Example sentences of "as if they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Newly acquired words are treated as if they contrast with ones already known , and so serve to narrow down earlier over-extensions . |
| 2 | Miserable wheatears looked as if they wished they had stayed in Africa . |
| 3 | There are a few like myself , who look as if they wished they were n't there , and would like to get the whole thing over as quickly as possible . |
| 4 | They were just wandering about as if they owned the place . ’ |
| 5 | Michael and Geoffrey walked into the spacious hallway as if they owned the house . |
| 6 | The assassins had walked in here as if they owned the place and destroyed everything . |
| 7 | The boatman cursed , telling them to sit down and keep still , and then , puffing and sweating , he pulled his craft out midstream through the flocks of swans who arched their wings in protest as if they owned the river . |
| 8 | Indeed , when Jessica had locked her car with all the others at the Moira roundabout — travel-sharing , she assumed , hardheaded Ulstermen saving on the petrol — Rory had walked up to her and kissed her lightly on the mouth as if they owned each other . |
| 9 | It was as if they expected , some time or other , for the Shakoor Rana affair ( Faisalabad , 1987 ) to be deliberately avenged . |
| 10 | They hesitated as if they expected to be dismissed , and then hurled themselves noisily on Kadan . |
| 11 | The provision of horses was unexpected , but curiously cheering , because it seemed to show that the giants were sending Floy and Snodgrass off in reasonable style , as if they expected them to return . |
| 12 | Then , as if they 'd recovered from the surprise , they began to laugh , snorting and giggling in delight at the water being thrown at them , like two children playing a game . |
| 13 | I never would have credited that people would talk about these illusions as if they 'd really taken place . ’ |
| 14 | But Patsy and Tim wanted a few simple cupboards painted white , made to look as if they 'd always been there . |
| 15 | Shelves lined the walls on which stood magical pots — organic , looking as if they 'd grown rather than been made , with the colours of the trees , the earth and the sea merging in the glaze . |
| 16 | They felt as if they 'd been scoured out with a Brillo pad . |
| 17 | Sticking straight up out of the sea as if they 'd grown there . |
| 18 | Even the drainpipes , clinging half-heartedly to cracked walls and rusty gutters , looked as if they 'd had enough . |
| 19 | They just disappeared , as if they 'd popped into trap doors and been spirited away . |
| 20 | Whenever I saw her and Shadwell together they always looked pretty intense , as if they 'd just had a fight or shared a lot of secrets . |
| 21 | They had been on stand-by since 10.00 a.m. and it was now after one o'clock , but they were as crisp and well-tailored as if they 'd just stepped on to the plane . |
| 22 | They were soon strolling with me round the house as if they 'd been expecting me for weeks . |
| 23 | Around the inner walls the Annamese soldiers of the imperial guard , who looked as if they 'd stepped out of the pages of one of his adventure-story books , stood sentinel with their muskets . |
| 24 | Down at the far end of the valley , there was still snow on the upper slopes of the mountains ; they looked as if they 'd been sugar-dusted , with stone walls showing like fine , black veins above the treeline . |
| 25 | Isobel was ambitious , and had her sights set on the national news media ; unfortunately , so did every other young news-hustler in every backwater station in the country , and few of them were having to contend with sinuses that felt as if they 'd been stuffed with pillows . |
| 26 | It was as if they 'd been ordered not to be taken alive . ’ |
| 27 | The crushing weariness was a formidable enemy , though , and she felt her eyelids drooping as if they 'd been weighted . |
| 28 | It looked as if they 'd been having a party and had just taken off in the middle of it . |
| 29 | His jeans looked as if they 'd been slashed with a knife . |
| 30 | as if they 'd never been . |