Example sentences of "as [conj] [pron] be [v-ing] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bargemen greeted us as formally as if we were visiting them in their own homes , which I suppose we were . |
| 2 | Apply the same techniques as if you were visiting them , and make each " interruption " work for you . |
| 3 | That same day he told me , as if he were giving me a magnificent present , that he thought he could pull strings and have me posted with him . |
| 4 | ‘ They look as though they 're watching me , ’ she whispered back . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's almost as though they were hunting us , ’ said Hugh . |
| 6 | whatever well the dance routine and they smiled and looked as though they were enjoying it . |
| 7 | The macabre cadaver is not the chosen depiction — rather we see a fresh corpse , almost as though we are viewing him immediately after his shrouding . |
| 8 | It was as though something was pulling them towards that end of the cabin . |
| 9 | He said : ‘ It came out looking as though I was telling them to stuff the season of goodwill , not buy the children any presents and put a bullet in the turkey . |
| 10 | ‘ I felt as though I was announcing it the whole time : by the way I watched you , and talked to you , and could hardly manage not to touch you — stroke your head , brush your arm , hold your hand … . |
| 11 | I feel as though I 'm failing you though somehow |
| 12 | I felt as though I were seducing her all over again . |
| 13 | ‘ Do you have to sound as though you 're enjoying it ? ’ |
| 14 | Inside the toffee paper was a scribbled message : ‘ Look as though you 're enjoying it , for my sake and Finn 's . ’ |
| 15 | No , certain obstacles and areas where you feel you 're not er giving , you know you do n't feel as though you 're doing it the best for whatever reason . |
| 16 | Giving an account of it like this makes me feel as though you 're asking me to account for it , explain it for you . |
| 17 | try to paraphrase it as though you were explaining it to someone who does n't understand quite as much as you . |
| 18 | She felt as though she was seeing them from under a great weight . |
| 19 | She glanced up at him , feeling oddly shy , almost as though she were meeting him for the first time with no doubts , no mistrust , between them . |
| 20 | She stood up and looked round the room as though she were leaving it for the last time . |
| 21 | ‘ Just one , ’ she said graciously , managing to make it sound as though she were doing him a big favour . |
| 22 | There was an odd note in his voice , as though he was suggesting she had taken on too much . |
| 23 | Cashman shouted , ignoring Matt 's hand , walking across the room to lean on the desk as though he was finding it difficult to remain upright without support . |
| 24 | It was almost as though he was consulting her . |
| 25 | The name was spoken with a malevolent hiss , as though he were spitting it from his blood-smeared mouth , so hateful was its foul taste to him . |
| 26 | He was waving his stick in a proprietorial fashion , as though he were showing them round his estate . |
| 27 | Sally-Anne gave the matter as grave a consideration as though he were asking her her opinion of the latest exhibition of Japanese art , or Beerbohm Tree 's newest play . |
| 28 | Johnny 's words had left her feeling inadequate , as though he were presenting her with some enormous challenge which she did not feel equal to meet . |
| 29 | Such a touching story , Miss Sally-Anne Tunstall — ’ and he spoke her name as though he were striking her with it ‘ — and all a lie . |