Example sentences of "as [conj] [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At last they both smiled faintly as if to say message understood , over and out . |
| 2 | And anyway , ’ he shrugged as if to disclaim sentiment , ‘ the old bugger deserves it . |
| 3 | ‘ Lizabette , daughter of Jean Lucier of Dover , ’ said her father , shouldering his way through the crowd and taking hold of her elbow as if to acknowledge ownership . |
| 4 | as if to turn attention away from the continual coldness of his hands , he pulled on the gloves comically and pretended to grope about the room with them like a blind man . |
| 5 | Googol flinched , and gnawed at the ball of his thumb as if to stifle anguish or panic . |
| 6 | Whenever a word escapes the lips of the King … however trifling its import , it is immediately caught by the surrounding throng ; and the Chief Omrahs , extending their arms towards heaven , as if to receive benediction , exclaim Wonderful ! |
| 7 | The Marine paused , as if to allow time for any of the three to speak out of turn . |
| 8 | He put his hands out and fell to the floor , as if to do fingertip push-ups . |
| 9 | At this moment , as if to give substance to the Collector 's fears , the Magistrate and two planters came running back along the outside of the Residency wall from the direction of the hospital . |
| 10 | as if to help Charity answer Mandy 's question , the binoculars suddenly took it upon themselves to come distinctly into focus . |
| 11 | That much is made clear by Shakespeare , early on in the sequence , as if to forestall suspicion or criticism , in Sonnet 20 , which his protagonist addresses to the deuteragonist ( if I may borrow the terminology of the historians of drama to stress the fictive , dramatic status of the personae in these poems ) : That is as clear a statement of the non-sexual relationship between the two personae as could be wished for , and a wittier one than most . |
| 12 | ( 11–12 February 1778 ) as if to add insult to injury , Leopold received Mozart 's letter telling him that he had not yet finished his commissions for the Dutchman : |
| 13 | And now , as if to add injury to insult , America 's getting treated to a cleaned-up , reshuffled , supercharged version of April 's truly disappointing UK Rollercoaster tour . |
| 14 | He kissed her harshly , as if to add strength to his denial . |
| 15 | Large spiders and segmented insects streamed ahead of her through the leaves , as if to escape attack . |
| 16 | Director Chris Pond said : ‘ People will be faced with difficult choices , such as whether to use water for baths , or save it for cooking or to water the flower pots . ’ |
| 17 | Others , such as whether to move house , can probably only be made much later . |