Example sentences of "[noun] as [subord] [pron] 'd " in BNC.
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| 1 | He fluttered his fingers as if he 'd picked up something hot . |
| 2 | I snapped my fingers as if I 'd forgotten something . |
| 3 | He actually picked up Angy 's phone … it was off the hook and covered in blood as if she 'd tried to use it to call for help . |
| 4 | I think she thought I was crying at firs , I think I might have been , but then she started laughing too , with her face all twisted to one side as if she 'd been to the dentist , and she kept gasping and saying , " Ooh , it hurts ! |
| 5 | As the idle beings they were in a group , the malais were used to last-minute arrangements and alterations , spontaneous changes and improvisation ; so it was n't as big a deal as if he 'd been , say , an Israeli or a German officer . |
| 6 | I never would have credited that people would talk about these illusions as if they 'd really taken place . ’ |
| 7 | His words might have been ambiguous , but the hackles rose on Rory 's neck as if he 'd been blatantly insulting . |
| 8 | Her heart raced like a riptide ; her ears rang and lights fizzed at the back of her eyes as if she 'd just dived deep into the bosom of Ocean . |
| 9 | Then he 'd jumped to his feet as if he 'd been bitten by a snake , shouting , ‘ You 're a virgin ! |
| 10 | Davide threw himself on it to stop her pulling it off altogether with the bowl of fruit and the jug of water and glasses with it ; so they grappled , and in the contact something gave way , melted within them both and they clung together , aching in their heads and their bones as if they 'd been caught out on the mountains in the winter and been chilled to the marrow . |
| 11 | Then he let go of my sleeve as if he 'd confessed what it was he had to confess . |
| 12 | ‘ Tod Richardson , ’ I repeat , speaking flatly , nodding to Vinnie Dirkin as if I 'd guessed it all the while . |
| 13 | Common sense returned quite suddenly , hitting her like some tangible thing , and she jumped , an involuntary reaction as if she 'd been bitten . |
| 14 | ‘ Biography time , ’ he observed with a dry smile as if he 'd done this dinner-table routine with countless women before . |
| 15 | Well when I was down at the er council that May , I told them there and then that er I 'm prepared to er let one of the council men come to our house , about eight o'clock in the morning , and then stop till ten and then come back again about two and wait till they come home from school which they would n't have come home from school , but they go across the road and come back again , double back as if they 'd been to school |
| 16 | She strained away , but saw that her breasts were thrust out further , and now she had a new sensation to worry about — the liquid feeling in her loins as if he 'd built a small fire there . |
| 17 | Mala sprang from her sear as if she 'd been electro-jolted . |
| 18 | But Trevor always arrived in the morning as if he 'd not had a drink . |
| 19 | She put her hand in her pocket as if she 'd suddenly remembered something . |
| 20 | Without exception they were splattered in paint as if they 'd gone in for action art . |
| 21 | He sprang up at once and made for the door as if he 'd been propositioned by a dirty old man in a public convenience . |
| 22 | I think that I was also over-confident when going into that river as if I 'd done it all before and was some sort of expert . |
| 23 | They 'd clinked glasses and laughed and just cruised onto the dance floor as if they 'd known each other for years . |
| 24 | It ma'es me feel as if I 'd swallowed poison , an' had a bellyful , in a way . |
| 25 | She felt for all the world as if she 'd had a hangover — an event that had happened exactly once in her well-ordered life . |
| 26 | One woman drifted away with a couple of the children as if she 'd heard it all before . |
| 27 | I asked why should I bother to do that when presumably if I had set the trap I would expect Harry 's car still to be there after the races , and he just wrote down my answer as if I 'd made a confession . ’ |
| 28 | The feel of his warm flesh under her finger gave her such an odd surge of panic that she retracted her hand as if she 'd been burnt . |
| 29 | She glanced at her left hand as if she 'd forgotten the fact , and was instantly ashamed to find herself wishing she had n't been wearing the showy diamond solitaire . |
| 30 | Sticking straight up out of the sea as if they 'd grown there . |