Example sentences of "be behave as [subord] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 The Venerable David Silk , Archdeacon of Leicester , summing up the theological opposition , said that in ordaining women the Church of England would ‘ cease to be part of the Catholic , apostolic church and would be behaving as if it were the whole of Christianity , or a mere sect ’ .
2 Only we are behaving as if it 's nothing to do with us and that only the West is to blame for the thousands who turn their back on us . ’
3 Shadow ministers , who had been behaving as if they were about to move into Whitehall , looked stunned and shattered .
4 The bacteria were behaving as if they ‘ knew ’ the glucose was there and were responding adaptively .
5 The Emissary and his people were behaving as if she simply was n't there .
6 The best way to face irresistible change is to behave as if it were welcome .
7 He was behaving as if nothing at all had happened between them .
8 Annie was behaving as if she were fully dressed .
9 My heart was behaving as if I were going before a judge .
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