Example sentences of "[verb] as [conj] [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any unallocated payments are held in a suspense account , but once an appropriate charge is identified , the amount is treated as if allocated on the original date of the overpayment . |
| 2 | The jaws appear as if recessed within the mouth . |
| 3 | According to David Hume , Locke was not alone in thinking that visual perception involves something two-dimensional : ‘ It is commonly allowed by philosophers that all bodies which discover themselves to the eye appear as if painted on a plain surface . ’ |
| 4 | Their silks and skin dissolved as if gobbled by a cloud of ravenous moths . |
| 5 | The skylight in the ceiling looked as if covered by a dark purple cloth . |
| 6 | She sighed as if relieved of a huge weight and leaned against his chest , waiting for his arms to go round her , her heart singing as his heart thudded fast beside her cheek . |
| 7 | However the gem is surely the Third Ballade with the opening pages played as if improvised on the spot , the figuration commencing at 3′34″ foaming and cascading with a freedom and liberality unknown to most players . |
| 8 | Then he stiffened as if sandbagged by a sudden recollection , gave a small yelp of terror and dashed into the gloom . |
| 9 | Twist our arms and we 'll plump for his brilliantly-executed diatribe against the somewhat larger rock acts currently doing the rounds : ‘ Gim me something small and poisonous , with teeth , born out of the gutter , ’ oozed The Ig , eyes bulging as if strapped to the electric chair . |
| 10 | ( a beating ) Though my whole inside felt as if clutched in an icy grip , I had gone too far to retreat . |
| 11 | In one of a series of flashy special effects that often intrude rather than enhance the action , Streep 's upper and nether regions instantaneously tighten as if bolted into an invisible vice . |
| 12 | In principle , an applicant who should have brought his or her case under Ord. 53 , but did not , will lose : there is no provision under which the case can continue as if begun in the correct way . |
| 13 | They all stood as if rooted to the spot , staring at the Monument and its two occupants . |
| 14 | For long moments Frankie was held as if transfixed by the man 's gaze . |
| 15 | St John jumped as if hit between the shoulders , then turned slowly and stiffly to face the speaker . |
| 16 | This triggers chemical changes in your body , which reacts as if threatened by a foreign substance . |