Example sentences of "as [subord] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | as if weighted by dreams or water |
| 2 | Look straight ahead as if gazing at a place on a wall . |
| 3 | It must have taken Summerchild at least an extra minute in each direction ; as I recall it from those evenings fifteen years ago , he walked at a much more reflective pace , as if slowed by some inner weight . |
| 4 | Then he stiffened as if sandbagged by a sudden recollection , gave a small yelp of terror and dashed into the gloom . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | as if summoned by that anger , Tom Carey rounded a bend in the path , rod in hand . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , like lemmings who have smelt the sea , the noble lords streamed out of their chamber in a body to appear , as if summoned by telepathy , when Dungannon 's speech drew to its close . |
| 9 | as if summoned by the music , a pang assaulted her heart . |
| 10 | It floats above us , gleaming in the darkness as if supported on a cloud of talk and booze while the people below swarm and chat and roar Andy on ; the champagne — already dripping down off the edges of the table onto the temporary matting beneath from spillages — is almost overflowing the second-last level of glasses . |
| 11 | His mouth opened and closed , as if gasping for breath , the dying struggle of an animal bleeding out its life through the sacrificial cut . |
| 12 | He made as if to talk to them when they melted before his very eyes ; he could n't believe it and as the guard approached he told him what he had seen . |
| 13 | He stood with his back to the fire , dominating the room and as if trying at the same time to dominate Sarella 's thoughts . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | She switched on the electric fire , the room was freezing as if hung with icicles . |
| 16 | But as if fixed to a wall there . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 … |
| 18 | Boar 's heart stuffed with cloves , lamb garnished with mint and marjoram , a swan cooked and restored so it sat upon the silver platter as if swimming on some magical pool . |
| 19 | To complete your 'andiwork , he says — as if suggestin' as me and Dighton left the job half done . |
| 20 | Then said , as if reading from an autocue : |
| 21 | He paused after each question , stared over our heads , then jerked out the next as if reading from a cueboard behind us . |
| 22 | She leant forward in her chair as if to make the facts clearer , cool and in control , as if reading from autoscript in the studio . |
| 23 | ‘ What are you doing here ? ’ she said as if reading from a Gestapo training manual . |
| 24 | The shuttle stopped , trembling , as if straining at a leash . |
| 25 | In one of a series of flashy special effects that often intrude rather than enhance the action , Streep 's upper and nether regions instantaneously tighten as if bolted into an invisible vice . |
| 26 | As his hand closed on the rubber border , the man appeared to steady , staring fixedly as if fascinated by the spectacle . |
| 27 | So are Barcelona under Johan Cruyff , as if participating in a benign conspiracy : two good results for Real and the Toshack era takes off . |
| 28 | Both sides were scrupulously polite , as if participating in a chess tournament . |
| 29 | Think about Elizabeth I , for instance , flirting with her ministers and conducting affairs of state as if participating in a ritualised love affair . |
| 30 | The fingers were clamped solid as if sewn into the material . |