Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] as [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gets used to using them as if they 're real . |
| 2 | You 'd think they would n't want to be seen in public ; but no , there they are , living it up , and my own daughter aiding and abetting them as if she were doing some thing clever . |
| 3 | The Frenchman treated me like a son ; his wife was a little more distant and cool so I complimented her and brought her small gifts , wooing her as if she was the maid . |
| 4 | The Leader , so he told his people , had lifted this distempered fog , this old corruption of Italy , and shone a bright blazing torch into the darkness of the bosses ' law , sweetening it as if it were a malarial swamp , squashing the mosquito lawyers and owners and priests breeding in it . |
| 5 | He let his left hand dangle , inspecting it as if it were an alien object . |
| 6 | He was taken to various locations , until finally the police began interrogating him as if he was responsible for his friend 's disappearance . |
| 7 | At the same time , his hand slid gently from her shoulder to the curve of her hip , soothing her as if she was some young and frightened animal — as perhaps she was — and paused , one finger outlining , almost idly , the concealing lacy triangle of her briefs . |
| 8 | Lorre put his arm around the bush , soothing it as if it were a favourite niece in whose person he took an unhealthy interest . |
| 9 | Settling back against the pillows , he drew her against him and , holding her as if she were egg-shell china , cradled her head on his chest . |
| 10 | But only dimly , since she was wrapped in Lucenzo 's arms , and he was madly kissing her face and muttering loving words , holding her as if he never intended to let her go , his face now showing all he felt for her ; his undying love . |
| 11 | FitzAlan was holding her as if he would make her part of himself , as if he could not bear to be separate from her . |
| 12 | The lecture had kept her mind occupied all through breakfast , and had contained a great deal of sound advice on the best method of dealing with fitzAlan , which had not included embracing him as if he were in truth her husband . |
| 13 | One minute he was kissing her as if he never wanted it to stop , and the next he was trying to protect her in some cryptic , jaded way from a danger that seemed clear to him but was a mystery to her . |
| 14 | Lucenzo 's mother had emerged from the ballroom and was embracing her as if she was very precious . |
| 15 | She had a glass of gin in her hand , but she was not drinking it , just holding it as if it might offer her the cheer and support that she might not otherwise find elsewhere . |
| 16 | Practitioners working with step-children and step-families emphasize the importance of understanding the particular needs of step-families and not treating them as if they were two-parent families . |
| 17 | She stood up as I entered the room , greeting me as if we were in a drawing-room in Chelsea or Gloucestershire and not in prison . |
| 18 | It promises to be difficult enough without John and Kate treating me as if I 'm a sensitive convalescent . |
| 19 | Towards the end of the thirteen-year marriage she was treating me as if I was someone the cat had brought home . |
| 20 | You are treating me as if I were another Rosette Fournier . ’ |
| 21 | It 's funny how er th trends change , but that was a was quite a common occurrence was that , men feeling ashamed of what they 'd got but trying er er in terms of these magazines giving them as if they were doing you a favour . |
| 22 | He had asked her all about the kiosk , about where she lived ; treating her as if she was interesting and important , not a boring , silly old woman . |
| 23 | At least when he was condemning her he was reacting to her , personally and subjectively ; now he was treating her as if she were a stranger . |
| 24 | She smiled at the few women clustered at the counter and acknowledged their somewhat surprised greetings , and was enormously grateful to Frank Green , the owner , for treating her as if she were a regular and valued customer instead of a virtual stranger . |
| 25 | She had no objection to working for her keep , but if Penry Vaughan went on treating her as if she were some kind of serf she 'd stick to plain , basic cooking from now on , she thought resentfully . |
| 26 | He was treating her as if he knew her , as if he cared what she thought , and she could n't even get her face under control . |
| 27 | ‘ Loretta ! ’ he exclaimed , greeting her as if she were a friend of many years ' standing . |
| 28 | Why were they all treating him as if he was five years old . |
| 29 | Treating him as if he were your own son , your legitimate son . |
| 30 | But it was nice to see all these old geezers with huge noses treating him as if he was a man . |