Example sentences of "[vb past] as [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thatched roof of the lodge creaked as if mourning over the dreadful secrets of the priory . |
| 2 | Although the four of them were practically knee to knee , he made as if speaking in a vast auditorium . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Then he stiffened as if sandbagged by a sudden recollection , gave a small yelp of terror and dashed into the gloom . |
| 5 | ( a beating ) Though my whole inside felt as if clutched in an icy grip , I had gone too far to retreat . |
| 6 | Mona and Sheila were so poised on the edge of their own lives that they listened as if hearing about the living stream they were about to enter . |
| 7 | Mona and Shiela were so poised on the edge of their own lives that they listened as if hearing about the living stream they were about to enter . ’ |
| 8 | In the presence of a Norman magnate of such power and dignity this other Norman Robert , monastic though he was by choice , harked back to his own heredity , and blossomed as if preening before a mirror . |
| 9 | ‘ What are you doing here ? ’ she said as if reading from a Gestapo training manual . |
| 10 | ‘ So we can go for a Big Mac , ’ she said as if talking to an infant . |
| 11 | They all stood as if rooted to the spot , staring at the Monument and its two occupants . |
| 12 | The horse stood as if posing for a Munning 's portrait ; black against red ; head arched . |
| 13 | St John jumped as if hit between the shoulders , then turned slowly and stiffly to face the speaker . |
| 14 | That 's the raised rim around the hatch that keeps the water out , ’ he explained as if talking to a three-year-old . |