Example sentences of "as [conj] he [vb mod] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 24-year-old , runner-up in the recent Welsh Amateur Championship , scored his best win to date by two strokes from MacPherson , when at one stage it looked as if he would miss the cut . |
| 2 | The gentleman to whom I was presented was an upright , elderly man with piercing eyes and a chin that looked as if he would stand no nonsense . |
| 3 | For a moment he looked as if he would pass the script to Tallis , but he changed his mind . |
| 4 | Alain looked as if he would follow an inch behind them all the way to the farm . |
| 5 | But Crumwallis in his present state did not look as if he would provide a soothing influence upstairs . |
| 6 | However it does n't look as if he 'll take the presidency there . |
| 7 | For a second it looked as if he might make a stab at it , but then he saw John Wakeham , looking a little crestfallen , coming out in front of him , while behind John Patten , Tony Newton , Michael Portillo and Sir Patrick Mayhew were about to swing through Downing Street gates . |
| 8 | For a moment Harry looked as if he might hit the other boy , but before Cora-Beth could intervene , he relaxed and smiled . |
| 9 | It certainly sounds as if he might have a peptic ulcer — especially as the pain is eased by milk . |
| 10 | He looked as if he 'd make a Rottweiler pause for thought . |
| 11 | He was afraid of finding the London bands too good , as if he 'd see a young group with such talent and promise that his own brittle hopes and aspirations would be exploded in a terrifying second of illumination and self-knowledge . |
| 12 | Very handy with a hip flask , but did n't look as if he could tell a Renoir from a Renault . |
| 13 | Then words , distant and unknown to him , began to form in him and to speak through him , and a name loomed before him as if he could feel the place it represented ; and the name was Callanish . |
| 14 | It was as if he could feel the life-force vibrating through his being , and tingling out of his fingertips . |
| 15 | Bodie raced up the stairs to Doyle 's apartment , and rang the buzzer furiously , stabbing the button as if he could make the door open by doing so . |
| 16 | Because the women were so strange to him , it was as if he could sense the warmth of their spirits as a palpable force in the house . |
| 17 | Twilight left , as if he could smell the storm coming . |
| 18 | Eudo summoned all his strength , as if he could stand the pain no longer , and whispered a name . |