Example sentences of "[adv] as [subord] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One grey-haired captain , a rough old chap , sat and sat not saying a word , mute as a mackerel , then suddenly got up in the middle of the room ad , you know , said aloud as if speaking to himself , ‘ If there 's no God then what sort of a Captain am I after that ? ’ , ad seized his cap and threw up his arms and went out . |
| 2 | And when it was over and their tears had dried , they lay like spoons , curved together as if made for each other , and slept . |
| 3 | But my bit had yet to come ; I had no idea if we had sustained damage to the undercarriage , although we had three greens burning bright , I motored in as if to land on new-laid eggs ; all the crew , including Jock the engineer , were at crash stations and we landed " soft as a mouse 's instep " , as Spike used to say . |
| 4 | At that moment , emerging from the saloon below as if propelled from a circus cannon , there appeared a distinctly grotesque figure . |
| 5 | Finally , the points on his leggings had been tied up wrongly as if done by someone else in a hurry . ’ |
| 6 | The figure might wait till a drone swooped nearby and fire up at it — just as if shooting at Lexandro . |
| 7 | The cutting , too , has meaning : fast , significant , hinting , pausing for an instant on an idea then darting away as if to shrink from a risky suggestion . |
| 8 | Then in a flash it dashes away as if fleeing in panic . |
| 9 | The group sat quite still as if bound by some secret . |
| 10 | It was when the pale flood of light returned that Stephen saw the man — He was quite a long way off , not far in from the road , and he was standing quite still as if waiting for someone or watching . |
| 11 | standing stiffly as if boxed by shadow : |
| 12 | Then she was flying off as if caught by the wind . |
| 13 | As his hand closed on the rubber border , the man appeared to steady , staring fixedly as if fascinated by the spectacle . |
| 14 | His/her foul body shone phosphorescently as if lit from within ; as if his/her flesh acted as a window to a lascivious light from elsewhere . |
| 15 | Hope shook his head and sat down carefully as if to concentrate on his tea leaves . |
| 16 | The branches of trees stretched out as if to peer over mill walls or rest themselves against the windowless rear walls of factory buildings . |
| 17 | ‘ Mrs Crump , I presume , ’ said Hope , gallantly slicing through the knot , and then he stood back as if struck by a startling thought . |
| 18 | He glanced back as if looking for signs of pursuit . |
| 19 | These flickered and danced wildly as if blown upon by unseen lips . |
| 20 | She had n't moved from the cockpit sole , but crouched there looking aft as if mesmerised by the towering storm front . |
| 21 | McKillop seemed to be thinking hard as if struggling with some mathematical conundrum . |
| 22 | He stared down at her for a few seconds , almost as if searching for some clue hidden in her expression . |
| 23 | ‘ But I suppose , ’ Robbie went on , almost as if bent on self-disillusionment , ‘ you must be in a hurry too , to get back to Petula . ’ |
| 24 | ’ The king waved the mameluke to a small stool next to Queen Claude who continued to sit there as if carved from stone . |
| 25 | Perhaps it was the way his eyes flicked about as if hoping for an attacker to appear , or maybe it was the slight inclination of his head . |
| 26 | Its engine is missing badly and it 's circling round as if looking for a landing-place . |
| 27 | Two thoroughbred stallions panted heavily as if driven at some pace . |
| 28 | As he spoke , the alarmed young woman — only quite attractive , Hope assessed , a little too thin in the face for his taste — glanced behind and then beyond and back again as if expecting to be set on by bandits . |
| 29 | Look straight ahead as if gazing at a place on a wall . |