Example sentences of "[noun] as if [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ana seemed to pick up the vibes very quickly and tagged along with Mitch , laughing at his humour , turning her head from time to time in Maggie 's direction as if she could hear steam coming from her ears . |
| 2 | ‘ I knew you was n't one of his usual harem — none of that lot look as if they could boil a kettle , never mind an egg . |
| 3 | The little man was standing in the middle of the Bridge terminus , head cocked to one side as if he could hear something , fists clenched at his sides . |
| 4 | She walked back to the mantelpiece again and stared at the card as if she could contact its writer by clairvoyance . |
| 5 | Her hands were splayed across his broad shoulders as if she would push him away , and for some reason she could n't seem to relax them . |
| 6 | It seemed to Skaller as if he must kiss them again , those lips . |
| 7 | The Thames was flowing full and furious , the water greedily lapping their feet as if it would like to catch them and drag them under its swollen black surface . |
| 8 | Mr Stych stopped in his tracks at the mention of such a sum of money , as Hank had hoped he would , and looked at the boy as if he might have gone dangerously mad . |
| 9 | Aching in bones as if they would break |
| 10 | Aching in bones as if they would break is the main feature of this remedy that accompanies all of its complaints . |
| 11 | His father , also Norman , who died a year earlier , in 1772 , is portrayed in Allan Ramsay 's portrait as if he might have been Bonnie Prince Charlie — in wrap-around plaid , curly white wig , a gold-hilted claymore at his left hip , right hand outflung , and he stands in a landscape of rock , sky and water . |
| 12 | On the way to the toilet , flashy black guys , who keep their hands permanently on their balls as if they might drop off onto the floor , stand directly in my way to get noticed . |
| 13 | Swelling — inflamed parts swell rapidly , are very sensitive to touch with the sensation as if they would burst , with pressing , stinging , burning pains . |
| 14 | The Doctor looked for a moment as if he might continue to argue the point , but seemed to relax , and turned to Ace . |
| 15 | As for Morse , he looked for a second or two only , breathed very deeply , lurched a fraction forward for a moment as if he might vomit , then turned away . |
| 16 | As Sharapour fell back it seemed for a moment as if he would get in the way of Mill Reef on the rails , but Lewis was alert to the perils of getting boxed in up the short Longchamp straight and pulled Mill Reef out to begin his challenge . |
| 17 | It almost seemed for a moment as if he would come over to the table and speak , but then he turned away , looking rather puzzled and began to order his tea . |
| 18 | She raked her damp hair from her brow as if it would help , but it did n't ; she just could n't think . |
| 19 | ‘ Sounds as if we could do with Dad aboard right now , ’ Hawkins said . |
| 20 | Bodie raced up the stairs to Doyle 's apartment , and rang the buzzer furiously , stabbing the button as if he could make the door open by doing so . |
| 21 | Miss Phoebe gave her head a slight shake , holding on to the arms of her chair as if it would save her from drowning . |
| 22 | It 's jist that … ’ he pressed his hands round the mug as if he would crack it , ’ … weel , that 's jist hoo it is . ’ |
| 23 | My ear bends towards my receiver , and I keep my eye on the kitchen door as if they could come bursting through right now . |
| 24 | In chapter seven of The Form , leading his disciple on from the initial perspective of striving to order her inner life as if she should die tomorrow — a challenge which sets the adrenalin running and wonderfully sharpens awareness — he potently reminds her in terms of his own cultural coinage that the world is indeed " charged with the grandeur of God " by instructing her to see all her physical experience in terms of the sacrifice also offered at the Mass : By means of keeping in remembrance this little incantatory prayer at meals and indeed at all times not otherwise taken up with prayer or speech ( " and thynk it noght anely whils etes , bot bath before and after , ay bot when prayes or spekes " , 7.104.39 – 40 ) the disciple will maintain a constant perception of all aspects of sustaining life as a divine gift mysteriously available in time only through the processes of death and resurrection . |
| 25 | She looked pleadingly at the man in overalls as if he might step in and save her . |
| 26 | ‘ I can show you an excellent view of the town , ’ he pressed , his smile dipping for all the world as if he would take it as a personal tragedy if she refused . |
| 27 | They avoided our glances as if we might bestow the evil eye . |
| 28 | Harry looked into his glass as if he could see for miles and Charles nudged him back on to the subject . |
| 29 | The Mason 's hand shot out and caught hold of Davey 's ear as if he would tear it off . |
| 30 | ( Andrew speaks of Rhodes as if he might walk through the door ; and in the corner of the living-room hangs a pencil portrait , autographed , of ‘ The Founder ’ . ) |