Example sentences of "the [noun] as if he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ho intenzione prenderlo , Benito , ’ muttered Lucenzo sourly , taking the wheel as if he meant to handle the boat alone . |
| 2 | ARAZI returned to the racecourse as if he had never left at Saint-Cloud yesterday , cruising home by five lengths in the Prix Omnium II . |
| 3 | Nails was looking out of the window as if he had nothing to do with any of them . |
| 4 | She watched him stroll away down the corridor as if he had n't a care in the world , knowing full well he was putting the act on for her benefit , and that he must be worrying about the star performer who was also his best friend . |
| 5 | He settled back and looked up at the ceiling as if he had forgotten she was there , and Maggie had the urge to creep away . |
| 6 | The first of the scientific staff to arrive would probably be Clifford Bradley , the Higher Scientific Officer in the Biology Department , scurrying through the hall as if he had no right to be there , with his anxious hunted eyes and that stupid , drooping moustache , so preoccupied that he hardly noticed their greeting . |
| 7 | The newcomer moved behind the desk as if he had every right simply to walk in and take over . |
| 8 | He had turned away and was uncovering the drawing-board as if he had no further interest in the subject . |
| 9 | The chaplain , crouched on a stool near the fireplace , stared into the flames wringing his hands whilst Rastani , the silent , dark servant , sat with his back to the wall as if he wished the very stones would open and swallow him . |
| 10 | Commentary : where an offender is dealt with for a breach of a community service order , he must be sentenced ( if the order is revoked ) in a manner in which he could have been sentenced by the court which made the order , if he is in breach of a probation order , the court may sentence the offender as if he had just been convicted of the offence concerned . |
| 11 | He stopped at the foot of the stairs as if he had just escorted her there and was off somewhere else . |
| 12 | But Trevor always arrived in the morning as if he 'd not had a drink . |
| 13 | He sprang up at once and made for the door as if he 'd been propositioned by a dirty old man in a public convenience . |
| 14 | He met her incredulous stare blandly , for all the world as if he had no recollection whatsoever of bringing her the Palmer & Pearson file outside the office , of discussing the Norwood & Chambers contract outside the office , of his threats in relation to her job outside the office . |
| 15 | He ran the company as if he had suddenly and unexpectedly found himself on the footplate of a runaway engine . |
| 16 | Kemp would talk about the land as if he knew how to live there . |
| 17 | The absurdity of the " Spycatcher " ban was the result of a dogged insistence on viewing the memoirs of a former MI5 employee as the " property " of government , and conducting the litigation as if he had stolen the office furniture . |
| 18 | He held the gun as if he did n't know what it was , and looked at her . |
| 19 | Nails spun the mini through the traffic , heading out of town , flicking up and down through the gears as if he did it every day . |
| 20 | No dog , he noticed , but Cara 's son , the silent child who had always made him feel so ill at ease , still sitting by the hearth as if he had grown there from a morose three-year-old into a clean and tidy , almost dandified five . |