Example sentences of "[pron] as if he have " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did see him , though , standing , looking after me as if he 'd been struck , very quiet , very separate . |
| 2 | This was another characteristic that he had : he often talked about himself as if he had custody of someone who needed a lot of upbringing . |
| 3 | He repeats it to himself as if he has trouble lodging it in his mind . |
| 4 | Roman dropped his arm from her shoulders , faced her as if he 'd just returned , mentally , from some distant place . |
| 5 | When he came , it was an anticlimax , but she squealed anyway and clung to him as if he 'd showered her with a gallon of spunk . |
| 6 | Down in the hold he 'd cracked his shins on the bumper of a small green car and she 'd laughed at his face and kissed him as if he 'd been a kid and for a moment he was thirteen and being hugged by Dave 's big sister , who was certainly large and confusing to thirteen year olds . |
| 7 | Rayleen looked at him as if he 'd dropped from behind peeling wallpaper . |
| 8 | After his visits to London his wife was waiting to welcome him as if he had been away for weeks , and she was always dutiful in bed . |
| 9 | Mrs Stych opened her eyes slowly and looked at him as if he had gone mad . |
| 10 | His shirt had been as cleanly stripped from him as if he had never been wearing it , although his skin appeared uninjured . |
| 11 | She flinched away from him as if he had raised his hand . |
| 12 | And here they were , nearly twenty-odd children , gaping back at him as if he had just asked them to run through the periodic table . |
| 13 | He smiles a lot , talks to himself and uses a tennis court like an officer patrolling it , owning it and thumping around it as if he has n't a care in the world . |