Example sentences of "as if [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead he studied the reflections in the window ; the blurred beak of his own nose , that thong as if of an Indian brave imprinted across his brow by the absurd cap which he had removed at Crewe and which now lay among the cigarette butts at his feet ; the jutting shoulders of the poker players who sprayed their cards like fans beneath their mouths . |
| 2 | One alternative Chinese perspective is shen yuan , in which the viewer is placed as if on a hill , and the horizon line is thus high up , almost a bird 's eye view . |
| 3 | On the new album , Bring it on Home to Me stands out : mean Tyneside vocals and Irish pipes gloriously underpin the moody soul structures of Sam Cooke 's classic , the pipes taking off at one point as if on a Claptonesque guitar solo . |
| 4 | When the train reached Puno we left it as if on a military exercise . |
| 5 | The way that had been made through the fallen rock was very narrow and uneven and to take John out he was laid on a board and pushed along as if on a sledge . |
| 6 | That way , by walking between the long tables as if on a tour of inspection , they could view the prospects without embarrassment . |
| 7 | They drew up with a rasp of gravel just behind the trailer , and Sergeant Allen 's head popped out as if on a string . |
| 8 | As soon as I see that a patient 's breathing pattern is changing dramatically or that the eye movement behind the closed lids is altering , I instruct him to be aware of and to understand all that is happening but to see it as if on a film or television screen , so that he is completely detached and feels no physical or mental distress whatsoever . |
| 9 | He hummed softly ‘ There 'll always be an England ’ and joked as he shifted the weight of his rucksack ‘ as if on a walking holiday ’ . |
| 10 | It was two in the morning and she walked the short distance to her home as if on a cushion of air . |
| 11 | It spun as it went , and at once the spinning of earth and sky seemed to centre on it , as if on a vortex . |
| 12 | Deaf to my shouts , he remains hypnotized by the contents of his viewfinder , which unfold before him as if on a giant cinema-screen on Oscar night , where he is an enraptured member of the audience , completely disembodied from this temporal peril . |
| 13 | When the villagers stared , they smiled and waved as if on a royal tour . |
| 14 | The white marble squares on the pavement glowed as if on a phantom chessboard . |
| 15 | Words tumbled through his mind , and inside his head he could see himself — as if on a stage — daring the figure to make its business known . |
| 16 | It grew a little clearer , as if on a gust of wind — but there was no wind ; swelling , then fading away . |
| 17 | ‘ He gave me six points for this country so clearly that I saw them as if on a black-board and could simply copy them down . ’ |
| 18 | She sat as if on a throne : her dark eyes glowed . |
| 19 | When he stood up he could just see a fire engine as if on the high seas diving and heaving towards him . |
| 20 | He paced up and down between the scullery and the living-room as if on the deck of a ship . |
| 21 | One must talk to people physically present as if on the telephone , where frequent interjections and verbal responses must be given if only to assure the other party that one is still paying attention . |
| 22 | He describes the reformation in faith , secured at baptism and by penance , leaving the soul as if on the very brink of a pit from which it has been rescued but into which it is in imminent danger of falling back . |
| 23 | He simply exaggerated it , bringing the ball wide round the tree on the wind as if on the proverbial piece of string . |
| 24 | He jerked awake as if with a sixth sense as I paused in his doorway and said , ‘ What 's wrong , eh ? ’ |
| 25 | He turned his face back to her and she shook as if with a sudden , electric shock . |
| 26 | The " eye " , as if with a will of its own , becomes the subject-agent in " as far as the eye could reach " ( 1 ) , " My eye followed the light cloud " ( 6 ) , " the only thing on which the eye could rest ( 4 ) . |
| 27 | He reached out slowly , as if with a conscious effort , and took hold of both my arms . |
| 28 | And there were dark rings under his eyes , which burned as if with a fever . |
| 29 | It juddered again , twisted … and fell from the wall on to the tiled floor ; severed clean at the ankle as if with a butcher 's knife . |
| 30 | ‘ You want to watch what you say , ’ he told her quietly , eyes burning as if with a long-term fever . |