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

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1 Why then have the Cambrian Forces been invited to inveigle such hollowed ground ; to sit idly by and scoff while such is imposed by few on the many .
2 I screamed and rattled my chains ; they turned sluggishly away as if to say that one way or another they would eventually dine on my flesh .
3 not except but accept and number twenty three language
4 is one at control that you can call back in or destroyed and be replaced by
5 Occurring spontaneously with this was the creation of what man , millions of years later is able to look back on and recognise as myriads of units of ‘ goodness ’ being produced from those ‘ good ’ events which were controlling evolution , and which he can now understand as being the origins of his well-being .
6 He rose then as if to go but impulsively Robyn caught at the sleeve of his robe .
7 ‘ It was your — ’ He cut off his own words abruptly and stared at her woodenly as if frustrated because she was right .
8 But finally he drew away from her lips and buried his face in her neck and hair , breathing heavily as if exhausted and spent .
9 ‘ When we go in to write songs it 's not fun , ’ protests Paul , who promptly giggles hysterically as if to suggest that , actually , songwriting is about as much fun you can possibly have with your clothes on .
10 Oswald opened his mouth again as if to continue but he coughed , choking on his own blood and his head fell to one side , his solitary eye fixed in a glassy trance .
11 And he glanced down at Changez 's duff hand again as if to reconfirm that his brother had really sent over a cripple as a husband for his only daughter .
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