Example sentences of "as [conj] [pron] have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Did you want me , Myra ? ’ she asked as calmly as if they had been discussing the weather and not within an ace of making either love or war . |
| 2 | They were talking rationally now , as adults , just as she had asked , but underneath the façade of civilised behaviour her heart was still doing funny things , and the electricity between them was as powerful as if they had been making love . |
| 3 | It looked at first as if she had been drinking blood . |
| 4 | He had carried her in his arms as naturally as if he had been doing so for years , and she had felt right there . |
| 5 | I collapsed back into the armchair , almost as exhausted as if I 'd been climbing the Eigernordwand . |
| 6 | However , the spokesman said : ‘ It now looks as though they had been fighting each other and nobody else was involved . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You see , ’ he went on as though they had been talking all afternoon , ‘ I had no idea until this morning that you were in the same state as I. ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It looks as though they have been trying to get rid of me here for three years . |
| 9 | I felt a touch of the sinister that rules so many of the islands ; there was no reason to shiver in that warm spot , but I did , and experienced a slight sense of embarrassment , as though I had been intruding , thinking perhaps not of Tiare but of the great love all those years ago which had produced her : forty years ago when the water was cascading over the same cliff in just the same way as it had today , Princess Tiare 's mother and her lover had bathed in the same secret pool and later , perhaps , made love in the cave behind . |
| 10 | ‘ I feel as though I 'd been living under an anaesthetic for years and years . ’ |
| 11 | It sounds as though you 've been using more conditioner than your hair needs . |
| 12 | But please avoid looking as though you have been trying too hard with your choice of waistcoat . |
| 13 | They look as though you have been blackleading grates ! ’ |
| 14 | The latter manifests itself as smooth , waxy blobs on fins and skin , making the fish look as though it had been swimming under a dripping candle . |
| 15 | The high velvet shoulder of his doublet smelt musty as though it had been lying in a trunk for centuries . |
| 16 | And then , as though it had been waiting there to be born , a plan had begun to come to life in her mind . |
| 17 | Theodora replaced the mouthpiece and the telephone shrilled again as though it had been waiting for her to release its ring . |
| 18 | Lily looked as though she had been thinking for her whole family all her life ; she was younger , by far , than she appeared . |
| 19 | It was wild and erratic , as though she had been writing under severe emotional strain . |
| 20 | ‘ Why , Gloria , my dear ! ’ said one of the ladies , putting aside her soup-dish and hurrying across the wide room to welcome them almost , but not quite , as though she had been expecting them . |
| 21 | She picked up on the first ring , almost as though she had been expecting him to call . |
| 22 | A little embarrassed because it looked as though she had been prying , Meredith murmured , ‘ I 'm not much of a cook . ’ |
| 23 | Her lips were parted and her breath was coming in quick gasps as though she had been running , the breasts , looking naked under the light silk wrap , rising and falling . |
| 24 | She felt as though she had been running forever . |
| 25 | She felt quite weak and breathless , as though she had been running . |
| 26 | The phone rang at the other end , and was answered immediately , as though she had been sitting beside it , waiting . |
| 27 | She had never mentioned that she possessed musical ability , so the crew listened spellbound for a few minutes as she played the carol ‘ Silent Night , Holy Night ’ , as though she had been rehearsing for a month . |
| 28 | She plunged into the crowds , who had turned out in their thousands to greet her , as though she had been doing it all her life . |
| 29 | Alice then , all clean and brushed , and in a nice blouse with the small pink flowers and the neat round collar , walked out of the house and went next door , to No. 45 , as though she had been planning to do this all day . |
| 30 | Phoebe woke up quickly , as though she had been waiting for Maggie 's summons , but not quickly enough . |