Example sentences of "him as if [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He flung her hands away from him as if they had become loathsome . |
| 2 | She was unmaking all her day 's work , making love with him as if they 'd never been together before . |
| 3 | I just stared back at him as if I did not recognize him , then moved away out of sight behind another screen . |
| 4 | The rest of the room seemed to disappear in a blur as she looked into his face , seeing him as if she 'd never really seen him before . |
| 5 | Benny had stared at him as if she had never seen him before . |
| 6 | Benedicta , cooler and more composed , was listening attentively to some story the nobleman was telling her , though now and again moving slightly away from him as if she had come to resent the young gallant 's attentions . |
| 7 | She looked at him as if she had barely heard him . |
| 8 | So had every other beautiful girl , of course ; but Jane Ashton was now not only the first beautiful girl Killion had kissed good night , she was the first to kiss him in return , and kiss him as if she had a great deal to give as well as take . |
| 9 | She 'd offered to lend him the money to have the bike fixed , and when he accepted she said , ‘ I 've broken something precious , have n't I ? ’ and knelt in the street among the bits of glass , looking up at him as if she understood it was more than a lamp she had smashed . |
| 10 | When he came , it was an anticlimax , but she squealed anyway and clung to him as if he 'd showered her with a gallon of spunk . |
| 11 | Down in the hold he 'd cracked his shins on the bumper of a small green car and she 'd laughed at his face and kissed him as if he 'd been a kid and for a moment he was thirteen and being hugged by Dave 's big sister , who was certainly large and confusing to thirteen year olds . |
| 12 | Rayleen looked at him as if he 'd dropped from behind peeling wallpaper . |
| 13 | The boy was still looking round him as if he expected someone to come . |
| 14 | After his visits to London his wife was waiting to welcome him as if he had been away for weeks , and she was always dutiful in bed . |
| 15 | Mrs Stych opened her eyes slowly and looked at him as if he had gone mad . |
| 16 | His shirt had been as cleanly stripped from him as if he had never been wearing it , although his skin appeared uninjured . |
| 17 | She flinched away from him as if he had raised his hand . |
| 18 | And here they were , nearly twenty-odd children , gaping back at him as if he had just asked them to run through the periodic table . |
| 19 | Blanche looked at him as if he needed urgent psychiatric treatment . |
| 20 | ’ But the slit-eyes looked through him as if he did not exist . |