Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her body arched like the curve of a gondola 's prow , her eyes flashing as if they were fashioned from steel . |
| 2 | Hopefully Wilko is only experimenting as if this is our lineup for the season to put it mildly we 're fucked . |
| 3 | Nessie found herself reacting as if to the parish priest or the headmaster of the school . |
| 4 | This involves stimulating a female cat that is on heat with a glass rod , so that her body is fooled into reacting as if she has been mated by a tom-cat . |
| 5 | Well , I accused you of reacting as if I was a leper . |
| 6 | Now , for reasons she still could n't fully fathom , she was lifting curtains to reveal all to a man who was , in truth , little more than a stranger — and he was reacting as if he were a long-lost brother . |
| 7 | Oracular , industrious , and capable of producing as if without effort memoranda of seamless cohesion and judiciousness , Hailey was the Indian civil servant of legendary grasp and authority . |
| 8 | A few of the men were pointing at him , struggling as if to go to his aid but being restrained by their companions and womenfolk . |
| 9 | out of his armpit , reclining as if |
| 10 | My heart was thumping as if I had run a race and there was a pain in my back . |
| 11 | ‘ He 's a manager , your dad , is n't he ? ’ asked Jamie Shepherd a few minutes later as they bounced round a corner with the old van rattling as if it was going to shake itself to bits at any moment . |
| 12 | Kopyion was kneeling as if in prayer . |
| 13 | And he exited so violently down the throat of Hell that he ripped the tongue and set the snout bobbing as if Hell were about to sneeze . |
| 14 | They were looking into each other 's face and laughing as if , Agnes thought , they were alone . |
| 15 | Nicolo had flung his head back ; he was laughing as if she had just told the world 's funniest joke . |
| 16 | Standing close alongside him following the direction of his outstretched arm , Polly felt the skin all down her left side prickling as if static electricity was leaping between them . |
| 17 | Sue sat quietly and smiled while this was happening as if she had nothing to do with the incident . |
| 18 | The Indians were supposed to look on at what was happening as if these two white men in skirts were barmy . |
| 19 | His paintings were rather angular , with the nose , in particular , appearing as if it was glued to the canvas in an echo of Cubism . |
| 20 | He surfaces in different places from time to time : there he is at St Mary 's church in Finchley , North London , witnessing the marriage of sister Bessie and Alf Davidge in 1907 , then appearing as if from nowhere to perform the same function for Gertie and Frederick Foxwell in Norwich in 1911 . |
| 21 | Righting herself she slapped him across his face , a white hand print appearing as if by magic . |
| 22 | They all wait for him to go on , while appearing as if they do not care whether he goes on or not . |
| 23 | She spent more and more time off her eggs , parading about the yard , cackling as if demented and taking sudden rushes in whatever direction she happened to be facing when each fit of frenzy overcame her . |
| 24 | ‘ How long were you driving for after they took you away from the family ? ’ |
| 25 | At the end of one hour her back was aching as if it had been kicked all over by a mule ; but she went on doggedly , though it soon became absolute agony . |
| 26 | There should be more police walking about than present . |
| 27 | Mrs Zamzam listed the villages through which she travelled — Al Naher , Al Kabil , Al Nahalie , Tashiha and Al Dear — and then she fell into a kind of swoon , wailing as if she was mourning a husband or son and holding her hands to her face . |
| 28 | What are you looking for cos it 's got ta be linked to what you 're applying for if you 're applying |
| 29 | Last night British Land shares closed at 403p , up 46p on the 357p they were trading at when suspended on Tuesday . |
| 30 | Groaning as if in physical pain , she rocked herself back and forth in her chair — her teeth bared as if she was grimacing at some diabolical joke . |