Example sentences of "[prep] if from a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The smell was terrible , worse than anything Maggie had ever known , and on this frosty morning steam came up as if from a dung heap . |
| 2 | And there was the additional point that on their return they had appeared cheerful , as if from a windfall . |
| 3 | There arose within me without warning , and as if from a depth not of years but of centuries , the memory of that earlier morning at the Old House when my brother had brought his toy garden into the nursery . |
| 4 | She heard her name again , and again she emerged as if from a dream and found that time had passed . |
| 5 | The small device which enables Canned Draught Guinness to pour as if from a pub fount looks simple , but well over 100 techniques were designed and tested before the final development of the patented in-can system . |
| 6 | The marble block was then set into the wall of the family tomb , so the occupants appeared to be gazing at passers-by as if from a window . |
| 7 | Robyn heard Luke 's voice as if from a distance , deep and unexpectedly showing a trace of concern . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I looked up , and the wobbly house-of-horrors mirror slipped its planes : the glass door opened , my father stared out and then gestured encouragingly , as if from a touchline . |
| 10 | The more they were squeezed the more chrome was exuded , as if from a tube , at each end . |
| 11 | The heat from the room below belched up as if from a furnace . |
| 12 | She saw them then , with shattering clarity ; they crowded the dunes in a cold eddying radiance , each spear-point a spark of light , grimly staring as if from a trance . |
| 13 | She orgasmed with a series of low , satisfied grunts , as his ejaculation shot spunk into her as if from a gun . |