Example sentences of "[verb] as if a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sitting-room was long , and looked as if a child had been let loose with buckets of primary colours . |
| 2 | His toe-nails looked as if a knife would blunt on them and could not have been cut for months , possibly years . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He just looks as if a puff of wind would blow him away , ’ George finished . |
| 5 | She looks as if a wind could blow her away . " |
| 6 | Turns round and looks as if a bus had hit it . |
| 7 | They had apparently felt as if a burden had been lifted from them and why tempt fate by attempting to get her back ? |
| 8 | But , rightly , ICI is acting as if a bid is imminent , preparing its defences and making plans for itself in a way that guarantees that much will change at the firm . |
| 9 | Yet he was such a skilful flyer that to an American of the Lafayette Squadron it seemed as if a plane obeyed his thoughts rather than the controls , and at Verdun alone he shot down six German aircraft and a balloon . |
| 10 | Simply plugs into socket and controls any appliance which can be plugged into 13amp socket , to make it look as if a house is occupied . |
| 11 | TO overstate the attendance is both a good public relations exercise — making it look as if a team is better-supported than it is — and a possible outlet for laundering ‘ dirty money . ’ |
| 12 | If your engine is using a lot of oil it sounds as if a replacement or rebuild is required . |
| 13 | The norm of institutional patriotism lost its force with senators no longer speaking as if a seat in the Senate was the very height of their ambition |
| 14 | It seems as if a disillusionment , the communists are trying you know , trying policies |
| 15 | Looking back , it almost seems as if a policy of ‘ build 'em up , knock 'em down ’ was being formally instituted . |
| 16 | She gasps , and jumps as if a weasel has bitten her backside . |
| 17 | But not one of them had made her feel as if a candle had been set to kindling within her . |
| 18 | I feel as if a bit of me had been chopped off . |
| 19 | You feel as if a group like the Spinners really mean it when they speak of tenderness and affection . |
| 20 | Ruth felt as if a blow had been delivered to her ribs with a mallet . |
| 21 | Virginia felt as if a steel door had slammed shut inside her . |
| 22 | When Virginia Woolf first read Lawrence , she said she felt as if a curtain had been thrown back , so she could see , clearly , for the first time , the intensity of family relationships . |
| 23 | Dalgliesh wondered why it was that , when walking towards the sea , there came a moment when its roar suddenly increased as if a menace , quiescent and benign , had suddenly realized and gathered up its power . |
| 24 | The interior was probably quite well furnished in the ordinary way , but right now it looked as if a tornado had been through it . |
| 25 | He must have been about seventeen and was so-pale and thin he looked as if a gust of wind might blow him away . |
| 26 | There was a time , at the end of summer , a hopeful time , when it looked as if a lot of would-be railway companies would simply vanish , like the mushrooms they were . |
| 27 | And when Biarritz scored a quick try and Blanco landed a sensational penalty from about 60 metres it looked as if a miracle seemed possible simply because so many people passionately wanted it to happen . |
| 28 | The car was so low it looked as if a giant had tried to stub it out and it was clear that getting out of the bucket seat gave the Greek momentary altitude sickness . |
| 29 | The shelf was full , except for a small gap , where it looked as if a book had been taken out . |
| 30 | The rain ceased as if a tap had been turned off . |