Example sentences of "[noun] as [subord] it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | To decorate a dish of smoked salmon , so beautiful in itself , with lettuce leaves , or to strew it with tufts of cress , is not to make that salmon which has cost 38s. a pound look as if it cost £3 , but to belittle it so that you begin to feel it is some bargain basement left-over which needs to be disguised . |
2 | Then it would presumably spot some potential prey and come to a standstill in mid-air as if it had brakes . |
3 | The letter was waiting , lying in her pocket in a demanding way as if it had control of her . |
4 | Fitzormonde stepped away and the bear went back to its meal , shuffling its food into a dirty untidy pile as if it suspected Fitzormonde would like to take it away . |
5 | She parked , suddenly chill , picked up her bag as if it held eggshells . |
6 | Sometimes they approach language as if it expresses power relations and subjectivity directly , and originates from the very autonomous , fixed subjects whose existence they are challenging . |