Example sentences of "[noun] as [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I love Harvey , ’ and little noises came out of the sphere of hair as if a canary was eating a hearty meal of seeds . |
| 2 | You fitted into my heart as if a space had always been there waiting . ’ |
| 3 | John twitched his great shoulders as if a wasp had landed on them . |
| 4 | The Squat tugged his flak-jacket straight , brushed dirt off it , combed his gingery beard with his fingers , flicked at his knotted ponytail as if a fly had landed on it . |
| 5 | When he did not speak , but just jerked his head as if a fly had buzzed near his ear and irritated him , when he did not greet her , not even by name , let alone with the caressing words she had so often uttered in her games of make-believe , Rosa began , murmuringly , ‘ I did n't know when to come down , I wanted to be sure no one was awake … . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ After the date of the publication of a complete specification and until the sealing of a patent in respect thereof , the applicant shall have the like privileges and rights as if a patent for the invention had been sealed on the date of the publication of the complete specification : Provided that an applicant shall not be entitled to institute any proceedings for infringement until the patent has been sealed . |
| 7 | She had risen and now stood staring at him , trembling visibly and feeling as if a puff of wind would knock her down again . |
| 8 | Her face seems to glow with happiness as if a vision has of a sudden become reality . |
| 9 | The civil and foreign services treat the whole thing as if a gong is just another perk of the job . |
| 10 | The hotel and its newly dug garden are protected from the winds and passing cows by a handsome new stone wall made in the old way — using the enormous smooth round boulders that litter the fields as if a giant 's child had grown bored with a game of marbles . |
| 11 | Perched alone in its beauty as if a queen amongst her subjects . |
| 12 | Steam rose here and there , not in puffy , damp , friendly clouds as if a kettle was boiling , but in hissing , angry spurts , as if some unseen being was venting its spleen . |
| 13 | There was an ache in my middle as if a rock was lodged in the place where all my habits had been — my going-to-bed routine of always brushing my teeth last thing of all so that my mouth felt glowing fresh before I curled up under my duvet and drifted off into sleep . |
| 14 | The man stopped in mid-strike as if a steel door had been slammed in his face . |
| 15 | I felt a lump in my throat as I looked down at the first grave , the Balmoral on the cross was torn at the front as if a piece of shrapnel had smashed its way through the badge and into the soldier 's head . |