Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knowing who we are as humans has been one of the great vexed questions , searched after and written about down the centuries . |
| 2 | And do n't get below your minimum safe height until you are in sight of and lined up with your runway . |
| 3 | The circulation pattern can be thought of as made up of several contributions . |
| 4 | And in fact the there , most of the traffic calming is actually being paid for and carried out by the developer for that scheme . |
| 5 | We shoot down into the rapid as if fired out of a cannon . |
| 6 | Suddenly then though her attention was taken by a red squirrel which darted from nowhere and , effortlessly it seemed , bounced over the grass and then , as if jerked up on a string , shot up a tree . |
| 7 | He looked more than ever as if stamped out of metal . |
| 8 | A good many people suffered minor injuries in consequence ; but I believe those who suffered injuries were as nothing compared to those who wished to sustain an honourable contusion or bruise , or who , to make the whole setting more dramatic , lay on the ground as if laid out for dead without any injury at all . |
| 9 | It was more , she blinked her eyes , as if roused out of a coma . |
| 10 | I can see them in my mind 's eye rising and dancing slowly around the room , their bodies undulating in a controlled exuberance as if lifted out of the world of motor cars , rockets and computerised mentalities into some universal heartbeat , some rhythm of the day , of the night , of the sea , of life . |
| 11 | In one period , all were placed together as if spelled out in full as ‘ MAC ’ . |
| 12 | In one period , all were placed together as if spelled out in full as ‘ MAC ’ . |
| 13 | He blustered and turned scarlet as if caught out in a crime , and tried to bluff it out , but I knew him too well . |
| 14 | Glad of it anyhow , ’ he added as if caught out in some discourtesy . |
| 15 | Sarella felt her cheeks begin to burn , as if caught out in some way . |
| 16 | Down below , where they were sitting , the air softened , became almost visible , as if shaded in with charcoal , closer to smoke than air . |
| 17 | The extreme elaboration of the proceedings is intended to emphasize that , in contrast to the kind of marriage which can be entered into or broken off on the spur of the moment , this is a contract which is intended to endure . |
| 18 | Such an argument , in implying that the problem is simply a question of the lack of history or of its presence , as if history were some undifferentiated entity that could just be added or taken away , stepped into or got out of , skates over the fact that the real question has always focused on the much more difficult issue of what kind of history , and of what status can be accorded to historical thought . |
| 19 | Keeping clear of the wharves where machinery roared and clanked as cargoes were being discharged from or loaded on to rust-streaked ships with flaking paint , Nathan tied Seawitch to the rickety wooden pontoon reserved for yachts in transit . |
| 20 | You are old , you are bed-ridden , the work falls to me , you do not think or care , lying here day after day , waited upon and given in to , without worries or anxiety . |
| 21 | Perhaps , with significant sums of money being brought in to and made out of Ireland , it is time the Irish government did something about encouraging native film makers . |
| 22 | They had the latches closed , the headsets on and plugged in at the console . |
| 23 | He did n't answer , just switched the engine on and backed out of the car space . |
| 24 | He banged his hat on and stumped off through the courtyard , muttering , ‘ I 'll give her testify … ’ |