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 | He rose then as if to go but impulsively Robyn caught at the sleeve of his robe . |
| 4 | ‘ It was your — ’ He cut off his own words abruptly and stared at her woodenly as if frustrated because she was right . |
| 5 | But finally he drew away from her lips and buried his face in her neck and hair , breathing heavily as if exhausted and spent . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |