Example sentences of "as if [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On one occasion , when a breeze from an open window ruffled his papers , Mr S — made a menacing lunge across the desk , and shouted , his eyes blazing , ‘ Did YOU … ! ? ’ ; and then he stopped , as if even he had seen the absurdity of his conduct . |
| 2 | as if even my memories of work on the glass were not memories but fantasies and fancies . |
| 3 | When Frodo passes it to Gandalf so that its identity can be confirmed , ‘ It felt suddenly very heavy , as if either it or Frodo himself was in some way reluctant for Gandalf to touch it ’ ( I , 58 , my italics ) . |
| 4 | He shrugged his shoulders as if both she and her employer were mad . |
| 5 | Then Jaq and Googol heard him pray squeakingly in proper Imperial Gothic , as if thus he might be heard across the galaxy . |
| 6 | I feel close to her here , as if perhaps her Khou were hovering near me . ’ |
| 7 | She seemed as if only her outer shell were present , while the real Susan was far away in some secret world where no one could follow her . |
| 8 | It was as if only she was not yet to be told which it was to be . |
| 9 | as if now I know it will soon be off my hands time has started to move forward again . |
| 10 | Stephen Holly spoke sharply as if now he regretted his decision to admit the stranger . |
| 11 | Chris Court 's voice was lighter , as if now he had got the conversation under way , he felt better . |
| 12 | McGiven said : ‘ It 's as if subconsciously we switched off after the Wimbledon game and were caught off guard . |
| 13 | Clients are often confused about treatments , as in the vignette quoted left , where the image of the laboratory test-tube , rather than a Petri dish , is still common currency and people talk about the GIFT operation ( gamete-intra-fallopian transfer ) as if indeed they are about to receive a ‘ gift ’ . |
| 14 | Ever since she had learned from Rose of his mother 's red hair , she had fondly permitted her idle daydream , her secret wishes , to grow and flower as if indeed they existed . |
| 15 | And she like goes up to him quite freely and just kisses him on the lips , you know okay fair enough people have friendships like that but it 's not a kind of kiss on the cheek it is as if there 's something in it , you know , as if always she 's rubbing it into him . |
| 16 | She went into the dining-room , where the tea was set , and she looked over the table as if there she would find something missing . |
| 17 | Charles bit on his lower lip and looked to the side as if there he would find the answer to the question ; then shook his head , saying , ‘ You know , I could n't say . ’ |
| 18 | All their trumpets tilted up from the ground , as if together they were sounding a blast to the sky . |
| 19 | It was black , as if once it had been varnished ; and this gave it a sheen of its own . |
| 20 | Indeed she did , for having sacrificed herself for this damnable dress material it was no more than commonsense to make certain that no part of it had been damaged or soiled , that she could go to Miss Dallam presently , when she found the strength to get up out of this bed and tidy her hair and her cuts and bruises , as if absolutely nothing had occurred . |
| 21 | Obviously aware of the moment when he 'd won the battle , Dane released her hands , and her arms slid of their own accord round his back , pulling him closer still , as if suddenly she could n't get enough of him . |
| 22 | as if suddenly he might not be able to help himself and suddenly right there in the middle of The Bar he would say out loud : Fuck me . |
| 23 | They seem colosally indifferent to this place , and that makes it seem as if maybe they would be indifferent to her . |