Example sentences of "[adv prt] as [subord] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But my bit had yet to come ; I had no idea if we had sustained damage to the undercarriage , although we had three greens burning bright , I motored in as if to land on new-laid eggs ; all the crew , including Jock the engineer , were at crash stations and we landed " soft as a mouse 's instep " , as Spike used to say . |
| 2 | Then she was flying off as if caught by the wind . |
| 3 | The branches of trees stretched out as if to peer over mill walls or rest themselves against the windowless rear walls of factory buildings . |
| 4 | ‘ Mrs Crump , I presume , ’ said Hope , gallantly slicing through the knot , and then he stood back as if struck by a startling thought . |
| 5 | He glanced back as if looking for signs of pursuit . |
| 6 | Perhaps it was the way his eyes flicked about as if hoping for an attacker to appear , or maybe it was the slight inclination of his head . |
| 7 | Its engine is missing badly and it 's circling round as if looking for a landing-place . |