Example sentences of "as though [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Iain Logan had been listening to him as though fascinated by the stress of experience which had lengthened Cameron 's face and closed his black brows over his eyes . |
| 2 | As though clinging to the last moments of a vanishing pleasure , he counted the baulks of timber edging darkly towards the boats . |
| 3 | ‘ Wait , my lovely , ’ he breathed , and took his eyes from her wanting , flushed face , to pull back and stare as though transfixed at the throbbing globes of her breasts . |
| 4 | She said it with an almost questioning tone , as though listening to the sound of her own defiance to gauge how real it was . |
| 5 | But remember ’ — he had lifted an arm now and was prodding with his forefinger as though pointing to the furthest corners of the country ( he was feeling the attention of the crowd and letting it recharge his energy ) , ‘ the people are mightier than a lord . ’ |
| 6 | For example , her most recent work involves a positive distancing — intimate objects as though shaken from the photographs appear in glass shoe boxes ready for inspection or classification . |
| 7 | There , as though hanging from the green hillside , is Waddon Manor , with its air of vanished glory and its sad seaward gaze . |
| 8 | The play began its provincial tour in Cambridge ( it went all over the country , but when it came to including the play in Ken 's career notes for Who 's Who in the Theatre , he only mentions Cambridge , as though referring to the West End theatre of that name ) . |
| 9 | As Morse poured her drink ( and his ) , he heard her speaking in a dreamy , muted sort of voice , as though dumbfounded by the news she 'd heard . |
| 10 | He took no notice of us , just standing there , gazing at the swirling brown tide of water almost lapping his sandals as though lost in the wonder of such a happening . |
| 11 | They stood arm-in-arm , back to the traffic , as though looking over the railway lines , and Alice , holding the spray low down , wrote , " We Are All … " which is as far as she could go without having to move . |
| 12 | She waved her hand comprehensively , as though to take in the room downstairs with its monitor screens , as well as the cameras built unobtrusively into the walls around them . |
| 13 | The cripple haunted his bridge as though chained to the spot . |
| 14 | Isabel stood as though chained to the floor , her heart galloping out of control like a runaway steed as she tried to make sense of the unholy din . |
| 15 | Johnny , as though realizing for the first time that he was still wearing his pyjama trousers , began to worry at the knot in the cord at his waist , the trembling of his hands causing him to fumble ineffectively . |
| 16 | Breathe slowly from the stomach not the chest — breathing in to a count of four slowly and out to a count of four slowly , or visualize your breathing-in as going up one side of a hill , experiencing the plateau at the top and then breathing-out as though coming down the other side . |
| 17 | Without saying anything further , he shifted his enormous shoulders more comfortably against the door-frame as though settled for the rest of the day , and moved his eyes to her mouth almost as though he was waiting for her to speak again , she thought , feeling thoroughly disgruntled . |
| 18 | Bunny sat on him like an angel , as though glued to the saddle , handling him beautifully and gently . |
| 19 | Half way through Edward gave up , scraped the rest into Tam 's food bowl and put the kettle on for a cup of tea ; behind him , Tam slurped as though rescued from the brink of starvation . |
| 20 | As though winded by the story , Mungo climbed the mountain of logs in slow motion . |
| 21 | Had n't it shifted slightly , as though rocked by the wind ? |
| 22 | But be quick : pick up your phone or else gird up your loins , grab your staff and hie you like blazes , sprinting as though pursued by the fires of hell , to the Arts Theatre or the Festival box office , whereupon you should pawn your handbag or your jock strap — even your jewels , just as long as you succeed in laying claim to a seat . |
| 23 | He leaned forward with a sudden movement , politely offered round cigarettes and cigars , and then sat back as though retiring from the proceedings to his usual position of observer . |
| 24 | All the figures in the three complete metopes and many in fragments of others turn their faces directly to us , in total disregard of the action they are taking part in , as though smiling at the camera . |
| 25 | Then , on sharp , swift strides he was heading for the door , while Shiona continued to stand where she was , rock still , as though rooted to the floor . |
| 26 | And she stared too at her own friends , who appeared to her suddenly in a new light , laughing and fiddling with their luggage labels , and casting their eyes around them as though unbalanced by the sudden variety of choice . |
| 27 | She started as though to make for the front door , but Mr Hunter held up a hand to stop her . |
| 28 | Hauser called out as though asking for the tea to be served . |
| 29 | Now , as though solaced by the memory she said , ‘ I have known times when the water went to ice . |
| 30 | He loved her , but his love , the love he wanted to be their love seemed stalled , stuck at some early stage , as though hibernating until the winter had passed . |