Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] as if [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You ca n't make love to me like that and then expect me to carry on as if nothing 's happened . |
| 2 | Mr Major looks set to soldier on as if nothing has happened , trusting that the improvement in the economy will restore his own , and his party 's , sagging popularity . |
| 3 | She put out a hand and touched him on the sleeve , but he moved back as if he had n't noticed , and she said on a rising note , ‘ Why are you looking like that ? ’ |
| 4 | We shall carry on as if it has not happened . |
| 5 | Many with whom she had shared the screen for a brief while , people whom she had revered , who had even seemed to define life — such as Akhmatova and Pasternak and Vysotsky — had already slipped out of the plot , and the film churned on as if they had never been . |
| 6 | ‘ At Kelso … ’ the fellow slurred , then suddenly he went rigid , chest out , face forward , and I watched fascinated as the blood gurgled out of his mouth like water from an overflowing sewer : his eyes rolled in their sockets , his tongue came out as if he wished to talk , then he collapsed , choking on his own blood , on to the shit-strewn cobbles . |
| 7 | But then , when he had leaned forward to brush her cheek , her neck , she had moved back as if he had transgressed , and all his knowledge of her had been shattered by her refusal . |
| 8 | The Arguments continue along much the same agile lines with singer Juliette bounding around as if she 's been plugged into the national grid . |
| 9 | The Arguments continue along much the same agile lines with singer Juliette bounding around as if she 's been plugged into the national grid . |
| 10 | They were just wandering about as if they owned the place . ’ |
| 11 | She was going on as if she loved the fucking man , not just the fucking ! |
| 12 | Bird noises faded up as if I had found another TV control . |
| 13 | I suppose I was the only one dawdling to look at her instead of going by as if she did n't exist . |
| 14 | He got up as if he had n't slept a wink . |
| 15 | Only Mr Rumback walked on as if nothing had happened . |
| 16 | The villagers often joked that if she met a German tank on the road to Berkeley , she would order it off the road and pass on as if nothing had happened . |
| 17 | Joe slipped on the snowy slope as he neared him , and when his hand touched the man 's chin above the collar of his rough jacket and felt the sticky wetness on his fingers , he sprang up as if he had been stung by a hornet . |
| 18 | Anne stepped back as if she had been struck . |
| 19 | His damp hair was slicked back as if he 'd recently been for a swim or taken a shower . |
| 20 | and walked around as if we owned the place . |
| 21 | The words had an unlocked sound , tumbling out as if he 'd never dared say them before . |
| 22 | Fair enough — but the way he answered he made out as if he knew what he was talking about . |
| 23 | Delaney went in , and pulled up as if he had been hit with a magnum at close range . |
| 24 | ‘ I beg your pardon ? ’ said Mrs Cramp again , reeling back as if she had just been slapped in the face . |
| 25 | Why , when we all know that loneliness is a paralysing form of human misery , do we go on as if we thought that the deepest need of rational individuals was to be independent of one another ? |
| 26 | Do n't go on as if it had happened , ’ he said . |
| 27 | ‘ The whole thing was a perfectly natural mistake , but , thanks to him , they went on as if I 'd just attempted to rob the Bank of England . |
| 28 | ‘ Most of our gear has been lost , and all your horses , ’ Finnan went on as if he had not heard him . |
| 29 | He went on as if he 'd heard nothing . |
| 30 | There was none of the coy evasion of most women in her , he was thinking ; and went on as if she had not spoken . |