Example sentences of "[noun sg] as [subord] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | His voice was no more than a faint whisper now but it was as if his words were spraying vitriol on her face , because she tossed her head from side to side as if throwing off the spray . |
| 2 | We pile into the car as if embarking on a real motor trip ; Gemma and I are in front , Anita in the back . |
| 3 | The smell of damp and rot seemed to waft from the doorway as if expelled from putrid lungs . |
| 4 | He stood ice-cool in the confusion as if practising on the range ; feet apart and gun at arm 's length , squinting through the sight so he did n't waste a round . |
| 5 | ( 2 ) Anything done … or having effect as done , under a provision reproduced in the consolidating Acts has effect as if done under the corresponding provision of the consolidating Acts . |
| 6 | So it has been held that a provision in a statute that regulations made under the statute will take effect as if enacted in the statute ( that is , they will be unchallengeable as if they were made by Parliament ) does not prevent the courts holding the regulation to be ultra vires . |
| 7 | Picking Benny up gently he cradled his head in his lap , conscious of his-mother standing in the garden , her hand over her mouth as if terrified of what she might find . |
| 8 | Fortunately , Nevil was n't looking in his mirror , he had his head out of the driver 's window as if looking for a street name . |
| 9 | His head knocked on the steps of the rostrum as if asking to be let in . |
| 10 | There are one or two passably funny lines which fail to make up a coherent , witty whole but are suddenly shot out from an invisible pea-shooter as if whipped from Ms Rudner 's stand-up routine . |
| 11 | Nicholson dismissed the warders , returning to the window for a moment as if searching for something out in the windswept yard . |
| 12 | ‘ No , ’ Lucy said , and Josie reacted to the sound as if caught by the tip of a lash . |
| 13 | The skin of his face hung on its framework like the hides of the penthouse , and weariness and anger and pain scored his brow as if done by a hatchet . |
| 14 | Googol fiddled ostentatiously with the bandana round his brow as if toying with the idea of removing what masked his third eye , the warp-eye , a hostile glare from which could kill , as was widely known though seldom tested . |
| 15 | There are illusory curtains , from ceiling to floor , which gently billow into the room as if blown by a warm , gentle breeze . |
| 16 | Then , with a vague nod of his head as if satisfied with what he had seen , he leaned towards Tolonen . |
| 17 | For a moment he paused at the threshold , but then turned back inside , taking in the sight of an ivory chess set , a small telescope , a number of small fluted carvings , and the fine hangings adorning the wall , observing everything with a cocked head as if listening for something . |
| 18 | She raises her eyes to the wonder of its beauty , sometimes tilting her head as if listening to the music echoing round her . |
| 19 | Frau Nordern raised her head as if appealing to the Deity presiding over the church . |
| 20 | He shook his head as if talking to himself . |
| 21 | When the corpse floated past , it was as unremarkable as a branch drifting in the water , and once we had passed it , it stayed bobbing in the water as if tied to our stern . |
| 22 | With a slight nod , Dora directed her glance towards the opposite side of the pool , where Dieter Erdle stood staring down at the water as if engrossed in his own reflection . |
| 23 | Boswell feared vermin ; Johnson anticipated the chill as if stepping into a cold bath , and tied a coloured handkerchief around his head . |
| 24 | Energy radiating from one focus is reflected by a hyperbola as if to radiate from the other focus . |
| 25 | Back on the storm-front , lightning flashed and thunder exploded in long runs that seemed to envelop the length of the mountain chain as if spread by a giant paint-roller . |
| 26 | Without moving he watched McQuaid struggle from the car and then stand leaning on the open door as if waiting for someone to appear . |
| 27 | Think about Elizabeth I , for instance , flirting with her ministers and conducting affairs of state as if participating in a ritualised love affair . |
| 28 | You 're dead , thought DeVore , smiling pleasantly at the man as if amused by his remark . |
| 29 | QUOTE : AS ESSEX 'S fielders lumbered around gifting as many runs as they could , Ilott was seen sprinting around the boundary as if disgusted by the whole charade . |
| 30 | Rainbow , looking towards my mirror as if hoping for some kind of guidance , is pulled backwards through the kitchen door . |