Example sentences of "as if [pers pn] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I feel as if we failed that man somewhere , ’ she said a little later as together with David and Martin Foulds she watched the ambulance leave the factory . |
| 2 | The partial pressure of component a is given by the ideal gas equation as If we repeat this for all the components and substitute these expressions into equation ( 7 ) we obtain By combining equations ( 8 ) and ( 9 ) we obtain The quantity is known as the mole fraction of component a . |
| 3 | " It does n't look as if we 've any choice , Mr Montgomery , " they young woman grinned . |
| 4 | That may make it seem as if we thought each had specific dates and a definite content . |
| 5 | So we sat there in the silence as if we knew each other well and had no need merely to talk ; and as a matter of fact it seemed in a way to suit the stillness of the day . |
| 6 | It was like climbing a waterfall , but there was a warder at the top , clinging to a railing and yelling to us at the top of his voice to hurry — as if we needed such encouragement . |
| 7 | as if we have enough droughts without we it , people like |
| 8 | Much talk with friends of what result we would ‘ settle for ’ — as if we have any choice . |
| 9 | Indeed , when Jessica had locked her car with all the others at the Moira roundabout — travel-sharing , she assumed , hardheaded Ulstermen saving on the petrol — Rory had walked up to her and kissed her lightly on the mouth as if they owned each other . |
| 10 | It 's not as if they get much study done the last week or so anyway . ’ |
| 11 | The road cut a swath through the centre of the belt of trees , and as the gig passed between them they seemed to menace , arms grotesquely waving , as if they resented this intrusion through their territory . |
| 12 | His kiss was leisurely as if they had all the time in the world to explore each other , and he could afford to wait for her response , confident in his own powers of arousing it . |
| 13 | He kissed her again , his lips lingering on hers as if they had all the time in the world . |
| 14 | ( Or : At first it did n't look as if they had much in common . ) |
| 15 | It was n't as if they had some sort of relationship ; he had taken her out only to help her with her search . |
| 16 | The rest were a maze of villages with names that sounded like the refrain for a pantomime song , villages whose lives were as far removed from those Manchester lives he had known for so long that it was as if they inhabited another planet . |
| 17 | A particular sanctity was attached to victims of the river , as if they embodied some terrible truth . |
| 18 | He had decided to act as if they liked each other ; he did n't know how he affected her and he was n't going to know . |
| 19 | Although , in the novel , the house awaits the return of Sir Leicester and Lady Dedlock , in the picture it appears as if they have that moment left , abandoning their ordinary occupations . |
| 20 | Now the 27 year-old sculptor specialises In beautifully complex human and animal forms , steeped in classical influences and burnished or weathered to make them look as if they have several lifetimes of history behind them . |
| 21 | I 've turned it over and over in my mind , and it seems to me — I ne'er told the lad this , lovey — but it seems to me she waited till she 'd borne my Jake a son in his own image , as if she knew that 'd grieve him as nothing else could . |
| 22 | I could hear her breath go , as if she knew this was the beginning of the end . |
| 23 | so it looks as if she saves half of her money and then spends a bit more than a quarter . |
| 24 | ‘ Seemed as if she had that one last flare of light before she went out . ’ |
| 25 | No but it 's still helpful like that cos you can see , well it looks as if , without measuring it accurately , it looks as if she spends half of it she actually saves half of it . |
| 26 | She used to ring Otto at his office , rather as if she felt this experience had some professional interest to Otto . |
| 27 | as if she wants some money off you as well |
| 28 | ‘ It sounds as if she wanted this house more than she wanted him , ’ Lucy mused , knowing that if she herself loved a man she 'd be happy to live in any humble abode . |
| 29 | She looked as if she needed that weekend away . |
| 30 | For a brief moment later , he had picked her bodily up in his arms , and , as if she weighed less than nothing , was carrying her over to the bed . |