Example sentences of "as [subord] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , straightening up as if already the burden of sovereignty weighed heavily on his shoulders , he made his reply . ’ |
| 2 | as if already suffering from an excess of emotion , he left . |
| 3 | Faye patted her growing belly as if already determined to shield her own child from the pain of something like a divorce . |
| 4 | Lady Francesca stared at the flowers as if already bored by the conversation . |
| 5 | When the man shook his head , he looked at his watch as if yet another important appointment awaited him , and strutted off . |
| 6 | But after a moment 's silence he said , as if casually , ‘ She 's a scamper , that one ; into every hole and corner , if I remember rightly , so she 's likely stayed out late and is frightened to go home — if old man Walton had a load on she 'd be introduced to the buckle end of his belt . |
| 7 | John and Simon always left the doors open upstairs , as if casually , so that anyone who suspected , but did not know , would think they 'd been wrong . |
| 8 | The waitress counts her tip as if reasonably expecting a million dollars for all the aggravation caused . |
| 9 | There was a darkness , a sinister menace clinging to some of them , as if simply to touch them might call up dreadful visions and evil forces . |
| 10 | Half way to the door I swivelled and , as if simply following the script of this particular hangover , strolled back to the table and came to a halt with my hands in my pockets a few feet from Davis 's chair . |
| 11 | She spoke of him occasionally , as if blithely unaware of any possible alter-egos that he might have . |
| 12 | The boats thus grew from no clear design — but emerged organically , with asymmetrical spars , as if barely freed from the forms of the forest . |
| 13 | Well … it looked as if tomorrow might be a very hectic day indeed . |
| 14 | It carried a bowl of flowers set , as if votively , before a photograph . |
| 15 | ‘ I have some rather good jewellery ’ ( and it was as if somewhere among her assortment of boxes was a very special one — but there was not — a mysterious Ali Baba store of necklaces , bracelets , rings , even a tiara ) ; ‘ I do n't think my insurers would be very pleased to know that a window was left open at night . ’ |
| 16 | She believed what she had said and yet those last words had a curious prophetic ring — as if somewhere in those uncharted seas which man calls Time , they were echoing and re-echoing into the future . |
| 17 | He looked at Kraal , who called out in loss and anger , and at the other eagles up and down the Cages , as if somewhere there there might be some help . |
| 18 | It 's as if somewhere in me a certain amount of good-will and kindness is manufactured every day ; and it must come out . |
| 19 | The heaving fluid was not cold , as it had looked , but slightly warm , as if somewhere at the centre there might be a heart , and veins , and lungs to breathe with … |
| 20 | They gave off a pungent , horsey smell , as if freshly cut . |
| 21 | Her scalp gleamed as if freshly oiled , and pornographic tattoos seemed to writhe across it with a life of their own . |
| 22 | The stone gleamed as if freshly washed whilst every window was glazed , some with pure glass , others , despite the poor light , even displaying brave heraldic emblems in a variety of hues . |
| 23 | as if even my memories of work on the glass were not memories but fantasies and fancies . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | A ripple of unease ran through the deputation at that , but the murmurings were indecipherable , as if even collectively its members were treading warily . |
| 26 | Her throat tightened on the word , as if even now she could n't quite admit it ; and she wondered how many other times she 'd made herself not hear . |
| 27 | Maddox said it as if even this world could deliver miracles . |
| 28 | It was as if time had lost all meaning , as if even that were conspiring to hasten him to this place where he would spend the rest of his life . |
| 29 | His wife , who had miscarried he was no longer sure how many times , had stayed in bed two or three weeks without setting her foot to the floor on every occasion , and had then spent a week or so more , he remembered , on a sofa in the drawing-room looking not merely untouchable but as if even a heavy footstep across the hall might shatter her into pieces like spun glass . |
| 30 | He fidgeted on his chair as if even thinking of them caused agitation . |