Example sentences of "as [conj] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which is not to say he 's a hippy soul surfer , a revivalist sporting a long Malibu board and casually riding a wave 's length as if strolling in the park . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | as if summoned by the music , a pang assaulted her heart . |
| 4 | He stood with his back to the fire , dominating the room and as if trying at the same time to dominate Sarella 's thoughts . |
| 5 | However the gem is surely the Third Ballade with the opening pages played as if improvised on the spot , the figuration commencing at 3′34″ foaming and cascading with a freedom and liberality unknown to most players . |
| 6 | ‘ as if contending with the elements were not enough , ’ Matthau recalled , ‘ Barbra kept asking Gene whether he did n't think it would be better if I did this on this line , and that on the other , etc , etc- and I told her to stop directing the fucking picture … |
| 7 | As his hand closed on the rubber border , the man appeared to steady , staring fixedly as if fascinated by the spectacle . |
| 8 | The fingers were clamped solid as if sewn into the material . |
| 9 | Corbelled gargoyles bristled , as if spewing into the warp . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | According to his biographer , Henry Bordeaux , even when he landed he remained in a trance ‘ as if electrified by the fluid still passing through his frame ’ Though through so many dogfights he seemed to bear a charmed life , this kind of nervous impulsiveness seemed bound to lead to disaster . |
| 12 | Twist our arms and we 'll plump for his brilliantly-executed diatribe against the somewhat larger rock acts currently doing the rounds : ‘ Gim me something small and poisonous , with teeth , born out of the gutter , ’ oozed The Ig , eyes bulging as if strapped to the electric chair . |
| 13 | For long moments Frankie was held as if transfixed by the man 's gaze . |
| 14 | Changed , he returned into the lounge to find her standing at the window again , as if watching for the assassin 's return . |
| 15 | as if to seal off the barbarians and leave them to their own devices , Hadrian 's Wall was built from Solway to Tyne between AD 122 and 127 . |
| 16 | When it got within spitting distance of Mafouz , who was now standing , arms loosely apart , mouth open , as if hypnotized by the thing 's movements , it did a sharp turn to the left , bounced along horizontally for a few yards , and then snarled up and down to land on the unfortunate boy 's head . |
| 17 | He tilts his head and gazes into my face as if searching for the answer . |
| 18 | He paused , as if searching for the right words . |
| 19 | ‘ Guy is not a yuppie , ’ Charles remonstrated , in the voice he reserved for humouring his little sister when she was being most irritating , ‘ He just happens to be a very successful … ’ her brother hesitated a fraction as if searching for the most appropriate description ‘ … entrepreneur . ’ |
| 20 | At last he understood , and fell into a chair , as if hit on the head . |
| 21 | St John jumped as if hit between the shoulders , then turned slowly and stiffly to face the speaker . |
| 22 | He said this as if amused by the thought . |
| 23 | And at its base , as if tossed to the ground from one of the tower 's high windows , was a highly stylised rose . |
| 24 | Energy radiating from one focus is reflected by a hyperbola as if to radiate from the other focus . |
| 25 | as if slapped across the face , she opened her eyes and looked up as her monster was tugged off its feet by invisible forces . |
| 26 | Mona and Sheila were so poised on the edge of their own lives that they listened as if hearing about the living stream they were about to enter . |
| 27 | Mona and Shiela were so poised on the edge of their own lives that they listened as if hearing about the living stream they were about to enter . ’ |
| 28 | His years as a sculptor had taught him to see the human figure in solid , three-dimensional form , and his people now have necks like columns , oval or elongated faces and noses sharply drawn , as if cut into the planes of the face . |
| 29 | But they appeared to me as if seen through the wrong end of a telescope , muted and unreal . |
| 30 | Disney 's contribution to the built environment has superimposed North American regional vernacular architecture of the 19th and early 20th century on the Ile de France : a Pacific North West national park lodge , a South West pueblo , a Far West cowboy town , an East Coast seaside club , a South East Victorian resort , and a piece of 1930s Manhattan — albeit somewhat distorted , as if seen through the lens of a Hollywood movie camera . |