Example sentences of "as [conj] he [verb] been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mark Twain was so impressed he included a description in his work The Innocents Abroad : ‘ I watched the Silver Swan which had a living grace about his movements and a living intelligence in his eyes — watched him swimming about as comfortably and unconcernedly as if he had been born in a morass instead of a jewellers ' shop — watched him seize a silver fish from under the water and hold up his head and go through all the customary and elaborate motions of swallowing it ’ . |
| 2 | It lent to his words an air of impressive finality , as if he had been thinking out each point for the first time and had come to a halt . |
| 3 | He said abruptly , rather as if he had been thinking about something quite different all the time Nick had been talking — ‘ She may be a little upset , I 'm afraid . |
| 4 | Lee wondered why the barman tolerated him but when she looked towards the bar she saw that the barman seemed hypnotized by the antics of the pub 's female singer , not pleasantly , but as if he had been created permanently attached to a painful but essentially dependable puzzle . |
| 5 | The first arrivals were coming out of Customs now : two middle-aged couples , a crowd of kids who looked like students , a family with four children and grandma , a man who looked as if he had been drinking on the plane , his collar undone and his tie hanging . |
| 6 | At ten past eight that evening , when he ran downstairs to answer his outer doorbell and found her on the doorstep , it was as if he had been kicked in the stomach . |
| 7 | He seemed eager to talk , as if he had been searching for a listener for some time . |
| 8 | He seemed calm , almost as if he had been expecting his deputy 's treachery . |
| 9 | as if he had been struck by some unseen force into stillness , he stopped , his right arm still embracing an imaginary figure , his left arm extended . |
| 10 | as if he had been considering Preston 's problems and this was his solution to them . |
| 11 | Delaney went in , and pulled up as if he had been hit with a magnum at close range . |
| 12 | He remained standing , ill-at-ease , as if he had been called somewhere and was awaiting release . |
| 13 | So he has got the scrum right , just as if he had been listening to Graham Price all along . |
| 14 | She felt smugly satisfied that she had not fed his ego by asking what he did in London , or any of the other dozen or so questions it looked as if he had been bracing himself for . |
| 15 | It was always the same when he came out of there , he thought there was an itch at his back as if he had been touched . |
| 16 | Rather embarrassed that he had waited … as if he had been hanging on … shy , although it could not be the surroundings , he very gratefully accepted the offer of claret , knew it to be a good one and said so … did not know quite what to say … he had found a peculiar empathy grow between himself and this handsome , strong , elegant , privileged man of the world when they had been in the little hill church of St Kentigern 's . |
| 17 | as if he had been disturbed … |
| 18 | He had a vicious gash on the back of his head as if he had been blown backwards against a very hard , very sharp object . ’ |
| 19 | Maggie had said nothing and he eyed her warily as if he had been warned to watch his step . |
| 20 | He looked as if he had been shot in the chest . |
| 21 | This had only added to Brian 's sense of guilt , as if he had been prying , probing into something personal that was not his business . |
| 22 | The party set off downstream along the river bank and Rostov concentrated on making it look as if he had been riding bareback all his life . |
| 23 | Feeling increasingly nervous as his appointment drew near , Morris was ushered into a vast boardroom , where the door was flung open by ‘ a giant of a man who looked as if he had been fed on rum all his life ’ : . |
| 24 | If anything he was able to go about his duties as if he had been given carte blanche . |
| 25 | A few days ago , some hooligan or other walked into our bedroom , mine and Jane 's — and lifted " Suddenly , as the thought struck him , he jerked back in his chair , as if he had been given a minor electric shock , and stared at Alice , his jaw literally dropping . |
| 26 | When the film used some footage of his wife moving about the cottage , he felt as if he had been given a reprieve . |
| 27 | The boy 's face looked faintly smeared , as if he had been crying . |
| 28 | Joe slipped on the snowy slope as he neared him , and when his hand touched the man 's chin above the collar of his rough jacket and felt the sticky wetness on his fingers , he sprang up as if he had been stung by a hornet . |
| 29 | ‘ Bullshit , ’ said Erica , and Edward jumped as if he had been stung . |
| 30 | It was as if he had been running a high temperature or tripped out of his head on acid . |