Example sentences of "[prep] if a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Perhaps one of the reasons for his impact — as a man — on so many varied people was this great and lordly carelessness about where he was ‘ going ’ : as if a mapped-out course was just a waste of precious time . |
2 | ‘ When I saw you at the side of the road , it was as if a nightmare had come true . |
3 | He simply looked startled — as if a worm had just lifted its head and answered him back , Carrie thought . |
4 | This is not an experiment that can ever be done , although some people assume that certain remote and isolated faunas , such as those of Australia and Madagascar , can be treated as if they were ancient , as if a trip to Australia were like a trip backwards in a time machine . |
5 | But not one of them had made her feel as if a candle had been set to kindling within her . |
6 | It was as if a bit player had become a star , a menial suddenly promoted into the centre of things . |
7 | I feel as if a bit of me had been chopped off . |
8 | The sitting-room was long , and looked as if a child had been let loose with buckets of primary colours . |
9 | ‘ as if a person could belong to anybody other than themselves ! |
10 | Admittedly , we do sometimes talk as if a person could have a pain in his foot and be unaware of it , perhaps while his attention is on something else , but this is explained by there being different levels of consciousness , or self-consciousness , in the mind ; it does not require our saying that pains have the same sort of mind-independent existence as tables . |
11 | Coming in behind him , she did n't see Midnight 's glance flicker to James Lambert , then away , as if a question had been asked and answered . |
12 | But I always wonder , as if a film had been taken from my eyes and I saw new worlds . ’ |
13 | place , on the other hand , is a determination of space as a coincidence of event and geography that is itself productive of meaning : as if a film were made only to be seen in one place , not another . |
14 | erm as if a window had never been opened for years and years and years that type of a house . |
15 | It was as if a harvest festival were enacted daily , for throughout the hours of market the church bell tolled quietly . |
16 | Her face seems to glow with happiness as if a vision has of a sudden become reality . |
17 | He turned back , as if a thought had just struck him . |
18 | It was as if a statue had started to weep . |
19 | It was as if a looking-glass had been diverted . |
20 | His very own face frowned back at him doubtfully as if a homunculus was imprisoned in the card , a mute model of himself . |
21 | It was as if a door had opened before him into a dim but positive light . |
22 | It was as if a voice not my own was making the call . |
23 | Not clear black , but a fog-soaked grey , haloing the distant watch-fires of the enemy in a smudged orange blur , as if a thumb had been smeared across a landscape canvas . |
24 | ‘ I love Harvey , ’ and little noises came out of the sphere of hair as if a canary was eating a hearty meal of seeds . |
25 | Carey looked worried and Doctor Agrippa sat as if a spectator at some masque or mummer 's play . |
26 | It is rather as if a burglar , when sued for the recovery of the stolen property or its value , sought contribution from a security guard who , by falling asleep while on duty , had made the burglary possible . |
27 | He must have been about seventeen and was so-pale and thin he looked as if a gust of wind might blow him away . |
28 | This is a Southern Asian fish which can reach lengths well over 24in ( 60cm ) , with a base colour of gold/brown , it then looks as if a tyre has run along the length of the body leaving dark brown tread markings all along the eel . |
29 | Her manner was impersonal and she seemed to regard my arrival with some relief , as if a problem had been solved . |
30 | His toe-nails looked as if a knife would blunt on them and could not have been cut for months , possibly years . |