Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [conj] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was in black — a thick high-necked sweater and , she noticed when he got up and came round the side of the desk , a pair of black corduroys that moulded his thighs as if tailored specially for him , as indeed they probably had been . |
| 2 | They had the latches closed , the headsets on and plugged in at the console . |
| 3 | Soft lights glowed on the mountains as if reflected from stained glass . |
| 4 | The software packages published or to be published for general release or as customized packages by and known as Inform , Workbase and Executive English for use in the computer environment of Apple Macintosh and CD-ROM . |
| 5 | They walked to the lake where there were two pairs of ducks , mallards with feathers as if painted in iridescent green , and from which a heron rose on gaunt wings , its legs dangling . |
| 6 | We will use the methods of Chapter 7 throughout this chapter , so we write and the RHS of the x 1 -row of P1/LP0 changes to as indicated in brackets . |
| 7 | In 1619 William joined Pavier in an attempt to publish plays by and attributed to Shakespeare , apparently intending to sell them in sets of nine volumes . |
| 8 | It was eerie listening to this voice , one moment high and hysterical , sibilant as a snake 's the next , issuing from the shadows as if directed down that merciless beam of light . |
| 9 | Whole families sat on bundles and sacks as if camped out or ready for evacuation . |
| 10 | The declaration stated that the testator in his lifetime ( in consideration that the plaintiff would marry Ellen Nicholl ) agreed with and promised the plaintiff , then unmarried , in the terms of and contained in the following letter : August 11 , 1838 , Gray 's Inn |
| 11 | Second replication to the fourth plea , that the agreement was in the terms of and contained in the letter set out above . |
| 12 | Once she had stripped off her top clothes she slapped the monitor pads on and connected up the leads . |
| 13 | The choice of treatment may be skewed towards that which can be paid for , rather than that which may be in the best interests of or preferred by the patient . |
| 14 | Seven ministers , including Pashko , Minister of Defence Perikli Teta and Minister of Finance Genci Ruli , were members of or proposed by the DP . |
| 15 | He was stunned by the absolute purity on all sides , on the wet trunks , tones of black contrasting dramatically with the showers of leaves , hung in suspension like clouds of golden rain , in loose tufts as if blown there by a wind . |
| 16 | For some three days there was a virtual collapse of government , during which the rebels laid hands on and put to death the Chancellor , Archbishop Sudbury , and the Treasurer , Sir Robert Hales . |
| 17 | They went to big hotels as if determined never again to experience anything like this house wedding in all their mortal lives . |
| 18 | The knife sprang into the air , arced up a few inches as if powered by a small spring . |
| 19 | Beyond assignment and transfer , however , was true negotiation ; i.e. , the creation of new , independent or ‘ abstract ’ rights to protect the increasing number of bona fide purchasers , pledgees or mortgagees of bills of lading against claims by current or previous owners or possessors of the goods or bills , or by parties with legal or equitable claims against or derived from the shipper-consignor . |
| 20 | In fact all the furniture hugged the walls as if frightened to put its feet on the carpet . |