Example sentences of "in [noun] as [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Judgements made in the course of a lecture will be taken down in notes as if they were facts , whereas it is in the nature of critical judgements that they can not be taken over by others ; it is on this dilemma , I believe , that Leavisism ultimately foundered . |
| 2 | He actually picked up Angy 's phone … it was off the hook and covered in blood as if she 'd tried to use it to call for help . |
| 3 | Like someone struggling out of a drugged sleep , Sarella flickered open her eyelids , blinking in confusion as if unsure as to where she was . |
| 4 | They sear across the ice , moving in unison as if some magnetic force holds them together . |
| 5 | Aching in bones as if they would break |
| 6 | Aching in bones as if they would break is the main feature of this remedy that accompanies all of its complaints . |
| 7 | In its varied type-faces , its symbols of mourning — lilies , the reaping sickle , the portrait photograph framed in lines as if hanging on a wall — and its verses from Longfellow , this seemed an almost Victorian celebration of death . |
| 8 | ‘ Diana came off that plane in Korea as if she has just had a stand-up row with Charles , ’ the aide said . |
| 9 | His dark eyes flared over her hair and the long lips compressed in irritation as if the sight of her was more than enough to infuriate him . |
| 10 | Without exception they were splattered in paint as if they 'd gone in for action art . |
| 11 | Then he fumbled for a cigarette , lit it clumsily , and sat drawing in smoke as if it were a narcotic . |
| 12 | And he was there , making the impossible leap from the ground to the moving platform , ducking beneath the barrel of the cannon , waving his chainsword in circles as if it weighed no more than a walking stick . |
| 13 | She looked pleadingly at the man in overalls as if he might step in and save her . |
| 14 | Then it would presumably spot some potential prey and come to a standstill in mid-air as if it had brakes . |
| 15 | And he took no pleasure in his food , neither could he sleep by night , nor would he lift up his eyes from the ground , nor stir out of his house , nor commune with his friends , but turned from them in silence as if the breath of his shame would taint them . |
| 16 | They sat for a minute in silence as if what had passed between them needed to be assimilated in peace . |
| 17 | He hoped fervently that they would go back to Florence and had dropped several hints in the hope of getting this information out of them , but the Captain was always concentrating on the job in hand as if nothing else mattered and the magistrate only smiled and nodded distractedly , his mind apparently elsewhere . |
| 18 | ‘ She 's round , ma'am , ’ Salt said in her angry voice , and under her breath : ‘ Blessed if I know what the world 's coming to … serving wenches falling about and being propped in chairs as if they were gentry . ’ |
| 19 | In both cases the objection is to the presentation of expressions in English as if they were normal uses of English . |
| 20 | In the spray perpetual rainbows are fixed in position as though their unseen feet were nailed to the base of the cleft . |
| 21 | They write in fact as if they were 60 , not 30 or 40 . |
| 22 | Clinton looked at me in surprise , Wolsey in annoyance as if resenting my interruption . |
| 23 | Prepared small group work can similarly be viewed in context as if it were video material , or plays acted out — showing , for example , the bravest thing they have ever done . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | If you are at all normal , you bypass the urge to throttle him , or to shake him by the head and shout : ‘ What 's that got to do with anything ? ’ , and find yourself nodding in agreement as if he has just proved something . |
| 26 | The models are usually formulated as ‘ one-shot games ‘ : firms are making their choices relative to market and cost conditions at a given point in time as if there were no past and no future . |
| 27 | By now I knew the identity of this Mr Proust , who cropped up in conversations as if he were a much-revered bachelor uncle . |
| 28 | The man stopped in mid-strike as if a steel door had been slammed in his face . |
| 29 | Then , of course , there were the Bruces , Lord Bruce who should be preparing himself for death instead of being involved in politics as if he were some young courtier intent on rising as fast and as far as he could . |