Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [prep] [conj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The eagle was clinging with his talons to the wall of the old female 's cage and seemed to be looking into it as if to work out where she had gone . |
| 2 | The lathes were serviced with a light oil film , draped in it as if to give them an overcoat protection that would ensure their survival against age and wear . |
| 3 | As the Men carried Minch away Creggan looked desperately about him as if to seek out some inspiration for the action and sign of hope that her final words had seemed to wish to invoke . |
| 4 | His face goes white , then red , and he raises his fist to me as if to hit me , thinks better of it , pushes his nose in the air and his voice down to his boots . |
| 5 | He and his sister stood on either side of the bed , bending over her as if to protect her from the perils of the night with their own flesh and bone . |
| 6 | While frank HM opener ‘ Swivelhead ’ tears the teeth out your gaping mouth , ‘ Candy Deceit ’ slows the whole thing down to ‘ Drowners ’ speed , daring confetti to rain down on us as if to finalise the effect . |
| 7 | Aunt Louise 's eyes were over-bright and she tried to pass her hand across them as if to brush away a cobweb . |
| 8 | He just looked at me as if to say ‘ how did you know I was doing that ? ’ |
| 9 | I just stood there solid as a rock and this feller looked at me as if to say , ‘ For two pins … ’ |
| 10 | He 'd got up , and he was looking at me as if to say Coming ? supposing he was the kind of normal person who said that kind of thing . |
| 11 | I 'm the company secretary , so it was essential that I was there and , as our timetables kept being shifted , I could see Martin looking at me as if to say is she going to make it ? |
| 12 | But he 's started looking at me as if to say , ‘ Perhaps she does understand after all . ’ ' |
| 13 | In the morning , barely conscious , he turned to his wife " and looked at me as if to say " I 've done it " " . |
| 14 | Now well I 'm sitting there , Robert 's my customer and like I 'm sitting there and he comes out with this fabulous spiel , right , as this objection , right , that was word perfect and he 's sitting there after he 's finished it as smug as anything and looking at me as if to say so what are you gon na do about that then ? |
| 15 | Anyway I 'll , I 'll just finish er telling you this , so Robert 's then sitting back smug with himself and looking at me as if to say what do you think about then , and I 'm thinking I 've heard these words before , where have I heard these words before |
| 16 | I 'll never forget that I will never forget that , I had , I 'll told my mum like that we I told my mum we 'd be sleeping over and she said that was alright and she sort of looked at me as if to say mm , yes will Helena 's brother be there ? |
| 17 | So she looked at me as if to say well I have n't got one at all . |
| 18 | The other pair looked at me as if to apologise and we began to talk . |
| 19 | He looked at you as if to say Jees ! |
| 20 | Her companion stared at her as if to fathom her motives . |
| 21 | She looked at him as if to say : ‘ Truce ? ’ |
| 22 | The first one looked at him as if to say ‘ Are you kidding ? ’ |
| 23 | To her astonishment Nora saw Beador 's horse fly at it as if to clear it in one bound — which was impossible , surely . |
| 24 | He was given lots of cuddles because he kept looking at us as if to say ‘ What has happened to me ? ’ ‘ |