Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] as [subord] he be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Roger looks as if he 's running well , so it will be interesting to see what the selectors will do . ’ |
| 2 | Corbett felt as if he was in a nightmare ; the very smallness of the man made him a false opponent , almost cutting off Corbett 's blood lust and desire to protect himself . |
| 3 | Tammuz looked as if he was about to make a cutting response but then actually took note of Zambia 's expression . |
| 4 | Jenny was being embraced by her father and Antony looked as if he was standing in the queue . |
| 5 | Rossmayne felt as if he were torturing Topaz , but he had to stand firm . |
| 6 | Wordsworth writes as if he is a new kind of human being , like Adam naming the creatures for the first time . |
| 7 | Like when a drunken Richard Burton nodded off in the middle of a question ; the time Warren Beatty kept him waiting for an hour-and-a-half … and the day Robert Raging Bull De Niro looked as if he was about to punch him on the nose . |
| 8 | Ted looked as if he was about to be personally bombarded by a squadron of Messerschmitts . |
| 9 | PC Blenkinsop looked as if he was readjusting his shoulders inside his tunic top . |
| 10 | Manciple sounded as if he were apologizing for the other man 's rudeness . |
| 11 | Andrus looked as if he was going to say something , then changed his mind . |
| 12 | Harry whimpered as if he were being threatened . |
| 13 | She might be so bored that her jaw ached from trying not to yawn , but Nicolo — Nicolo looked as if he were about to explode . |
| 14 | Maidstone sounded as if he was not fully convinced . |
| 15 | Roman looked as if he was about to pounce ; she cringed back in her chair , and he frowned . |
| 16 | Indeed , Mafouz looked as if he was about to do something far more dramatic than simply catch the thing . |
| 17 | I Think I 'd better put the car in the garage cos I think Steve looks as if he 's gon na be cleaning erm Gavin 's go-cart . |
| 18 | Dawson felt as if he were the advance party for a dawn raid . |
| 19 | Jim spoke as if he were telephoning from a golf club instead of a cuckold 's bed . |
| 20 | Cranston looked as if he was going to refuse but thought again . |
| 21 | ‘ But — ’ C'zinsit paused as if he was unsure how to continue . |
| 22 | Fernie looked as if he was ready to explode again , but Alice nodded and he subsided . |
| 23 | And though Michael acted as if he was annoyed with Garry when he spoke out of turn , Maura also got the impression that he admired Garry for it . |
| 24 | Hoomey looked as if he was going to burst into tears . |
| 25 | Wishart felt as if he was standing at a crossroads with two paths leading into the darkness . |