Example sentences of "[vb -s] as [subord] she [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bikini is tiny , three triangles of cotton crochet , and her ribs protrude so much that she looks as if she is made of corrugated paper . |
| 2 | The ballerina here is cleverly perched on a matchbox so that she looks as if she is standing up , but you might find it easier to omit her feet and just stand her flat on the cake board . |
| 3 | She looks as if she 's made of man-made fibres you see . |
| 4 | ‘ She looks as if she 's asleep and he does n't seem to be having much fun either . ’ |
| 5 | COVERING UP : Fergie looks as if she 's lost something . |
| 6 | She looks as if she 's going to take a bite out of the air . |
| 7 | So it looks as if she 's left the master , as least for the time being . ’ |
| 8 | She looks as if she 's |
| 9 | ‘ You remarked that she looks as if she were asleep . |
| 10 | Instead of the pure , clear cut tones we 're used to , she sings as if she 's swallowed a bag of sugarcubes complete with bag . |
| 11 | ‘ It sounds as if she 's in love . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ She 's asking to speak to you , and she sounds as if she 's crying . ’ |
| 13 | She feels as if she is negotiating the entrails of the city in the slow , peristaltic procession . |
| 14 | It feels as if she is reading everything out , even when it is spontaneous . |