Example sentences of "as [conj] to say [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | as if to say we have come this far , |
| 2 | Once or twice she met Carrie 's eye and smiled as if to say she felt just as she did . |
| 3 | She shrugged , not dismissively but as if to say she was helpless . |
| 4 | Mindful of the stable-room boiler and the bucket , she gave him a brilliant smile as she stepped down and then she said , ‘ Twenty minutes , Murphy , ’ and he grimaced faintly again , as if to say he knew perfectly well she would be twenty minutes , ladies calling always were . |
| 5 | as if to say you ca n't get me now . |
| 6 | who was rather sarcastic , sarcastic , I said to her erm , oh you 're still alive then , as if to say you have n't rang me rang you . |