Example sentences of "as [conj] [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I feel as if we failed that man somewhere , ’ she said a little later as together with David and Martin Foulds she watched the ambulance leave the factory . |
2 | Co-producer Robert Relea hit back : ‘ It 's not as if we like working nights . ’ |
3 | " It does n't look as if we 've any choice , Mr Montgomery , " they young woman grinned . |
4 | So we sat there in the silence as if we knew each other well and had no need merely to talk ; and as a matter of fact it seemed in a way to suit the stillness of the day . |
5 | First , we all have to live and act as if we were sure and as if we had reliable knowledge . |
6 | ‘ We were sticking our necks out further and further but once we got to the South Col we had the same chance to get to the top as if we had 20 Sherpas helping and a brick-built house up there , ’ said Harry . |
7 | It was like climbing a waterfall , but there was a warder at the top , clinging to a railing and yelling to us at the top of his voice to hurry — as if we needed such encouragement . |
8 | Remarks ( i ) On the face of it , it looks as if we have six results to prove , namely : |
9 | It is as if we have two pairs of eyes , one pair inside and another outside the blinkers : without this , Golding 's technique would not produce its ironic effect of dual vision . |
10 | as if we have enough droughts without we it , people like |
11 | We act and will continue to act as if we have free will , whether our actions are determined or not . |
12 | Much talk with friends of what result we would ‘ settle for ’ — as if we have any choice . |
13 | Indeed , when Jessica had locked her car with all the others at the Moira roundabout — travel-sharing , she assumed , hardheaded Ulstermen saving on the petrol — Rory had walked up to her and kissed her lightly on the mouth as if they owned each other . |
14 | It 's not as if they get much study done the last week or so anyway . ’ |
15 | The road cut a swath through the centre of the belt of trees , and as the gig passed between them they seemed to menace , arms grotesquely waving , as if they resented this intrusion through their territory . |
16 | The predatory spirits , on the other hand , are described as if they bore actual malice toward humans . |
17 | All four blushed as if they had one heart . |
18 | It was about how to deal with a road accident and I arranged for a smashed-up car to be towed into the studio , and for actors to sprawl around , made-up to look as if they had appalling injuries . |
19 | Figure 9–3(b) illustrates the special ease where A and B have identical utility functions or , alternatively , where it is accepted that A and B ought always to be treated as if they had identical utility functions . |
20 | It was n't as if they had some sort of relationship ; he had taken her out only to help her with her search . |
21 | The rest were a maze of villages with names that sounded like the refrain for a pantomime song , villages whose lives were as far removed from those Manchester lives he had known for so long that it was as if they inhabited another planet . |
22 | Hyam also deplores the recent ‘ willingness of Third World governments to adopt the peculiar Purity laws and conventions of Britain in the 1880s as if they represented ultimate truths about human civilisation ’ . |
23 | Then , as if to break the spell , the sheep dogs began to bark frenziedly and the nearby sheep stampeded as if they sensed impending danger . |
24 | He had decided to act as if they liked each other ; he did n't know how he affected her and he was n't going to know . |
25 | Although , in the novel , the house awaits the return of Sir Leicester and Lady Dedlock , in the picture it appears as if they have that moment left , abandoning their ordinary occupations . |
26 | But at all times I would prefer them to act as if they have non-speaking parts . |
27 | Now the 27 year-old sculptor specialises In beautifully complex human and animal forms , steeped in classical influences and burnished or weathered to make them look as if they have several lifetimes of history behind them . |
28 | She used to ring Otto at his office , rather as if she felt this experience had some professional interest to Otto . |
29 | as if she wants some money off you as well |
30 | ‘ It sounds as if she wanted this house more than she wanted him , ’ Lucy mused , knowing that if she herself loved a man she 'd be happy to live in any humble abode . |