Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] as " in BNC.
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1 | Resident in the UK , she 's as comfortable mocking the English ( ‘ I 'm married to an English guy . |
2 | As a doctor she would be i in the dilemma of of trying to give her daughter something which er is not allowed , and yet as a as a doctor she could prescribe other things for other people and here she is as a mother with her own child in her own house , unable to do anything very much for her . |
3 | And the way that , say , television news addresses you is as a particular type of person . |
4 | The same guarantee I can offer for all my house , whose will to you is as mine . |
5 | Perhaps the best way to describe him is as a typical West Indian batsman , fundamentally very reliable and dependable yet always looking to attack if possible , always full of attractive stroke-play . |
6 | It 's as if the name were waiting for the man , and for the novel which will transpersonalize or socialize the murderous concept : ‘ social unsteadiness , as Shatov says ’ and as we read in the Possessed notebooks . |
7 | One day without wearing work clothes , it 's as if I lack something . |
8 | ‘ The clubs have that much power over players it 's as if they own them , and this is n't good for the game in the North . |
9 | ‘ It 's as if there are two markets : the performance that the second liners offer has no relationship with blue chips , ’ one market maker said . |
10 | Yet , take an accident like that hair in the gate , put it together with the coincidental gaze of a ghost , and it 's as if Fonda really has come back to life . |
11 | ‘ It 's as if she 's dead , ’ she says quietly . |
12 | It 's as if it 's too powerful for choreographers to cope with . |
13 | It 's as if his actual presence were some kind of inconvenience , like going to the toilet , as if his body were a mere nuisance . |
14 | It 's as if he 's possessed by some Looney Tune demon . |
15 | It 's as if I 've won a marathon , or a prize , or some huge event that I 've been training for for months . |
16 | It 's as if it 's what I should have worn all along . |
17 | It 's as if we 're taking responsibility for men 's problem , but if I want to be safe , I feel I have to . |
18 | Modi also liked his food smothered in garlic : ‘ when I eat garlic it 's as if I kiss the mouth of the woman I love . ’ |
19 | You spoke of your preference for fashion earlier , it 's as if fashion photography is more honest … |
20 | It 's as if my mind has suddenly broken through into a new area , a space , a vast capacity which I never dreamt I had . |
21 | When the wind changes it 's as if you have never played the hole before . |
22 | It 's as if she made it herself , ’ he said , munching happily on the fish ball . |
23 | It 's as if we are taking part not in real life but in a piece of reportage on the British constitutional system ’ ( 22 October 1964 ) . |
24 | It 's as if we 're rehearsing it : what 's my next line ? |
25 | ‘ It 's as if the batteries are dead , ’ she said . |
26 | It 's as if they think there 's something wrong with me . |
27 | Sometimes it 's as if he 's constantly rejecting the first idea that comes into his mind , and plays the second instead . |
28 | And when a tune like that comes along , it 's as if they 've always known that song , and so then you tap in the song and that 's why you 're doing the record . |
29 | It 's as if he were giving a performance of some character he 's dreamed up , and his pale eyes wander in search of effect even in his apparently wildest moments . ‘ |
30 | It 's as if he has heroically outlined himself , Lee thought , become the most significant member of the group . |