Example sentences of "she [adv] [verb] as [subord] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was an innocuous question , so why did she suddenly feel as if she were facing the Inquisition ? |
| 2 | She just looked as if she was asleep . |
| 3 | She also felt as if she were sitting in front of a bespectacled lunatic who was making things up as he went along . |
| 4 | She was anxious not to make a noise , but even though her feet fell softly into the leaves strewing the path the wood was so still and silent that she really felt as if she were thudding through the wood . |
| 5 | This state she spontaneously pictured as if she had become small , about the size of a jar of marmalade ( this image appeared with a kind of authority ) and had put herself away in a small square recess in a wall , just large enough to hold her . |
| 6 | She had n't planned it deliberately , but she even looked as if she were heading into battle , clad in a flying suit , flat boots and a bomber jacket , her long hair captured in a plait . |
| 7 | Unbelievable as it seemed to him , she almost looked as if she had been crying . |
| 8 | Just a , I find that she almost looks as if she 's been out in the sun and that it sort of looks like very strong sunlight on her face which is a shame really . |