Example sentences of "as [subord] he had just [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ray Shepherd looked up at them as coolly as if he had just driven in to work on a routine day . |
| 2 | The old farmer looked at me in surprise , then glanced around as though he had just noticed the weather . |
| 3 | But then the other man seemed to regain control of himself , for the next moment he was shinning up the rope as though he had just realised his life depended on it — quite literally ! |
| 4 | The whole family and Christian crowded around the young gipsy , congratulating him as though he had just achieved some major feat . |
| 5 | The memory was staggeringly clear , as though he had just heard those other bells , as though he were just surging forward in his final spurt , kicking for home . |
| 6 | He was so calm — as though he had just parked his car outside . |
| 7 | He felt weak and shaking , as though he had just had a huge shock . |
| 8 | He looked as though he had just returned from a Chas'n Dave concert or tied up Hercules the horse in the Steptoe and Son barn . |
| 9 | Why did he feel as though he had just run his sword through the heart of something small and desperately struggling for survival ? |
| 10 | He felt exhausted , as though he had just run a marathon . |
| 11 | To hear Joicey speak , it was as though he had just left the Prince 's side , and that the 1745 Rebellion had ended the previous day . |