Example sentences of "[adv] as [subord] in a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I saw it was Alec , walking slowly as if in a daze , his right hand held up to his nose and mouth , his eyes downcast . |
| 2 | Nor can it be compared with the ballerina 's dance in Rhapsodie where she wafts to and fro as if in a dream before breaking into her solo . |
| 3 | He had , however , and deliberately , put these words away as if in a cupboard . |
| 4 | We move along the road fast as if in a dream . |
| 5 | They were standing about as if in a daze , gazing about at the littered corpses and wounded . |