Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] as " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I sounds as if your grandmother was a much more important figure in your life than perhaps anyone realised , and you needed to grieve for her . |
| 2 | But now I feels as if I 've got a sh a name of a doctor |
| 3 | I 'opes as 'ow you 've got some pennies for me , so as I can get meself a bed for the night . ’ |
| 4 | Well I may not , I may not find it as good , do n't , they always show you clips as trailers of the best bit 's . |
| 5 | She plays as a middle hitter . |
| 6 | She writes as if anticipating the publication of her diary . |
| 7 | She stands as the martyr of organized and systematic sexual wrong-doing on the part of the man who should be her mate , and whom alone she has evolved to the human plane . |
| 8 | She flinches as a machine gun stutters nearby , then wanders over to talk to her budgies , Niki and Nikica . |
| 9 | Throughout her school career Anna has been involved in a plethora of sporting clubs participating as fully in organisation terms as she has as a sportswoman . |
| 10 | She was looking at the the question of self-scripture , and she has as a a criteria for differentiation or some , or as you might say boundary marks , it 's a question of boundaries between different groups . |
| 11 | She looks as if she 's made of man-made fibres you see . |
| 12 | The bikini is tiny , three triangles of cotton crochet , and her ribs protrude so much that she looks as if she is made of corrugated paper . |
| 13 | ‘ You remarked that she looks as if she were asleep . |
| 14 | ‘ She looks as if she 's asleep and he does n't seem to be having much fun either . ’ |
| 15 | She looks as if she 's going to take a bite out of the air . |
| 16 | But she looks as if she knows what she 's doing . |
| 17 | She looks as if she stuck every hairpin in like a knife . " |
| 18 | She looks as if a wind could blow her away . " |
| 19 | The ballerina here is cleverly perched on a matchbox so that she looks as if she is standing up , but you might find it easier to omit her feet and just stand her flat on the cake board . |
| 20 | She looks as if she has n't slept these two whole days . |
| 21 | She looks as if she 's |
| 22 | She does n't sound too keen on him , though I do n't know if she counts as an enemy for our purposes . |
| 23 | ‘ She starts as a naive young girl and ends as a grown woman , and quite a strong one too , ’ Rodgers adds proudly . |
| 24 | She modelled these under the chandeliers in the grand marble foyer of one of the seven Stalin-gothic skyscrapers in Moscow , which she describes as ‘ a perfect example of Soviet pokazukha ( window-dressing ) . |
| 25 | Evert is not feeling comfortable with what she describes as the ‘ finality ’ of the decision , although she does agree with it in principle . |
| 26 | Her own interest is in what she describes as Cather 's doubleness . |
| 27 | She describes as a calamity the declaration by the Director of Public Prosecutions that there is ‘ insufficient evidence ’ to initiate proceedings against Juliette by the Marquis de Sade . |
| 28 | In her letter ( ‘ Punchbag ’ 12 — 18 February ) Mrs H M Presley defends the monarchy and attacks Punch for being cynical : a trait unbecoming in what she describes as a ‘ reputable ’ magazine . |
| 29 | Lady Miriam said the princess will unveil a special plaque to mark the opening of the new hospice , which she describes as a vital addition to health care facilities in the area . |
| 30 | The last role heads her repertoire of what she describes as ‘ crazies ’ , a list which includes Cherubini 's Medea . |