Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [conj] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every week she was expected to clean the house right through and make the dinners , while the grandmother had her outing to Edinburgh : ‘ she had jist t'come in and sit doon like a lady . ’ |
| 2 | Iris closed her eyes and began speaking slowly as if reciting a lesson . |
| 3 | She sucked in a deep breath then looked up , squeezing her eyelids tightly together as if to clear the fuzziness which clouded her vision . |
| 4 | The arguments within the Thatcher administration went on apace over whether to swing the axe fiercely into public spending in the winter of 1980–1 , with ministers like Prior , Pym , Walker , and Carrington arguing the case for maintaining public expenditure and investment , monetarists outside the government like Alan Budd urging far more stringent monetary restraint , and Sir Geoffrey Howe at the Treasury buffeted about in between . |
| 5 | Does any hon. Member seriously think that , after Britain has signed up for a single currency , we could go to war on our own and expect the 11 countries who share the same currency to stand idly by and see the value of their currency wrecked , for ever depreciating , just because Britain was in one of its periodic warmongering fits ? |
| 6 | The mahout , as he gives a command , reinforces the order with leg pressure just as if riding a horse . |
| 7 | ‘ Right you are , ’ said Hilary , turning away as if terminating the interview . |
| 8 | An elderly man with a white pointed beard was being shepherded into a chauffeur-driven car by the short rough-haired woman in a thick tweed suit , who had been at Rupert 's house that evening in the autumn ; a little man carrying two heavy-looking suitcases was hurrying away as if to catch a train ; a group of younger men and women was standing on the pavement , talking and laughing . |
| 9 | In other words , the choreographer should set out to create a particular style for the whole dance design , yet within it be free to vary the way of performing a step without breaking away from or distorting the overall rhythmic quality and phrasing of his enchaînements . |
| 10 | can we send somebody away to and do a course . |
| 11 | Benny spoke gruffly as if fearing the invitation would be spurned . |
| 12 | There is always the chance that they could — ’ The Manchu expanded his hands outward as if to indicate the idea that the population of Tarvaras might explode out into the galaxy . |
| 13 | On the train I looked furtively at the lock on the carriage door and watched the railway embankment carefully as if assessing the effect of falling out onto it at speed . |
| 14 | Rigid demarcation lines can leave users with no choice at all about who they wish to be treated by , and getting along with and trusting the professionals who are responsible for providing help is a crucial factor in whether a service user will stay in touch with the services and persevere with treatment . |
| 15 | In writing a program , one often has a lot of freedom in the use of bound variables : not only in where they are declared , but also in whether to declare a new variable or re-use an old one . |
| 16 | Instead she was told she must find a mate to make a site near by and start a new race of Callanish eagles . |
| 17 | He walked over to his car , parked near by and opened the passenger door for her . |
| 18 | Tearing off her single garment , she stood naked before them , proud little breasts pointing upwards as if to offer the cherries of her nipples to the Papua moon . |
| 19 | The fact that NCp7 mutants B and C which lack the zinc fingers crosslinked efficiently with and retarded the migration of the DNAs indicates that the zinc fingers are most probably not directly involved in NCp7 binding to DNA in vitro , in agreement with results obtained from studies of the binding of NCp7 to RNA ( 6 ) . |
| 20 | It was almost as if stroking the kitten was a substitute for touching her hair . |
| 21 | Almost as if to test the political religious alliance of catholic nationalists in the South , the constitutional issue of divorce arose in 1986 as part of Dr Garret FitzGerald 's constitutional crusade ( see Cooney 1986 ) to make the Southern state more palatable to Northerners . |
| 22 | He looked at it suspiciously , and almost as if contemplating a sly kick at one of the wheels , as he unloaded the food parcels the diminutive and cheery Mrs Binkworthy thought Fenella needed . |
| 23 | Almost as if leading a child , they took the woman from the room , and the Mother Superior , herself on the point of leaving , turned and looked towards where Millie was still standing riveted to the spot . |
| 24 | She indicated that it was a musical film and then stretched her perfect fingertips above her eyes horizontally as if scanning the horizon . |
| 25 | It plucked her from her feet and spun her round , tumbling her back uphill as if playing a game of roll-a-ball . |
| 26 | To maintain her in optimum condition either prior to or following a perm or colour , it is important to use the correctly prescribed products at home , between salon visits . |
| 27 | Two men dressed in long underwear would shake hands and then bend forward as if making a deep bow to each other . |
| 28 | She flexed herself , she breathed spasmodically as if to confuse the natural rhythms of her body . |
| 29 | Blanche tugged a handkerchief from her bag and blew her nose violently as if to remove the smell of urine from her nostrils . |