Example sentences of "[adv] as [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Iris closed her eyes and began speaking slowly as if reciting a lesson . |
| 2 | Though , ’ he added slowly as if thinking something out , ‘ I did n't leave there for , oh , about twenty , perhaps thirty minutes , I should n't wonder . |
| 3 | Sarah shook her head slowly as if to clear it . |
| 4 | One grey-haired captain , a rough old chap , sat and sat not saying a word , mute as a mackerel , then suddenly got up in the middle of the room ad , you know , said aloud as if speaking to himself , ‘ If there 's no God then what sort of a Captain am I after that ? ’ , ad seized his cap and threw up his arms and went out . |
| 5 | It is no more than the action of clashing their teeth together as if sinking them into the neck of the prey , in the specialized killing bite of the cat , but it has become a sound signal that many observers have commented on . |
| 6 | And when it was over and their tears had dried , they lay like spoons , curved together as if made for each other , and slept . |
| 7 | The merchant rubbed his hands together as if trying to wash them . |
| 8 | His hands were clasped together as if to comfort one another . |
| 9 | In one period , all were placed together as if spelled out in full as ‘ MAC ’ . |
| 10 | In one period , all were placed together as if spelled out in full as ‘ MAC ’ . |
| 11 | She sucked in a deep breath then looked up , squeezing her eyelids tightly together as if to clear the fuzziness which clouded her vision . |
| 12 | Even so , he lit the lamp on his desk , put a fresh cigarette in his holder and firmly affixed his monocle — all as if to reassure himself , as if to confirm both his identity and his authority : Colonel Eric R. S. Windsor , DSO , Colonel-in Chief of His Majesty 's 16th Infantry Division , currently stationed in Cambridge Barracks , Cork . |
| 13 | They said they were setting off at nine o'clock as if to go |
| 14 | At that moment , emerging from the saloon below as if propelled from a circus cannon , there appeared a distinctly grotesque figure . |
| 15 | Finally , the points on his leggings had been tied up wrongly as if done by someone else in a hurry . ’ |
| 16 | Here , a vast decaying tree whose roots were eaten away from the inside had begun to lean backwards as if longing to sit down , and a massive , arthritic branch had elbowed out several stones from the top of the wall against which it now gratefully rested . |
| 17 | The mahout , as he gives a command , reinforces the order with leg pressure just as if riding a horse . |
| 18 | The figure might wait till a drone swooped nearby and fire up at it — just as if shooting at Lexandro . |
| 19 | I screamed and rattled my chains ; they turned sluggishly away as if to say that one way or another they would eventually dine on my flesh . |
| 20 | My hand sprang away as if electrified . |
| 21 | The cutting , too , has meaning : fast , significant , hinting , pausing for an instant on an idea then darting away as if to shrink from a risky suggestion . |
| 22 | ‘ Right you are , ’ said Hilary , turning away as if terminating the interview . |
| 23 | An elderly man with a white pointed beard was being shepherded into a chauffeur-driven car by the short rough-haired woman in a thick tweed suit , who had been at Rupert 's house that evening in the autumn ; a little man carrying two heavy-looking suitcases was hurrying away as if to catch a train ; a group of younger men and women was standing on the pavement , talking and laughing . |
| 24 | Then in a flash it dashes away as if fleeing in panic . |
| 25 | He was very affected ; he blinked rapidly as if warding off tears . |
| 26 | She put the receiver down quickly as if to stop me from asking anything else about her illness , and it reminded me sharply of my Aunt Viv , bright , spirited and horse mad to the end . |
| 27 | As they walked , Blake heard the Doctor talking to himself , counting numbers quickly as if trying to catch himself out . |
| 28 | The group sat quite still as if bound by some secret . |
| 29 | It was when the pale flood of light returned that Stephen saw the man — He was quite a long way off , not far in from the road , and he was standing quite still as if waiting for someone or watching . |
| 30 | Benny spoke gruffly as if fearing the invitation would be spurned . |