Example sentences of "as if [pron] [be] [adv prt] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I feel as if we 're about to get arrested . |
| 2 | He showed us his collection of guns , taking them down from their racks and handing them out to us as if we were about to set off on some dangerous mission . |
| 3 | She 'd never seen either of us in a suit before — we were running them in , checking for labels we 'd missed and so on — and we had stood on her doorstep as if we were about to launch into the ‘ Have you heard the Good News … ’ routine . |
| 4 | They lean back until they look as if they are about to fall over , so that they can look around them , and perhaps check who 's behind their back . |
| 5 | His slacks and sweater were well-styled and good , but he managed to wear them as if they were about to fall off him . |
| 6 | Shadow ministers , who had been behaving as if they were about to move into Whitehall , looked stunned and shattered . |
| 7 | Eventually the majority of Cook 's excursionists were women ; they climbed the Alps , negotiated glaciers , scrambled up the Pyramids and crossed deserts , dressed always as if they were about to take afternoon tea with the vicar . |
| 8 | Despite the early hour , the eunuchs were all dressed and painted as if they were about to go out to a late-night nautch . |
| 9 | Most of the others hovered diplomatically to make it look as if they were about to turn back , while still edging gingerly forward . |
| 10 | It looked as if they were about to push back their chairs and join her at her table , and only just in time , Cassie remembered that she needed no further complications in an already bewildering and uncontrollable life . |
| 11 | Trade negotiations always look as if they were about to break down just before they succeed . |
| 12 | She turned her face , twisted her neck , found her eyes meeting a man 's eyes , their eyes close and gazing , as if they were about to kiss . |
| 13 | Daphne 's huge bosom and vast posterior looked as if they were about to burst from her too-tight black costume ; Rose , small-boned and slender , looked remarkably young and pretty in an aquamarine bikini that suited her fair colouring . |
| 14 | ‘ It sounded as if they were about to come to blows . |
| 15 | She looked as if she were about to set off for a provincial cocktail party , an office party of female executives . |
| 16 | Sarah seemed as if she were about to say something else , then thought better of it . |
| 17 | Gwen looked as if she were about to shut the door . |
| 18 | I caught sight of Claire , bright red in the face , looking as if she were about to burst into tears . |
| 19 | Then , taking a deep breath as if she were about to plunge into a pool of unknown depth and temperature — which , perhaps , she was — she continued , ‘ But could you tell me a bit more about what the work would entail ? ’ |
| 20 | Joshua grabbed Hyacinth by the arm — she had been looking as if she were about to attack her victim 's other eye — and steered her away . |
| 21 | Melissa felt as if she were about to enter a church . |
| 22 | She looked as if she were about to cry . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Jacqui stood up and looked as if she was about to hit him . |
| 25 | It was only when Maisie emerged from the back kitchen , wearing her third headscarf of the morning ( this one was in Liberty print and made her look as if she was about to go out to watch titled men shooting grouse ) , that he felt emboldened to get close enough to hear what they were saying . |
| 26 | Again it seemed as if she was about to say something but changed her mind . |
| 27 | She looked as if she was about to walk on stage rather than be interviewed by detectives from New Scotland Yard . |
| 28 | He relented when she blushed and looked as if she was about to start trembling . |
| 29 | She had strong hands , and the pressure she put into her grasp felt as if she was about to throw him over her shoulder or come out with some menacingly appropriate comment . |
| 30 | Meanwhile , amid the to-ings and fro-ings , Norma Major , with her daughter Elizabeth , was turning heads dressed in Liberal Democrat yellow as if she was about to parade through the Royal Enclosure at Ascot . |