Example sentences of "as if find " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although she walked slowly , he saw there was a noticeable agitation in her manner ; she tossed her head frequently , as if finding the heat oppressive , and ran her fingers repeatedly through her long black hair . |
| 2 | He bent his head to her breast again , still nuzzling through the thin cotton , as if finding a perverse pleasure in delaying the moment when his lips would trail their way across her flushed skin . |
| 3 | The most obvious place to look was her watch , and she studied the dial as if finding it of much interest . |
| 4 | Now he linked corroboree , intichiuma of spring , and Crucifixion , as if to find beneath the ‘ stony places ’ of the Bible the ‘ stony places ’ of the Australian desert photographed by Spencer and Gillen and presented in The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life . |
| 5 | It made him turn and look at her , as if to find her transformed , but it was only Fei Yen . |
| 6 | ‘ Miss Araminta regards me as a servant , ma'am , ’ Theda said , faintly smiling , and reaching a hand out to stroke Hector 's woolly head where he lay on his blanket , as if to find some outlet for the feelings of gentleness running through her . |