Example sentences of "as if [pron] [verb] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as simple as if they 'd asked him if he knew a good plumber . |
| 2 | Her garments were removed as swiftly as if she 'd done it herself . |
| 3 | And in her dream every line of his face was as familiar as if she had scrutinised it intently . |
| 4 | In a silence full of his broken intention , she caught the look , passing helplessly between him and Lalage — a look that joined her love and her friend as clearly as if she had found them in bed . |
| 5 | The walls were maroon and the carpet was purple and the effect was expensive , but Lee felt as depressed as if she had found herself in the smelly hallway of a neglected and deprived residence . |
| 6 | As if she had read her thoughts , Miss Hatherby said , ‘ There is nothing to be ashamed of . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , that 's the Eiffel Tower , ’ and he says it in the same tone of voice as if you had shown him a portrait of Grandpa , and he had said : ‘ So that 's your grandfather I 've heard so much about . |
| 8 | Now sir , can you tell me this , ’ and she looked him straight in the eyes , ‘ will it be just the same for him as if you had baptized him ? ’ |
| 9 | For Rachel , who had never before experienced such intensity of feeling , it was as if he 'd transported her to another world — a world where every sensation was heightened , every touch the prelude to yet more delight as he explored and worshipped every inch of her body before taking her to the peak of fulfilment . |
| 10 | ‘ You know , ’ said Gus , as proudly as if he had discovered it himself , ‘ what that is ? |
| 11 | For almost the whole of their walk their objective had been in sight : the green copper cupola of the soaring campanile of Arthur Blomfield 's extraordinary Romanesque basilica , built in 1870 on the bank of this sluggish urban waterway with as much confidence as if he had erected it on the Venetian Grand Canal . |
| 12 | His voice was sharp , yet as intimate as if he had known her for a long time . |
| 13 | It was long since Adam had thought of him so , and he gathered the warmth of their recollection to him as gratefully as if he had salved one bleached and solitary bone of the beloved right hand out of the Severn , and laid it back in holy ground . |
| 14 | Someone who knowingly touches another without his consent violates this personal right as surely as if he had taken his property . |
| 15 | I killed her as surely as if I had stabbed her with a knife , shot her with a gun , squeezed her neck between my hands . |