Example sentences of "as if [pron] [verb] [det] [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 | " 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | as if we have enough droughts without we it , people like |
| 6 | Much talk with friends of what result we would ‘ settle for ’ — as if we have any choice . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It 's not as if they get much study done the last week or so anyway . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It was n't as if they had some sort of relationship ; he had taken her out only to help her with her search . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | She used to ring Otto at his office , rather as if she felt this experience had some professional interest to Otto . |
| 16 | as if she wants some money off you as well |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . |
| 18 | She looked as if she needed that weekend away . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Sometimes it felt as if he had less substance than the images in this room . |
| 21 | ‘ I should think so , ’ he said severely , and paused , and swallowed as if he had some constriction , and then asked , ‘ Where were we ? |
| 22 | Meredith spoke as if he had some power over his cousin . |
| 23 | ‘ And it 's not as if he had any convictions of his own , ’ said his Auntie Ethel . |
| 24 | He looked at Huy half-apologetically , cringing , as if he feared another blow . |
| 25 | Edouard looked at him , red in the face with indignation , reaching for the brandy-bottle , glancing towards his brother uneasily , as if he feared more self-justification would be needed . |
| 26 | He walked slowly , not daring to look at the drop on his right and becoming ever more aware of the cold , biting wind and eerie sense of loneliness , as if he hung half way between heaven and earth . |
| 27 | It was as if he exerted some kind of gravitational pull over her . |
| 28 | It was as if he needed this quality of attention to be fixed upon him in order to be completely silent . |
| 29 | It sounded as if he needed another pair of hands for the trip ahead — which was another reprieve so far as Robbie was concerned . |
| 30 | His face was thin and emaciated , drawn together as if it spent each night in some kind of linen press . |