Example sentences of "[verb] at him as [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I take my immediate clue from the American critic , Norman Holland : ‘ unity is to the text as identity is to a person ; or you could say , identity is the unity I find in a person when I look at him as if he were a text . ’ |
| 2 | It is true that , characteristically , he was about to cadge a lift ; but lift or no lift , most elevated academics of those ( and these ) days when accosted by some unknown student would look at him as if he were something deposited on the pavement in contravention of the local by laws . |
| 3 | He imagined the lodgers , who had mostly changed , to look at him as if he were a parasite , who should be working to support her . |
| 4 | He imagined the lodgers , who had mostly changed , to look at him as if he were a parasite , who should be working to support her . |
| 5 | Holly seemed to look at him as if the matter of a fire that destroyed the office of the Commandant was neither of occasion nor note . |
| 6 | The male Ixmaritians paid him little heed and seemed to look at him as if he was a freak , but two girls , who occupied the rooms next to his own , became his especial friends . |
| 7 | I said and you all used to look at him as if he was bloody king |
| 8 | I talked at him as if he could easily be normal . |
| 9 | The two Swiss stared at him as if he were mad ; but then a wild humour came into their ice-rimmed eyes . |
| 10 | Michael stared at him as if he was mad . |
| 11 | The boyish expression transformed the hard planes of his face and she stared at him as if she was seeing him for the first time . |
| 12 | She looked at him as if to say : ‘ Truce ? ’ |
| 13 | Sam looked at him as if he were retarded . |
| 14 | The man looked at him as if he was mad . |
| 15 | Mrs Stych opened her eyes slowly and looked at him as if he had gone mad . |
| 16 | The first one looked at him as if to say ‘ Are you kidding ? ’ |
| 17 | Blanche looked at him as if he needed urgent psychiatric treatment . |
| 18 | Miss Menzies looked at him as if he was mad . |
| 19 | She looked at him as if he were daft . |
| 20 | She looked at him as if she had barely heard him . |
| 21 | The man shrugged and looked at him as if he were mad . |
| 22 | Rayleen looked at him as if he 'd dropped from behind peeling wallpaper . |
| 23 | She looked at him as if he were mad . |
| 24 | In the dark she had hammered at him as if she were driving a spike . |
| 25 | Benny had stared at him as if she had never seen him before . |
| 26 | Corbett looked away and gazed around ; the room had grown larger ; he turned and saw Thomas smiling at him as if through a haze . |