Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] as if [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Diana came off that plane in Korea as if she has just had a stand-up row with Charles , ’ the aide said . |
| 2 | Neglect of opportunities to act on such feelings , Granville Sharp believed , was ‘ as great an offence before God as if we had denied assistance to Christ himself ’ . |
| 3 | In the lift at work doctors look right through Babur as if he did not exist . |
| 4 | It looked on Saturday as if they had declared a premature end to the season , in any case . |
| 5 | ‘ You do want something to eat ? ’ she asked , turning to Loretta as if she had just remembered her manners . |
| 6 | Joe noticed that the little woman referred to Carrie as if she belonged to them : it was Our Carrie . |
| 7 | As they surrounded him , eyes red-rimmed and faces glistening from the heat of the flames , their whooping cries added to the pandemonium and it seemed to Owen as if he had already died and retribution for the sins of his life was about to be exacted by Satan 's minions . |
| 8 | Lorrimer had eaten practically nothing , had drunk less , pushing his glass almost petulantly aside and fixing his great smouldering eyes on Domenica as if he had never before seen a woman . |
| 9 | It seemed to Charlotte as if she did not sleep at all that night , though her subsequent recollections of dreaming about telephones and disembodied voices suggested otherwise . |
| 10 | The afternoon and evening seemed to pass with agonizing slowness , yet , when the time came for Maurice 's departure , it felt to Charlotte as if it had crept up and taken them by surprise . |
| 11 | Violet looked at Patrick as if he had gone mad . |
| 12 | But after that seemingly unpropitious start , Topaz settled into the routine at Yelton as if she had been there all her life . |
| 13 | No-one stared at Ellie as if she had no right to be there . |
| 14 | Then she glanced down at Lee as if she thought Lee might take it as a remark against her . |
| 15 | She glared at Evelyn as if she had committed some extraordinary prank . |
| 16 | Throgmorton glared angrily at Benjamin as if he recognised a rival . |
| 17 | But I do n't want you to fly off the handle , ’ he smiled at Annie as if he knew her temperament of old , ‘ or do anything rash . |
| 18 | He glanced sideways at Jehan as if he expected a comment . |
| 19 | ‘ He got it wrong Wigs by Clarkson as if it mattered . |