Example sentences of "[verb] as [conj] [pron] [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His eyes bulged as if they were coming out of his head . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't want to sound as if I 'm going to break into a chorus of ‘ Tears Of A Clown ’ , but I 'm depressed like anyone else is depressed . |
| 3 | ‘ You 're really thirty , ’ said Catriona , trying to sound as if she were pretending she did n't believe it . |
| 4 | He always rides as if he were winning the St Leger . |
| 5 | The flames seemed to flicker as if someone was moving about on the island . |
| 6 | Using each hand alternately , take hold of the flesh with the whole palm of your hand and fingers , pull away from the bone and squeeze as if you were kneading dough . |
| 7 | They make as if they 're gon na break into the room , and one of these guys is enjoying himself saying how he 's decided to rape her and then hand her to the dog . |
| 8 | ‘ He 's a manager , your dad , is n't he ? ’ asked Jamie Shepherd a few minutes later as they bounced round a corner with the old van rattling as if it was going to shake itself to bits at any moment . |
| 9 | The suggestion is often made that a couple should not be treated as if they were living as husband and wife unless the man is actually giving the woman financial support . |
| 10 | Each £250 or part of £250 will be treated as if it were bringing in an income of £1 a week . |
| 11 | This means that food ‘ exported ’ ' to the Vatican ( from a Roman abattoir , say ) is treated as if it were going to a ‘ third country ’ . |
| 12 | They were drinking bottles of Coke and trying not to appear as if they were watching the hotel . |
| 13 | Only Lori could act as if she were meeting a bosom friend for tea and a chat , when the reality was something light-years removed . |
| 14 | Groaning as if in physical pain , she rocked herself back and forth in her chair — her teeth bared as if she was grimacing at some diabolical joke . |
| 15 | ‘ He said it was because the seams looked as if they were going somewhere … ’ |
| 16 | The early fusion experiments looked as if they were making great strides toward the desired goal . |
| 17 | He lifted a hand , and looked as if he was going to touch her cheek , and then dropped it . |
| 18 | Dad looked as if he was dying for a cigarette : he gave up smoking two years ago when his secretary-before-last got lung cancer . |
| 19 | The headmaster looked as if he was fighting off a large insect that was homing in on his neck . |
| 20 | He had never physically hurt her , although there had been more than one occasion towards the end of their short , fraught marriage when he had looked as if he were making a huge effort to stop himself raising a hand to her . |
| 21 | The village looked as if it was dying . |
| 22 | The fire looked as if it was laughing at her troubles . |
| 23 | He 'd had a bad shave and his hair looked as if it was growing back after having been cut too short . |
| 24 | There were a few exceptions to prove the rule , but by and large the Commons looked as if it were fighting the class war rather than debating the need for the protection of wild mammals . |
| 25 | One woman looked as if she was carrying ice-skates , and maybe that meant that the lake should be frozen . |
| 26 | The woman looked as if she was suffering from a terminal liver disease . |
| 27 | so I said to her come on I said come on you 'll got ta start trying to be strong , I know it 's a nasty night being celebration night when everybody else looks as if they 're enjoying |
| 28 | It looks as if they 're trying to get rid of him . ’ |
| 29 | Within a day or so the newcomers have appointments fixed with social security to get some money and when it looks as if they 're staying , negotiations begin with schools to admit their children . |
| 30 | It looks as if they were making some slight effort of their own up here to maintain the quality of life . |