Example sentences of "as if [pron] was [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Romantic , ’ said Zeinab , as if she was taking the word down to be used in evidence . |
| 2 | Turakina behaved as if she was seeing the offworlder for the first time . |
| 3 | She said , as if she was seeing the possibility of doubt for the very first time , ‘ You arc the man from the pest control ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ He 'll be with fairground people , ’ said Mrs Flaherty , staring into her teacup as if she was reading the leaves . |
| 5 | She lifted her arm to catch at a branch and , as she held it down , rainwater fell on her face her eyes were shut ; it was as if she was drinking the scent of lilac . |
| 6 | Cilla looked on , grinning as if she was watching the perfect Blind Date union . |
| 7 | One thing that he noticed ; every now and again she 'd glance at the uncurtained window , as if she was checking the progress of the oncoming darkness . |
| 8 | All this came from Lucy in a rush , as if she was giving the background to someone else 's story . |
| 9 | ‘ He sounded as if he was telling the truth . ’ |
| 10 | And for the first time since he had so suddenly reappeared in her life Laura saw her husband 's shoulders slump , almost as if he was bearing the weight of his own brother 's horrific injuries . |
| 11 | He was running , just as children of that age do , almost as if he was chasing the shadows across the moor . |
| 12 | He stared at Rostov as if he was calculating the value of what he had said . |
| 13 | Penny was Sixer of the Kelpies , and when her granny had given her a beautiful budgie for a birthday present she decided to name it Kelpie after her Six , especially as the bird had a little silver patch on his throat — just as if he was wearing the Promise Badge , Penny pointed out gleefully . |
| 14 | The band had been thrown together at the last moment ; and none of the musicians looked or sounded as if he was enjoying the experience . |
| 15 | He looked as if he was fighting the desire to glare at her , but his mother 's eyes were on both of them and he answered quietly enough . |
| 16 | ‘ We have been in constant touch with him , ’ said Quigley , as if he was reassuring the chairman about the Exports Division . |
| 17 | He got up and was about to return to his house to wash the dirt from Meg 's grave from his hands when Cranston swaggered in , throwing the door open as if he was announcing the Second Coming . |
| 18 | as if he was relishing the fact that she was disconcerted , his eyes held a glint of malicious satisfaction . |
| 19 | But he 'd sat there listening , with that sneering smile of his , drinking Ban 's claret as if he was doing the Braithwaites a great favour , while Ben , who 'd had his share of claret too , lamented the fall of the Whig government , which might have done something for the manufacturing classes , and the election of the land-owning Tories , that bunch of country squires like the Larks , who would not . |
| 20 | Sometimes it would stop and shine downwards , as if it was scanning the earth for something . |
| 21 | I looked as if I was reading the paper , but my mind was going over the events at Ingard House , and the curious discrepancy in the stories about Andrew Stavanger . |
| 22 | as if I was holding the thought in my hands , looking at it , turning it about . |
| 23 | Let me luv thee my own road , as if I was bringin' the money ‘ ome . |
| 24 | They Matt and me , that 's to say — were arguing about baptising the Indians , and at the point the raft capsized it looked as if I was winning the argument . |
| 25 | After walking for some time , having covered about half the distance between the two stations , Willie became aware of a steady , yet rather unnerving sound just ahead as if someone was hammering the rails . |