Example sentences of "as [subord] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We shoot down into the rapid as if fired out of a cannon . |
| 2 | Suddenly then though her attention was taken by a red squirrel which darted from nowhere and , effortlessly it seemed , bounced over the grass and then , as if jerked up on a string , shot up a tree . |
| 3 | Sometimes men in mackintoshes stared in at the bookshop windows as if building up to a flash . |
| 4 | It was more , she blinked her eyes , as if roused out of a coma . |
| 5 | Deities are sometimes shown with sword , spear , or shield ; sometimes the objects appear alone , as if standing in for an absent deity . |
| 6 | He blustered and turned scarlet as if caught out in a crime , and tried to bluff it out , but I knew him too well . |