Example sentences of "[noun prp] as [subord] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Violet looked at Patrick as if he had gone mad . |
| 2 | The fellow treated Corbett as if he were a Prince of the Blood and took him swiftly into the hall , which an army of servants were now cleaning after the previous night 's banquet . |
| 3 | His voice was croaked and hoarse and his shocked stare came to rest on David as if he instinctively knew he was a doctor . |
| 4 | It seemed to Skaller as if he must kiss them again , those lips . |
| 5 | ‘ Forgot a lot o' things , did old Blackberry ! ’ observed Forest , addressing Richard as if he were of a sudden a force to be reckoned with . |
| 6 | So the result is that , where people did take notice of Freud , and here Talker Parsons is the prime example , they interpreted Freud as if he too were a cultural determinist . |
| 7 | If the old King saw this he would have apoplexy , for the Prince was openly treating Gaveston as if he was his wife . |
| 8 | He wrinkled his nose , half closed his eyes , and then he surveyed Alexei as if he was trying to understand a bad joke . |
| 9 | There was an ice-cold anger in Joss Barnet 's voice which lashed Ruth as if he had used the whip in his hand . |
| 10 | Mrs Crumwallis was peering at Bill Muggeridge as if he were some little-known species of the rhinoceros family , and she needed to consult the label on his cage to be sure of his name . |
| 11 | As they surrounded him , eyes red-rimmed and faces glistening from the heat of the flames , their whooping cries added to the pandemonium and it seemed to Owen as if he had already died and retribution for the sins of his life was about to be exacted by Satan 's minions . |
| 12 | Minter leaned back in his chair for a moment , regarding Harry as if he were a specimen of endangered wildlife . |
| 13 | Outside , Goldman was looking down at Schmidt as if he were standing on a cliff 's edge and peering at the drop . |
| 14 | That was another thing — it did n't help her to maintain her own sense of proportion when the rest of the world treated Luke Hunter as if he were some kind of royalty … |
| 15 | ‘ I will stay here if I may , ’ she said , looking at Marx as if he were an unpleasant insect . |
| 16 | ‘ Will you be staying ? ’ enquired Miss Harker as if he would be doing her an immense favour . |
| 17 | One example of this is the dinner at the forge , when there are guests , and they all talk about Pip as if he were inferior and Joe almost trying to comfort him , adds more and more gravy to his plate every time they say something negative about him , which is rather a lot . |
| 18 | His voice was muffled by the pillow , but it sounded to Cassie as if he were close to tears . |
| 19 | ‘ My mother , ’ Alain announced forcefully , his eyes on Jenna as if he was willing her not to sink back into her rather threatening stance . |
| 20 | Ruth 's eyes sought out Steve as if he had the answers she needed . |
| 21 | In the lift at work doctors look right through Babur as if he did not exist . |
| 22 | Lorrimer had eaten practically nothing , had drunk less , pushing his glass almost petulantly aside and fixing his great smouldering eyes on Domenica as if he had never before seen a woman . |
| 23 | She seemed fascinated by Benjamin as if he was telling some mysterious tale on a cold winter 's night and she was a spectator , not a party to it . |
| 24 | Throgmorton glared angrily at Benjamin as if he recognised a rival . |
| 25 | Husband paused , cocked his head slightly and peered at George as if he were assessing his artistic value . |
| 26 | ( Andrew speaks of Rhodes as if he might walk through the door ; and in the corner of the living-room hangs a pencil portrait , autographed , of ‘ The Founder ’ . ) |
| 27 | He sat on the wooden chair in the corner and looked at Lambert as if he were a self-confessed criminal . |
| 28 | He interrupted Michael as if he was talking to a little child . |
| 29 | He stared at Rostov as if he was calculating the value of what he had said . |
| 30 | But I do n't want you to fly off the handle , ’ he smiled at Annie as if he knew her temperament of old , ‘ or do anything rash . |