Example sentences of "as [conj] he would [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a while , Marcus , as if impatient , or to see if he had had any effect , stopped the breathing exercise and , half sitting up , began to pull the limp body about , almost roughly , almost angrily , as if he would scarcely believe that he was not succeeding . |
| 2 | He stepped forward and took hold of Ruth 's wrists , as if he would forcibly stop her . |
| 3 | She slid obediently off the bar stool , bidding a civil good-morning to the café owner who looked , McLeish observed , as if he would willingly have swept her into his plump Italian embrace , and they walked together to the gates of New Scotland Yard . |
| 4 | The bar of the Skein of Geese was the kind of drinking establishment Harry detested : fiddly little bowls of cashew nuts and olives littering every surface ; an effeminate barman who looked as if he would not know a handpump from a cocktail umbrella ; lighting so subdued a fellow could not see to count his change ; and a tape of Glenn Miller standards that made him positively nostalgic for the reception area 's bastardized Vivaldi . |
| 5 | Hank was fun , even if it did look as if he would never make Grade 12 and never earn much . |
| 6 | ‘ But your representative completed the transaction yesterday , ’ Mr Palmer assured me , looking as if he would never understand what made me tick . |
| 7 | Without speaking or smiling , he was holding me tightly round the waist , as if he would never let go . |
| 8 | His mouth commanded hers again , as if he would never let her go , and his tongue was an exquisite torment . |
| 9 | Once that soapbox came out , Major campaigned as if he would now do and say what he really thought . |
| 10 | Slowly he shakes his head , as if he 'd just read my school report . |
| 11 | as if he 'd even have a chance of it anyway |
| 12 | And … ’ he looked down at the ground , as if he 'd suddenly become embarrassed . |