Example sentences of "[pers pn] as [subord] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they appeared to me as if seen through the wrong end of a telescope , muted and unreal . |
| 2 | You waited outside in the street for up to two hours , and then , when you got to the box office , the passes were heaped in no known order , and Tory office girls scrabbled through piles of them as if digging for hidden bones . |
| 3 | Below them were straight roads ridged above the fields , with villages strung along them as if clinging to the security of high ground ; isolated farms with their roofs so low that they looked half submerged in the peat ; an occasional church tower standing majestically apart from its village with the gravestones planted round it like crooked teeth . |
| 4 | Shadows moved all around them as if coming to life . |
| 5 | He held her face between his two hands and his glance penetrated her as if to see into her soul as he asked , ‘ Are you seeing any of those actors ? |
| 6 | We emerged from the shadow of the station into the bright light of noon , and Daffodil Quentin under her sunburst of curls made an entrance from the dome car end , looking about her as if accustomed to people leaping up to help . |
| 7 | At the sound of her approach , their heads swivelled towards her as if pulled by strings , their expressions transfixed by astonishment and alarm . |
| 8 | Becoming aware that Michele was studying her as if tuning into her thoughts , she hurriedly indicated the colourful pageant moving against the magnificent backdrop of St Mark 's and the clock tower , and said , ‘ It 's wonderful , is n't it ? ’ |
| 9 | Ruth knew there was something strange about him , but it seemed to take her an age to work out what it was : he was wearing a green cloak , and its folds drifted round him as if floating in water . |