Example sentences of "as though [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it looks as though at the very beginning of the 1830s , trade unionism was already disposed to settle into the primary role which it was fully and consciously to adopt later in the century , a role which would be ameliorative rather than revolutionary . |
| 2 | Tait twitched , as though at the end of an invisible wire , and his dead eyes flickered into life for a moment . |
| 3 | The children were having their eleven o'clock break , but as Wycliffe entered the square the ringing of a bell cut off the cacophony of sound as though at the flick of a switch . |
| 4 | She 'd accused him of always looking at other women : looking , looking , as though for the next conquest . |
| 5 | However , The Folio Society is dedicated to producing books of outstanding quality at affordable prices : classics and curiosities , published as though for the first time , with specially commissioned illustrations to enhance the text . |
| 6 | Asshe himself sat in the midst , the long grey beard he had grown for Lear spreading out abundantly , his white hair wild as though on the blasted heath . |
| 7 | They widened even more and his eyebrows went up and down , with an odd little flicker , as though with the effort of forcing his message silently across the air to Jinny . |
| 8 | He had a round face , a hard set expression , and a way of speaking with his mouth scarcely open so that his words fell out as though under the weight of their meaning . |
| 9 | His Lordship smites the water with King Arthur 's sword , all the company are still , a rumble sucking noise comes in front of the opening of the grotto the water as if boiling and to the horror of all the company both on the water and on the shore scream with fright , appearing as though from the depth of hell arose a ghastly coffin covered with slime and other things . |
| 10 | They were still on their knees after the last Amen , when a sudden gust of wind arose , blowing past the nave altar and into the choir , as though from the south door , though there had been no sound of the latch lifting or the door creaking . |
| 11 | It was a sound they knew , one often heard at night from within the dark walls of the cottages in the village , but out here it was around them and with them and part of them and it had an eerie quality as though inside the vixen some diabolic spirit was entrapped , a demon screeching its despair . |
| 12 | The knife — the crucial prop here — is visually represented by a fist clenched as though round the knife handle . |
| 13 | Still , he had a sense of movement ; as though in the quietness they were seeking some kind of glory . |
| 14 | He lay with his arms widespread , one hand tight clutched in a clump of grasses as though in the last convulsive movement of death . |
| 15 | Only the flowers stood out brightly , as though in the half-light they were very slightly luminous . |
| 16 | Here the river took a wide right-angled bend , and the farmhouse and buildings snuggled there , protected , as though in the crook of an arm . |
| 17 | She flung the whole tangle of thought away from her and ran fast up the stairs as though in the room some delight or pleasure awaited her , not the hard task of painting . |
| 18 | Only , the Egyptian is normally skirted and , while putting the left foot forward , keeps all the weight on the right , whereas in the Greek works the weight is evenly distributed , as though in the act of walking . |
| 19 | He glared desperately around him as though in the faint hope that Siegfried might magically appear from nowhere . |
| 20 | There was also Mr Maddern , seated comfortably in the lounge-car as though in the drawing-room of his home-and after 45 trips across the Nullarbor to sell shoes in Kalgoorlie , I suppose that is how it felt . |
| 21 | Mrs. Mott spoke softly as though in the presence of the bereaved . |
| 22 | As soon as I rounded the line of fitted units screening off the kitchen I saw her slumped on the floor in the corner , huddled up as though against the cold . |
| 23 | The picture in Julia 's dream was so vivid that she could feel the sun on her face , and even in sleep her eyes screwed up as though against the glare . |
| 24 | Reginald de Grey reckoned every Welshman a thief and an outlaw , and had his borders patrolled as though against the entire army of France , in great measure creating the animosity and disorder he saw everywhere ; and this company might be no more than a routine patrol meant to impress and intimidate on his usual terms . |