Example sentences of "as if [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He turned to Malik with a satisfied expression , as if to say this is what comes of hiring infidels — even reformed ones . |
| 2 | Now , while as if bestowing some order of merit she fastened the beads round my neck , her face wore a motherly expression and for the first time I was with the Aunt Louise of my childhood . |
| 3 | 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 ! |
| 4 | Occasionally one of them would glance the youth 's way as if expressing some general unease about him . |
| 5 | Then , aside to me , she said : ‘ She 's got a way with policemen , ’ as if confiding some dark secret . |
| 6 | Ruthven suddenly rose as if to suppress some excitement inside him . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | A familiar example is the professor who assures a reporter that scientists can not say ‘ exactly ’ how large a part genes play in deter mining IQ , as if to criticise those who do assign a numerical weight to heritability . |
| 12 | Behind them , at the door , Lady Isabella peered on tip-toe over their shoulders , as if watching some masque or mummer 's play . |
| 13 | as if to underline this the players each received a gold watch to commemorate their Cup triumph , despite a loss for the year of £1,700 . |
| 14 | Lovingly , as if repeating one of the poems she had learnt as a girl , and never forgotten , she crooned to herself the doctor 's words , ‘ Nothing to worry about , Mrs Mallory . |
| 15 | All other things equal , it looks as if producing more of the model is beneficial . |
| 16 | as if to confirm this , Eliot 's earlier draft of section II used the phrase ‘ waking echo ’ . |
| 17 | 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 ’ . |
| 18 | And again and again in the stories comes the hint of separateness , of difference , as if to confirm this . |
| 19 | as if to confirm these notions of her importance , an enormous party was held in the villa a few weeks after her arrival . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ We are citizens of the British Empire and subjects of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second , ’ she announced , as if to pre-empt any further questions , pushing the photograph into her grandchild 's hand . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Coffin noticed that his clothes , like his mother 's , were expensive and beautiful ; the boy wore them well , as if looking good was second nature to him . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | That they were carrying something she did not doubt , for they moved slowly , carefully , as if bearing some precious burden … |
| 26 | He 'd lie on his bed at three or four in the morning just looking at them with rapt concentration , not reading them , just laying them out , changing which one was next to which one , as if determining some sequence or some relationship between the writers . |
| 27 | as if obeying some universal command , the diatoms move simultaneously back into the sand . |
| 28 | as if obeying some obscure stage direction , the dog barked . |
| 29 | ‘ The protector closed his eyes and bowed his head , as if seeking Divine guidance . |
| 30 | ‘ It was gone , Eric , ’ he had explained , his eyes fidgeting to every part of Colonel Windsor 's crammed office as if seeking some corner which would not awaken images of once familiar surroundings . |