Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [conj] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Benjamin stepped to one side as if to pass and both men stood back , their hands going to their swords . |
| 2 | The manual suggests that you move the carriage as if ironing and this is a very apt description . |
| 3 | • Latest research on whether running and exercise can reduce the risk of cancer |
| 4 | Where the Purchasing Manager 's particular expertise comes into its own is in the presentation and evaluation of purchasing alternatives , or in the assessment of whether to make or buy a particular product or component . |
| 5 | She fingered the brightly coloured daisies as if testing whether they were real . |
| 6 | Many of these systems operate with no human effort or skill apart from switching the equipment on and checking that there is sufficient paper in the computer printer or plotter and so on . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , ’ Nellie said , glancing quickly at Carrie as if to signal that her father was being secretive about his work again . |
| 8 | Among other features it contains the words of a song , possibly popular in Hungary , which contains a sentiment I have some sympathy with and shows that lateral thinking exists everywhere . |
| 9 | Sybil gave a knowing smile as if to imply that in the interests of justice she was prepared to face up to this bizarre , extremely unpleasant but undeniable phenomenon . |
| 10 | So the women were n't staying at home in the itched to make things for or to back or anything ? |
| 11 | Graham started to smile , though he thought the joke itself might be in rather poor taste , but then he was aware of Sara turning quickly , putting her glass on the mantelpiece and looking straight at him , coming closer , her face set in strange hard lines , eyes bright , taking him by the elbow and turning her head as if to emphasise that she was talking to Graham , ignoring Slater , saying , " You do dance , do n't you ? " |
| 12 | His Lordship smites the water with King Arthur 's sword , all the company are still , a rumble sucking noise comes in front of the opening of the grotto the water as if boiling and to the horror of all the company both on the water and on the shore scream with fright , appearing as though from the depth of hell arose a ghastly coffin covered with slime and other things . |
| 13 | Its quantitative response , when correctly terminated , is governed by the parameter introduced in the last section and substitution of and establishes that Because u can not be positive at any frequency , there is no range of frequency that corresponds to inequality ( 9.18 ) and equation ( 9.17 ) is inapplicable . |
| 14 | The ostrich dug his head in and believed that there was nobody out there who could notice — and if they did , what did it matter ? |
| 15 | At five to seven she decided that her long gold hair needed another combing — and jumped up from the dressing-table as if shot when a minute later the phone in her room rang and the receptionist told her that a car had come for her . |
| 16 | Common-sense , or rhetorical , thinking involves the raising and dropping of anchors , not to mention the continual arguments about whether to raise or lower the metaphorical anchor at any given moment . |
| 17 | George came last , carrying an attaché case of papers and looking over his shoulder at the train as if wondering if he 'd forgotten anything . |
| 18 | He jabbed heavily at the air with his finger as if to spear and hold still the point he was trying to make . |
| 19 | Here the use of but suggests that the speaker thinks small houses are likely to be dirty . |
| 20 | ( 9 ) The partnership books are to be kept at the place of business of the partnership ( or the principal place , if there is more than one ) , and every partner may , when he thinks fit , have access to and inspect and copy any of them . |
| 21 | Realistic evaluation of the options allows a clear decision on whether to proceed or not . |
| 22 | A small winter meeting of select counsellors considered issues likely to arise in the coming year : an example , says Hincmar , is the decision on whether to renew or break a truce on a particular part of the frontier , given that trouble in one part must be offset by stability in another . |
| 23 | Although not an exact science , it does enable banks to give countries some sort of credit rating and , from this , bank lending officers can make a decision on whether to grant or participate in a loan . |
| 24 | Do not put your head tentatively round the door as if to check whether or not you are really wanted . |
| 25 | Phenomenologists therefore examine the way that police officers reach decisions about whether to arrest and charge suspects . |
| 26 | Thus evaluation can be used for decisions about whether to continue or terminate a given course , about the modification necessary for an existing programme , about the use of various teaching methods to achieve a pre-specified goal , or about the adoption of an innovation . |
| 27 | We turn up to funerals in everyday clothes , we refuse to let people send flowers so there is no opportunity for a communal expression of feeling , we are reluctant to take more than one day off work on the grounds that we 're better getting on with life as if weeping and mourning had no part in real life . |
| 28 | In the background is a smaller figure , a god with a bow , standing very erect , with one arm stretched high in the air as if waving or saluting . |
| 29 | This does not , however , mean that the written form is necessarily easier to make sense of or to follow than speech , nor that this particular set of conventions necessarily advantages English users . |
| 30 | Massingham had driven in , for him , an unusual silence as if sensing that his chief was grateful for this small hiatus between knowledge and discovery . |