Example sentences of "as [conj] [to-vb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | as if to illustrate this point I recently spoke to an angler on the Ribble and judging by the distance he held his hands apart — ’ Like this they were ! ’ — his recent catch of ’ two pounders ’ could easily have been around the 6lb mark ! |
| 2 | Ruthven suddenly rose as if to suppress some excitement inside him . |
| 3 | She had a lump in her throat and an enormous yearning to say something beautiful to her father , something that could not be expressed by words , and so without quite knowing how it happened she suddenly turned her head and with a smile tossed out her arm in the air , easily , flowing , as if to see each other many more times . |
| 4 | as if to support this prediction , some newspapers underlined that American and French students were planning to take part , and noted that certain organisers were not English and therefore ‘ outside the consensus ’ ( ibid.:210–11 ) . |
| 5 | As they cycled along side by side , Deirdre put a comradely hand on Jacob 's shoulder , as if to deny any accusation in her words . |
| 6 | The boy was sitting there , not an arm 's length from him now , studying the patterns of black and white with a fierce intensity , as if to grasp some meaning from them . |
| 7 | In any event , Acheson had realized that the US bargaining position with the French disappeared ‘ the moment we agree to give them aid ’ and , as if to confirm this predicament , a couple of days after Truman 's cabinet had decided unanimously in favour of recognition , the French were letting it be known that , although their intentions were indeed evolutionary , they could not ‘ afford to kindle unrealistic national appetites ’ . |
| 8 | If anything as Ceauşescu 's international position weakened the men in the Kremlin bestowed more medals on him , as if to mark each step in his growing dependence on them . |
| 9 | He put out his hand to touch her face ; it felt on fire , hot and dry with fever , as she turned to his hand mouthing , as if to take some sustenance from it . |
| 10 | In addition to this , as if to put modern technology in perspective , stood a wide , leather-trimmed green blotter , a traditional brass and onyx pen-stand , a leather-backed memo pad , and a revolving set of index cards . |
| 11 | A few paces to the right Yuan was flexing arm and shoulder muscles as if to ease some strain or tension , and Rostov wondered if the assassins knew how fast a Manchu could move when the need arose . |
| 12 | Perhaps symbolic is the typical picket line of today ; people in high spirits shouting slogans and singing to the beat of a salsa band as they march defiantly under the eyes of the police contrast with the solemn processions of strikers we had seen in the 1940s , walking through the streets in silence and in proper order , as if to create any disturbance was a mark of poor breeding . |
| 13 | She was watching him intently , as if to solve some riddle she had set herself . |
| 14 | It is an indication of how low Kylie 's emotional defences were during this crisis that — just for once — the intensely personal details of her life suddenly came gushing out , as if to exorcise some spirit that was within her . |
| 15 | ‘ Miss Araminta regards me as a servant , ma'am , ’ Theda said , faintly smiling , and reaching a hand out to stroke Hector 's woolly head where he lay on his blanket , as if to find some outlet for the feelings of gentleness running through her . |
| 16 | Claudia said , glancing at the watchful man , who was leaning against the door-frame as if to prevent any thought of escape she might have . |
| 17 | as if to remove any doubt about the prevalence of an American view contrary to the English view , an 1889 United States Supreme Court decision expressly denied enforceability to the ‘ negligence ’ exemption . |