Example sentences of "as [subord] he is " in BNC.
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| 1 | These pictures , rarely cordial , have become more and more baleful : it is as if he is holding himself back from physical assault on a reader supposed to be a trendy and a lefty , which is , indeed , what many of his readers have always been . |
| 2 | In this case the instructor brings the aircraft to a stall and applies full rudder as if he is going to spin . |
| 3 | He seems most himself when snarling like a caged animal , droning and whining like a buzz saw , hacking at his guitar as if he is chopping wood . |
| 4 | It is as if he is intent only on protecting his own interests . |
| 5 | The wood is laid on the altar , Isaac is bound and then ‘ put ’ ( the word in the Hebrew is as colourless as that : it is as if he is an object for slaughter , no longer a human being , let alone Abraham 's son ) on the wood . |
| 6 | If you put someone on a second floor balcony , for instance , to deliver an address , it looks as if he is simply haranguing his listeners . |
| 7 | He has a sash across his shirt as if he is an ambassador at a diplomatic function . |
| 8 | He feels as if he is the only man awake in the entire world . |
| 9 | When Disllokey nods to me this morning it is with a distant seriousness , as if he is already bracing himself to lose his identity in the harshly impersonal world across the water . |
| 10 | The narrative base to this section ( Sukenick 's visit to Israel ) represents a journey to a country of spiritual origins as if he is seeking a lost unity antecedent to the modern state of division . |
| 11 | Note the lively sculpture of the roof line , one figure looking as if he is smoking a hubble-bubble or earning his living as a snake charmer : in fact he is a fireman ! |
| 12 | His response to this problem is to grip the kitten 's neck tighter and tighter , as if he is dealing with an awkward adult mate . |
| 13 | He acts as if he is the creator of the Christian community , as if his dream binds men together . |
| 14 | The person chosen puts his face in the frame as if he is a picture and then he has to try not to laugh as the rest tell their best jokes and make the funniest expressions . |
| 15 | He looks as if he is about to burst into tears . |
| 16 | Wordsworth writes as if he is a new kind of human being , like Adam naming the creatures for the first time . |
| 17 | His eyes are fixed on hers as if he is trying to outstare her . |
| 18 | Sixty-seven of them and you get sick at the sixty-eighth ’ , it is as if he is saying it to us over his shoulder as he bends down to examine another body . |
| 19 | It is as if he is most careful to avoid reference to ideology because that would imply a determinacy that his analysis would have to confront . |
| 20 | A person who has a migraine or who has been spinning round and round , may feel as if he is reeling over , although there is no movement to be seen by people watching him . |
| 21 | He still leans forward slightly as he walks , as if he is just about to shake hands with an old friend , and he still has a slight benevolent smile about his lips . |
| 22 | Howard has the feeling that the floor is dropping away beneath his feet , as if he is in an express lift . |
| 23 | He 's got the kind of seriousness which he admires , and a certain way of leaning forward as he shows Howard round , as if he is eager to understand the world but finds it rather difficult . |
| 24 | But he always leaves it as if he is n't expecting to come back in the morning . " |
| 25 | ‘ He certainly does n't look as if he is enjoying himself much . ’ |
| 26 | Is he further aware that they feel that the chairman of British Coal acts as if he is a clone of the Government ? |
| 27 | It looks as if he is going to hold Normandy . |
| 28 | He tries to look as if he is considering the fairness of the price , but while he hesitates his head has started nodding . |
| 29 | He stands tall and thin , his eyes glinting , a tight smile on his face as if he is pleased to see me . |
| 30 | Mark , if you think that Strach was looking that far ahead then we should snap him up immediately , as if he is that much of a thinker then he could make a great manager . |