Example sentences of "the [noun] as if [pron] knew " in BNC.
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| 1 | The realist strategy involved comparing the description of the person with the subject him/herself or someone the subject was familiar with ; ‘ I also related a lot of the adjectives to whether they were like me ’ , ‘ … and rated the person as if I knew them personally . |
| 2 | Many viewers were ‘ structuring their lives round it ’ and spoke of the characters as if they knew them well ( BBC , 1986 ) . |
| 3 | So we sat there in the silence as if we knew each other well and had no need merely to talk ; and as a matter of fact it seemed in a way to suit the stillness of the day . |
| 4 | Kemp would talk about the land as if he knew how to live there . |
| 5 | Her talons grasped the mesh of the cage , her beak strained at the front as if she knew that something important was happening . |