his appointment as alternate Director ] . |
| 30 | ( 4 ) An alternate Director shall be entitled to contact and be interested in and benefit from contracts or arrangements and to be repaid expenses and to be indemnified to the same extent mutatis mutandis as if he were a Director [ but he shall not be entitled to receive any remuneration from the Company in respect of his appointment as alternate Director ] . |