Example sentences of "as if [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | " It does n't look as if we 've any choice , Mr Montgomery , " they young woman grinned . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | First , we all have to live and act as if we were sure and as if we had reliable knowledge . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | We act and will continue to act as if we have free will , whether our actions are determined or not . |
| 7 | Much talk with friends of what result we would ‘ settle for ’ — as if we have any choice . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It 's not as if they get much study done the last week or so anyway . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The predatory spirits , on the other hand , are described as if they bore actual malice toward humans . |
| 12 | All four blushed as if they had one heart . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It was n't as if they had some sort of relationship ; he had taken her out only to help her with her search . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | She used to ring Otto at his office , rather as if she felt this experience had some professional interest to Otto . |
| 20 | as if she wants some money off you as well |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . |
| 22 | She looked as if she needed that weekend away . |
| 23 | Midnight briefly intercepted his look , then turned to the side table , exchanging a platter of carved meats for cheesecake , as if he rejected any attempt to penetrate his wall of reserve . |
| 24 | Only Zed Juron was wholly uninjured — that slab of a man was so nimble at dodging , as if he had second sight — though a ricocheting shuriken had smashed his communicator . |
| 25 | Sometimes it felt as if he had less substance than the images in this room . |
| 26 | He could imagine Galland , a small man who looked as if he had permanent indigestion . |
| 27 | ‘ I should think so , ’ he said severely , and paused , and swallowed as if he had some constriction , and then asked , ‘ Where were we ? |
| 28 | Meredith spoke as if he had some power over his cousin . |
| 29 | It is as if he glimpses absolute Truth in and through particular instances of truth . |
| 30 | He looked at Huy half-apologetically , cringing , as if he feared another blow . |