Example sentences of "as [conj] [prep] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It grew a little clearer , as if on a gust of wind — but there was no wind ; swelling , then fading away . |
| 2 | It was two in the morning and she walked the short distance to her home as if on a cushion of air . |
| 3 | That way , by walking between the long tables as if on a tour of inspection , they could view the prospects without embarrassment . |
| 4 | The " eye " , as if with a will of its own , becomes the subject-agent in " as far as the eye could reach " ( 1 ) , " My eye followed the light cloud " ( 6 ) , " the only thing on which the eye could rest ( 4 ) . |
| 5 | She looked around the vestibule , suddenly aware that this room where she ate a brioche and drank milky coffee as if at a feast of the gods on those mornings when she managed to get up in time was a mere dingy parlour , the curtains grey with city smuts , the tables pocked and charred by cigarettes . |
| 6 | Dulé took the centre of the ring , a finger drum began to pitter-pat , a pair of flutes at different pitches to call and coo ; at the click of a rattle Dulé lifted the ten-foot ladder into a vertical position and balanced it at arm 's length ; facing it , he dropped his head as if to a partner in a dance , placed one foot on the bottom rung and made a feint at climbing , the ladder pitched away from him and he let it fall , to rising laughter from the audience around him . |
| 7 | Vic Wilcox scuttled into the Directors ' Lavatory as if into a place of sanctuary . |
| 8 | Santerre and his wife were like waxen effigies but Rachel , her face slightly flushed , leaned forward as if without a care in the world . |
| 9 | Nor can it be compared with the ballerina 's dance in Rhapsodie where she wafts to and fro as if in a dream before breaking into her solo . |
| 10 | ‘ Our island will be as if in a state of war ’ one senior official was quoted as saying yesterday . |
| 11 | But in winter , ‘ As the darkness thickened the wind increased , and each blast raked the iron railings before the houses till they hummed as if in a song of derision ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ Father of evil , ’ he intoned as if in a travesty of prayer , ‘ and Grandfather too … ’ |
| 13 | For a second the boat seemed to be frozen as if in a frame of news film . |
| 14 | Much as I hope this will never occur , all that would happen is that the patient would either open his eyes and come completely out of the hypnotic state , or that he might doze for some ten or fifteen minutes before waking as if from a nap in an armchair . |
| 15 | Somehow sensing this connection , clerics have been drawn as if by a magnet to the rails . |
| 16 | The Allies seemed to be drawn as if by a magnet to our local villages . |
| 17 | as if by a flash of lightning , I awoke as if struck by lightning ; this time again I spent the rest of the night working out the consequences . |