Example sentences of "as [conj] [adv] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Half way to the door I swivelled and , as if simply following the script of this particular hangover , strolled back to the table and came to a halt with my hands in my pockets a few feet from Davis 's chair . |
| 2 | One of the centrepages was curled over , as if tactfully averting the gaze of the girl spreadeagled there . |
| 3 | He pointed melodramatically , running a finger along in the air ahead of him , peering with burning eyes as if indeed watching an army of the dead , invisible to the rest of us . |
| 4 | Directly to his left the flint walls of Martyr 's Cottage glistened like marbles in the afternoon sun and less than half a mile to the north , set back among the Californian pines which fringed that part of the coast , was the dull square cottage rented by Hilary Robarts , a neatly proportional suburban villa incongruously set down on this bleak headland and facing inland as if resolutely ignoring the sea . |
| 5 | I was n't so overwhelmed , though , that I forgot to raise a finger to one of the jewels in my headband , as if idly adjusting the band itself . |
| 6 | Then he frowned , as if suddenly making the connection . |
| 7 | When he had finished , she said nothing for more than a minute , but continued to stare at him , as if still seeking the assurance she had hoped his account would supply . |