Example sentences of "[prep] if he [be] look [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It was as if he was looking into a pinhole camera , as if the scene before him was a mirage .
2 He assessed her as if he was looking for flaws in a jewel .
3 It was as if he was looking for something so ill-defined , so vaguely comprehended that even he could not say what it was .
4 Connon stared down at the young man in the picture as if he was looking at a stranger and trying to analyse what made him seem vaguely familiar .
5 But his eyes were glinting , as if he was looking at something no mere human could see .
6 as if he was looking at his life and not enjoying what he saw .
7 He knew the pattern of the carpet by heart but now it was as if he were looking at it for the first time , taking it all in , the design of orange and black squares .
8 She lifted a hand to shade her eyes and Martin Jackson 's face appeared on the backdrop of light , as if he were looking at her from the sun 's centre .
9 Russell 's eyes followed her every move as if he were looking through the sight of a gun .
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