Example sentences of "she [verb] as [subord] [pron] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said he 'd probably have the curtains drawn and the place would smell of joss-sticks , but if she behaved as if nothing was out of the ordinary , all would be fine . |
| 2 | She moved as if she were in a dream , wading through viscous liquid . |
| 3 | The bikini is tiny , three triangles of cotton crochet , and her ribs protrude so much that she looks as if she is made of corrugated paper . |
| 4 | The ballerina here is cleverly perched on a matchbox so that she looks as if she is standing up , but you might find it easier to omit her feet and just stand her flat on the cake board . |
| 5 | She looks as if she 's made of man-made fibres you see . |
| 6 | ‘ She looks as if she 's asleep and he does n't seem to be having much fun either . ’ |
| 7 | She looks as if she 's going to take a bite out of the air . |
| 8 | She looks as if she 's |
| 9 | ‘ You remarked that she looks as if she were asleep . |
| 10 | Instead of the pure , clear cut tones we 're used to , she sings as if she 's swallowed a bag of sugarcubes complete with bag . |
| 11 | She walked as if she were a queen . |
| 12 | She sounds as if they 're back together again even . |
| 13 | ‘ She 's asking to speak to you , and she sounds as if she 's crying . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ The trouble is she feels as if it were her fault . |
| 15 | She feels as if she is negotiating the entrails of the city in the slow , peristaltic procession . |
| 16 | She looked as if she was still asleep … but there was blood on her breast . |
| 17 | She looked as if she was asleep . |
| 18 | She looked as if she was in pain . |
| 19 | She looked as if she was not entirely sure she was a cat , as if , thought Henry , one , two , three , four , five , six , seven , eight of her nine lives were oozing out of her like blood from a wound . |
| 20 | She looked as if she was waiting for me so before she could say anything I spoke . |
| 21 | She looked as if she was fighting back tears . |
| 22 | She looked as if she was asleep . " |
| 23 | She looked as if she was about to walk on stage rather than be interviewed by detectives from New Scotland Yard . |
| 24 | When she looked as if she was about to ask him why , he went on , ‘ There 's a good reason — you have to believe it . |
| 25 | She looked as if she were about to set off for a provincial cocktail party , an office party of female executives . |
| 26 | She looked as if she were drowning in a goldfish tank . |
| 27 | She looked as if she were trying to remember something . |
| 28 | She looked as if she were about to cry . |
| 29 | She felt as if they were face to face with an inquisitor . |
| 30 | That being so , he was a joy to walk — which made it odd that she felt as if something was missing . |