Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] as [subord] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mum looked as if she was in the middle of being kidnapped . |
| 2 | Her blonde curls looked as if she had just come from a hairdresser rather than from the hand basin in her own bedroom which was where she had washed her hair this morning . |
| 3 | This girl looked as if she was on her first assignment , as she sat with pencil poised over her shorthand notebook . |
| 4 | The girl looked as if she could do with a fairy godmother , or perhaps just a mother . |
| 5 | Her bottom stung as if she 'd sat on a nest of hornets , but she wanted to show them she 'd survived . |
| 6 | The little girl hesitantly offered the bowl to Marion , who for a moment looked as if she would snatch it and throw it at her . |
| 7 | The woman looked as if she was suffering from a terminal liver disease . |
| 8 | One woman looked as if she was carrying ice-skates , and maybe that meant that the lake should be frozen . |
| 9 | The young woman sounded as if she was n't English . |
| 10 | ‘ Pregnant ! ’ said Lydia Horton , her face as horror struck as if she were watching a Boris Karloff film . |
| 11 | The Daughter looked as if she were ready to give out with the old Technicolor Yawn . |
| 12 | I looked towards the chateau entrance and saw Queen Poison , dreadful as an army in battle array , sweep towards me across the lowered drawbridge , arms extended as if she wished to clasp me to her deceitful bosom . |