Example sentences of "[adv] as [subord] [prep] 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 | It was two in the morning and she walked the short distance to her home as if on a cushion of air . |
| 5 | We move along the road fast as if in a dream . |
| 6 | Satisfied , Barry Silk laid the last item of his equipment lovingly down , almost as if for a kit inspection . |
| 7 | But as quickly as his arm had gone out , it returned to his side , jerked back there as if by a spring ; and he noticed that his action had n't gone unnoticed by Mick . |
| 8 | The portrait of Chéron , however , shows a mild , mean little man with bowler hat and moustache , sitting legs wide apart as if astride a horse . |
| 9 | Santerre and his wife were like waxen effigies but Rachel , her face slightly flushed , leaned forward as if without a care in the world . |
| 10 | The object , like the subject , has no consonants , and is attained by pushing the lips forward as if for a kiss . |