Example sentences of "[noun] as [conj] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The air-gargoyles gently sucked and puffed the aromatic smoke into strange curlicues as if sketching the features of potential daemons which might lurk outside the hull . |
| 2 | ‘ You startled me , Mr Laidlaw , ’ he said breathlessly in English and clamped his hand over his heart as if to emphasize the point . |
| 3 | Harrison drew back his jaw as if riding the blow . |
| 4 | It bowed its ruined head to its chest as if to inspect the squealing assailant now hanging from its buckled shoulder with frantic claws . |
| 5 | His shoulders lifted towards his ears as if to help the grin along . |
| 6 | He twitched his shoulders as if shrugging the burden of Georgina on to the new arrival . |
| 7 | ‘ He would n't speak to you , Gilbert , ’ continued Rohmer , still staring at the shattered window as if willing the lightning to return . |
| 8 | He cleared his throat and looked down at his feet as if assessing the shine on his boots . |
| 9 | The two women remained motionless , gazing up at the ceiling as if to trace the source and direction of the footsteps . |
| 10 | Charsky leaned back against the pillows and raised his eyes to the ceiling as if thanking the Almighty . |
| 11 | She stood up , cheeks bulging , and started to tear off her clothes , walking in a ragged circle as if invoking the spirits of the place . |
| 12 | Rachel asks , touching my cheek as if to capture the thought . |
| 13 | He glanced down at my notes and touched his own chest , first on the left then on the right as if beginning the sign of the cross : ‘ Both . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Oak Lodge , ’ Wynne-Jones breathed , and repeated the name as if savouring the sound of a place he had once known well . |
| 15 | As we drew near he took a step forward shining his lantern with its green light above his head as if to give the driver the ‘ All Clear ’ . |
| 16 | A few seconds elapsed , then Angie shook her head as if to emphasize the denial . |
| 17 | Standing behind him , Annie had shaken her head as if disbelieving the race Kelly had ridden after the excesses of the previous night . |
| 18 | Smacks her forehead as if remembering the obvious . |
| 19 | Alison Walker lay pale-faced and tearful , one hand instinctively resting over her swollen abdomen as if to protect the child within . |
| 20 | She seemed to have dropped her voice and moved in closer to the phone as if to avoid the chance of being overheard . |
| 21 | Through the silence rang a bell as if signalling the end of a round in a boxing match . |
| 22 | He reached up to his skull as if to seize the beads which had once adorned his scalp , though those had long since been shorn off along with his excess of black greasy hair ; as if to tug those and release an inner pressure . |
| 23 | ‘ Tell me about your acting career , ’ he invited with an abrupt change of topic as if to say the matter of the earrings was forgotten , though she knew it was n't . |
| 24 | She leant forward in her chair as if to make the facts clearer , cool and in control , as if reading from autoscript in the studio . |
| 25 | Somebody had planted a few saplings as if to justify the name , but they looked extremely sorry themselves , sadder even than the Fir Tree in Hans Christian Andersen 's story and about to meet a similar fate . |
| 26 | When Melissa reached home , Iris , in slacks and a baggy sweater , was leaning on her gate studying the sky as if assessing the prospects for tomorrow 's weather . |
| 27 | Morse stood where he was , listening , and staring up at the sky as if viewing the unsuspected behaviour of some distant galaxy . |
| 28 | Blaney did n't reply , but stared hard at Dalgliesh as if assessing the sincerity of that simple statement , and then said curtly , ‘ Thank you for helping the children , ’ and lifted his son from Dalgliesh 's shoulder . |
| 29 | Wolsey stroked his chin as if feeling the gentle stubble now growing there . |
| 30 | The chief groom stared back at him a moment , open-mouthed , then looked across at the T'ang as if to query the instruction . |