Example sentences of "as [subord] [pers pn] [be] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was resting his huge hand on June 's angled knee as casually as if it were the arm of a chair . |
| 2 | Remember how they used to feel as though they were the size of grapefruit ? ’ |
| 3 | In the event of the death of any person entitled to indemnity under this Section the Corporation will in respect of the liability incurred by such person indemnify his legal personal representatives in the terms of and subject to the limitations of this Section provided that such representatives shall as though they were the Policyholder observe fulfil and be subject to the terms exceptions and conditions of the Policy in so far as they can apply . |
| 4 | But soon he discovered that politicians were more interesting than colonels so he arranged his soldiers as though they were the House of Commons and made them harangue each other . |
| 5 | The Shropshire press nicknamed her ‘ the ice queen ’ ; local policemen claimed she treated them ‘ as though we were the scum of the earth ’ ; Shropshire neighbours declared her a loony . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , I must say I did n't expect the red carpet , but neither did I expect you all to look at me as though I were the devil incarnate ! |
| 7 | This fellow , who must be the only , or almost the only , surviving person outside Japan who has been the target of a nuclear bomb , and who knows what it 's like for real ( as opposed to the criminally bone-headed fantasising about nuclear war indulged in by our sillier soldiers and politicians ) , was not only matter-of-fact about it all , as though it was the sort of thing that might have happened to anyone , but he actually admitted that he had never given a thought to the possibility that he might be at risk as a result of the radiation he undoubtedly suffered at the time until recent weeks when various busybodies brought the matter to his attention . |
| 8 | Instantly , she thrust it from her as though it were the plague . |
| 9 | She spun to find a little bald woman — Chesarynth 's mind seized upon the woman 's finger-socket as though it were the badge of some sisterhood — and said , ‘ Yes . ’ |
| 10 | Joynson-Hicks announced this to the Cabinet as though it were the end of constitutional government . |
| 11 | He was the one with the distant , distracted look and the voice which sounded as though it were the product of an experiment by Dr Timothy Leary . |
| 12 | He stood up , face scarlet , looking at her and speaking to her as though she were the whore he had called her . |
| 13 | Miss Honey was still gazing at the child in absolute wonderment , as though she were The Creation , The Beginning Of The World , The First Morning . |
| 14 | A drink was thrust into her hand and within five minutes she was being passed from group to group as though she were the prize exhibit ; asked numerous questions she did n't know how to or have time to answer ; told endless tales of this person or that person ; until eventually , somewhat bewildered , she ended up in the bar with someone called Patrick who began regaling her with tales of old Ireland . |
| 15 | He tried to kill you and that makes it look very much as though he 's the person who killed Sabine Jourdain . ’ |
| 16 | In Capital Marx argues that as a result of the peculiar history of capitalism , the capitalist , who is really a parasite on the workers , is represented as though he were the opposite ; as the source of production and the benefactor of the workers . |
| 17 | such person shall as though he were the Policyholder observe fulfil and be subject to the terms exceptions and conditions of this Policy in so far as they can apply . |
| 18 | Molly took a handkerchief and tidied him up as though he were the room . |
| 19 | He sat up , corked the bottle , picked up his glass , pushed it away , cocked his head on one side , and said in a pathetic , slightly injured voice , as though he were the victim , not Sally-Anne , ‘ There — will that do , McAllister ? |