Example sentences of "as [conj] [to-vb] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Julia smiled at him and then looked across the round table at Anthony as though to persuade him to get Comfort to behave better , but either he misunderstood her signals or did not care enough , for he sat , watching his sister , laughing at her jokes and joining in her reminiscences . |
| 2 | ‘ Who does that belong to ? ’ he asks , and I squeeze my legs together as though to resist him , and it feels good ; so good that my back arches . |
| 3 | Jean was clinging onto his arm , as though to stop him inflicting more hurt . |
| 4 | From across the kitchen Lavinia smiled at him as though to reassure him , as though stating again that he did not seem laughable . |
| 5 | A grateful Niki coasts towards the finish , with Nelson , a lap down , riding pillion behind him , as though to push him across the line if he runs out of fuel . |
| 6 | She said it sharply , as though to cut him down . |
| 7 | Kate suggested , as though to please him . |
| 8 | Like my father I love books and solitude and I flee from publicity , the brutality of the media , interviews where they try to get the interviewee to say things he does n't really think , as though to catch him out . |
| 9 | She dug deeper into the flesh of his lower back and buttocks , raising her hips to press him deeper into her still , her sex tightening around his cock as though to prevent him from leaving her unspent . |