Example sentences of "as [subord] [verb] [pron] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He imagined for a moment that he was still in short pants , until she turned to him and added , ‘ What I mean is , I would have still recognised you , ’ and as if to soften her first statement she added further , ‘ Of course , you 've grown much taller . |
| 2 | Hearing what sounded like a muttered exclamation of fury at her elbow , Melissa looked around and saw Dora turn on her heel and march off into the orchard , where she stopped under an apple tree and stared up into the branches as if inspecting its heavy crop of fruit . |
| 3 | ‘ Anything but , ’ he replied , as if remembering her dainty appetite when she had dined at his home . |
| 4 | He used his hands flirtatiously , slowly , not flapping or pointing but caressing and floating , as if wiping his flat hand inches from the surface of a painting . |
| 5 | Even the sun , as if to mark my sudden sense of relief at being out of Czechoslovakia , chose to put in an appearance . |
| 6 | as if to demonstrate his terrible seriousness , he orders the people to set out the next day ‘ … for the wilderness by the way to the Reed Sea ’ . |
| 7 | Gothic he stated was not the national style its exponents claimed , but a foreign importation and as if to counter his own question to Scott , he recited a long list of classical public buildings in Britain and Ireland . |
| 8 | He repeated the word as if giving it due consideration . |
| 9 | ‘ It would seem that he wanted to conceal his past , ’ he said , as if grudging her that information . |
| 10 | Of course we must be cautious about taking on difficult tasks as if to prove our social virility . |
| 11 | He gave a decided nod as if to approve his own argument . |
| 12 | The place was hardly cordoned by guards , as if to emphasize its innocuous character . |