Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] as [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turning away from a regard that seemed faintly menacing , she tried to look as though she knew what she was doing as she rearranged some sweaters . |
| 2 | ‘ So I 'm expected to act as though I 'm in love with you ? ’ she enquired , when she had swallowed the chocolate down . |
| 3 | ‘ James was made to look as though he was waiting in the wings , to pounce on his fairytale princess . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ James was made to look as though he was waiting in the wings to pounce on his fairytale princess . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ James was made to look as though he was waiting in the wings , to pounce on his fairytale princess . ’ |
| 6 | Then she seemed to shrug as though it really did n't matter . |
| 7 | ‘ The most persistent complaint is that woman are made to feel as though they 're a number or the next case . |
| 8 | Another special design shape is the spray ( see pp. 114–5 ) , and if you wanted one that was lighter in feel , you could create a spray of flowers with the stalks still showing as though they were an unwrapped bouquet , or a spray made to look as though it was a sprig from a bush or tree , with some flowers intertwined with the leaves . |
| 9 | Flayed by his voice , she tilted her chin defiantly , attempting to look as though his scorn meant nothing to her , though in truth it cut deeper than knives . |
| 10 | ‘ He has agreed to act as though nothing had happened , ’ Mr Browning said . |
| 11 | He 's perfectly worldly , knows how systems work , but chooses to act as though they do n't matter . ’ |
| 12 | But it began to look as though they were destined to attend at least part of the party . |
| 13 | Seven minutes from the end of this Littlewoods Cup third-round replay , it was beginning to look as though they should accord the same honour to the current Wanderers ' manager , Phil Neal . |
| 14 | ‘ And it 's beginning to look as though he was killed in the environs of the Cathedral . |
| 15 | I was sixteen , the year of ‘ O ’ levels , and ii was beginning to look as though I would gain a respectable number of passes which would send me on my way to art school and my chosen career as a painter . |
| 16 | However , the margarine adverts having got to me , and the latest atherosclerosis story beginning to look as though it might be true , I succumbed to the temptation of having my lipids ( blood fats , including cholesterol ) done . |
| 17 | As everyone left , clutching the fountain pens and the sugar-pastry city crests handed out by an exuberant San Francisco mayor , so the world 's thoughts were principally , and thankfully , concentrated on the reality that one war was now definitely over while another — that raging across the Ocean in Korea — was beginning to look as though it might end soon . |
| 18 | I could see the room beginning to spin as though I had had a dreadful shock or a moment of unbearable fear . |
| 19 | Our administration was beginning to take the cutter service more seriously and we , serving officers , began to feel as though we were becoming a more permanent and desirable feature of Customs controls . |
| 20 | The clothes in the boutiques were as superb as always , and by eleven-thirty she had managed to accumulate an assortment of bags which were beginning to feel as though they weighed several tons instead of a few pounds . |
| 21 | Before either of them could say a word , he turned and began to speak as though they had asked him a question . |
| 22 | " Why , as a matter of interest , " said Martin , calmly , as though the discussion up to this point had been quite unreliable , " did you have so many children , Candida ? " and Mrs Denham , strangely , took off her glasses , and frowned , and began to speak as though she had indeed up to this point been talking nonsense . |
| 23 | ‘ Do you have to sound as though you 're enjoying it ? ’ |
| 24 | Will the Leader of the House consider allocating time to look at planning requirements as they affect former nationalised industries such as the regional electricity boards , which continue to behave as though they were not in business for profit ? |
| 25 | As we saw from equation ( 8.40 ) , when and the solution appears to behave as though it were ideal . |
| 26 | The character can meet the change head on , in which case we may feel gratified — or sidestep the new knowledge , try to behave as though everything is the same as before . |
| 27 | He also managed to look as though he were in shock , in pain and in hysterics at one and the same time . |
| 28 | For it would be distressing , if Dorothea was to sit there and know the future and be forced to act as though she did not . |
| 29 | Even in the office you had to look as though you were n't working . |
| 30 | There were some hill-walkers with ice-axes coming towards us from the other side of the hill , and I was trying to look as though I meant to come hill-walking dressed like a hairdresser 's receptionist . |