Example sentences of "as if [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Look straight ahead as if gazing at a place on a wall . |
| 2 | He stood with his back to the fire , dominating the room and as if trying at the same time to dominate Sarella 's thoughts . |
| 3 | The shuttle stopped , trembling , as if straining at a leash . |
| 4 | Every half-minute or so , he peered over at the Loran navigation indicator — as if looking at it would make the numbers showing their position change more rapidly — then glanced up at the sky as if there was something to be divined in the matted darkness that could warn him of approaching doom . |
| 5 | Christina found she was still staring as if mesmerized at Stein 's confident smile . |
| 6 | Both stand outside religion , as formally understood ; but sympathetically , as if longing at times to be inside , and sadly conscious of its insuperable intellectual difficulties . |
| 7 | Two thoroughbred stallions panted heavily as if driven at some pace . |
| 8 | The other hand clutched tightly to its robe hanging in furls , as if to beat at its hidden heart . |
| 9 | The figure might wait till a drone swooped nearby and fire up at it — just as if shooting at Lexandro . |
| 10 | In this Jarman sits , Prospero-like , sniffing flowers as if grasping at a memory of happier times . |
| 11 | as if enraged at its defeat by the mountains , the hurricane once more turned inland . |
| 12 | ‘ You dare ! ’ roared Caswell , and , starting forward , he seized her shoulder and cried out , ‘ Bitch ! ’ as in his turn he raised a hand as if to strike at her . |
| 13 | She lowered her head , as if to look at the floor . |