Example sentences of "as if [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wölflinn was naturally not ignorant of artists , but the famous phrase indicated an interest in the sequence of art seen as forms which develop as if of their own volition . |
| 2 | It is not the means to an end conceived elsewhere : but an ‘ as if ’ , no less substantial than the as if of revolution itself . |
| 3 | Instead he studied the reflections in the window ; the blurred beak of his own nose , that thong as if of an Indian brave imprinted across his brow by the absurd cap which he had removed at Crewe and which now lay among the cigarette butts at his feet ; the jutting shoulders of the poker players who sprayed their cards like fans beneath their mouths . |
| 4 | One alternative Chinese perspective is shen yuan , in which the viewer is placed as if on a hill , and the horizon line is thus high up , almost a bird 's eye view . |
| 5 | An autocrat falls in the first two books ; but the only one in the third is the author-autocrat of the hotel room who sallies into the bush , as if on impulse , to visit the mysterious , moveable ‘ front ’ . |
| 6 | They talked about everything but , mouths moving and laughing with no sound : Jay saw them now as if on film , now from inside her thrilling flesh , looking at Lucy , making her laugh , feeling the thick cream linen napkin , the solid edge of the table . |
| 7 | Their feet left clear tracks through the floor of bluebells as if on dark snow , the soft stems crushing to pulp under their feet . |
| 8 | Behind her , as if on cue , the ice heart started to melt . |
| 9 | On the new album , Bring it on Home to Me stands out : mean Tyneside vocals and Irish pipes gloriously underpin the moody soul structures of Sam Cooke 's classic , the pipes taking off at one point as if on a Claptonesque guitar solo . |
| 10 | She sipped as if on automatic pilot , which was n't good but it was better than catatonia . |
| 11 | as if on cue , a cistern flushed and the door of one of the WC cubicles opened to reveal the emerging figure of George Prendergast , the Personnel Director . |
| 12 | When the train reached Puno we left it as if on a military exercise . |
| 13 | So Patrick was evidently familiarly at home in the scene where he trod reverently as if on holy ground . |
| 14 | The gauzy tides of swarming males , waiting for the females , rise and fall as if on invisible yo-yos . |
| 15 | Suddenly , the ‘ other-worldliness ’ vanished as a cheerful young man dressed in white shirt and trousers bounced in as if on springs . |
| 16 | A horse came down the ramp in one bound , as if on wings , hit the concrete in a shower of sparks . |
| 17 | And as if on cue in rolled a Chalmers Mace supply van . |
| 18 | Here the land is flat and fertile like Ayrshire and as if on cue a herd of Ayrshire cows obliged by ambling by Loch Watten . |
| 19 | Two squadrons of Hessian hussars occupied the lower slopes of the Pratzen , drawn up in battle array , spotless as if on parade . |
| 20 | The way that had been made through the fallen rock was very narrow and uneven and to take John out he was laid on a board and pushed along as if on a sledge . |
| 21 | That way , by walking between the long tables as if on a tour of inspection , they could view the prospects without embarrassment . |
| 22 | One moment we were stationary , the next sliding forward smoothly , the transition from rest to motion of a quarter of a mile of metal achieved as if on silk . |
| 23 | They drew up with a rasp of gravel just behind the trailer , and Sergeant Allen 's head popped out as if on a string . |
| 24 | As soon as I see that a patient 's breathing pattern is changing dramatically or that the eye movement behind the closed lids is altering , I instruct him to be aware of and to understand all that is happening but to see it as if on a film or television screen , so that he is completely detached and feels no physical or mental distress whatsoever . |
| 25 | Suddenly she switched on a yellow lamp that stood by her on the table and moved the snake-like stem so that Larry 's face was spotlighted as if on stage . |
| 26 | as if on command , the figure on the bed tugged off his hood . |
| 27 | He hummed softly ‘ There 'll always be an England ’ and joked as he shifted the weight of his rucksack ‘ as if on a walking holiday ’ . |
| 28 | It is almost impossible to stand up , and you haul yourself from building to building , from stanchion to stanchion as if on board a ship rounding the Horn in a nor'wester . |
| 29 | And there was a man at the door , standing as if on guard . |
| 30 | When he stood up he could just see a fire engine as if on the high seas diving and heaving towards him . |