Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Faced with conflicting advice from radio stations and the state authorities about whether to evacuate , many people just fled .
2 It was something you had to accept understand the reasons for and carry on regardless .
3 The air-gargoyles gently sucked and puffed the aromatic smoke into strange curlicues as if sketching the features of potential daemons which might lurk outside the hull .
4 The low register of the flute , by which we mean the notes between and including is very rich and beautiful and has been much exploited by composers , especially those of the French school .
5 Had n't scattered monogrammed handkerchiefs about or faked alibis or carelessly dropped dated train tickets or shown knowledge he should n't have had .
6 Shaking his head , he opened and closed the drawer several times as if to demonstrate its innocence .
7 Stuart bellowed his words as if answering a court-martial and failure to enunciate perfectly at top volume would earn him a few more years in the glasshouse .
8 As written words meant nothing to Marian the name of the man who called himself her foster-father presented no difficulties , but Allen , the boy from the dales of Yorkshire , who could read no more than she could , liked tossing words about and playing with them like pebbles , so he called Fat Watt when he was out of earshot ‘ What Fat ’ .
9 MacMillan has made this last song a welcome to the future as the three protagonists quietly and slowly come forwards , their hands linked , gradually raising their heads as if greeting a new day .
10 It will house a nucleus family of gorillas in its other half and we hope to be able to start a breeding programme and also to collect funds for and publicise the Digit Fund , set up to conserve gorillas in the wild .
11 He put his hands on his knees as if to lever himself up .
12 Dogs in REM sleep sometimes move their legs as if running , and in monkeys the whole face may writhe and twitch .
13 His shoulders lifted towards his ears as if to help the grin along .
14 I 'll have you to a widow in recompense that you should give me thanks for and make you seven years younger , and a rich one .
15 Hearing what sounded like a muttered exclamation of fury at her elbow , Melissa looked around and saw Dora turn on her heel and march off into the orchard , where she stopped under an apple tree and stared up into the branches as if inspecting its heavy crop of fruit .
16 There is a mystic , psychic quality about them that is pleasantly disturbing , and often one of them will gently take my hand and gaze steadily into my eyes as if willing me better and I feel sort of honoured to be welcomed into their society .
17 Jannie put her spare hand over her eyes as if shielding them from the sun , and closed out the sight of her husband .
18 He rubbed his eyes as if to rid himself of thoughts of Kelly Connor .
19 She closed her eyes as if awaiting a kiss .
20 He twitched his shoulders as if shrugging the burden of Georgina on to the new arrival .
21 The old woman settled back in her chair and shook her shoulders as if to free them from the burdens of the present .
22 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 .
23 As he said it , Gabriel 's eye was caught by Lucie who put a finger up to his lips as if to say , ‘ Do n't argue . ’
24 Kandinskaya licked her lips as if stalling for time ; Jezrael could see her imminence paling as she strove for greater calm .
25 Caterina now faced the weeping Virgin determinedly and moved her lips as if praying ; she quailed when she realised that she would have to act the go-between again and seek him out alone once more .
26 Miss Phoebe noticed and pinched herself together , the tip of her tongue wetting her dry lips as if to help words to slide out more easily , but before they came , her sister was saying loudly :
27 " But it was my fault , " Patrick continued , wrapping his hands around the cup , bringing it up to his lips as if to hide his face .
28 As the hands of the clock touched nine , a small group of middle-aged men wearing sports-jackets and flannels under their winter coats stepped behind a row of bushes as if to relieve themselves .
29 And only Ackroyd would script a dialogue between several literary figures he has written books about and shove it into the middle of his latest offering .
30 Is , is there a difference between owning ten acres of and owning ten acres of ?
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