Example sentences of "as [conj] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | as if weighted by dreams or water |
| 2 | We shoot down into the rapid as if fired out of a cannon . |
| 3 | It must have taken Summerchild at least an extra minute in each direction ; as I recall it from those evenings fifteen years ago , he walked at a much more reflective pace , as if slowed by some inner weight . |
| 4 | And then , even while she was making valiant efforts to control herself , because for certain he was going to set about strangling her at any moment , after some seconds of looking at her as if staggered , suddenly , and to her amazement , he was seeing the funny side of it also — and he was laughing too ! |
| 5 | Then he stiffened as if sandbagged by a sudden recollection , gave a small yelp of terror and dashed into the gloom . |
| 6 | Suddenly then though her attention was taken by a red squirrel which darted from nowhere and , effortlessly it seemed , bounced over the grass and then , as if jerked up on a string , shot up a tree . |
| 7 | Well , we shall seem to back off , as if discovered , but in reality we shall continue with our scheme . |
| 8 | So it has been held that a provision in a statute that regulations made under the statute will take effect as if enacted in the statute ( that is , they will be unchallengeable as if they were made by Parliament ) does not prevent the courts holding the regulation to be ultra vires . |
| 9 | as if summoned by that anger , Tom Carey rounded a bend in the path , rod in hand . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , like lemmings who have smelt the sea , the noble lords streamed out of their chamber in a body to appear , as if summoned by telepathy , when Dungannon 's speech drew to its close . |
| 11 | as if summoned by the music , a pang assaulted her heart . |
| 12 | It floats above us , gleaming in the darkness as if supported on a cloud of talk and booze while the people below swarm and chat and roar Andy on ; the champagne — already dripping down off the edges of the table onto the temporary matting beneath from spillages — is almost overflowing the second-last level of glasses . |
| 13 | They went to big hotels as if determined never again to experience anything like this house wedding in all their mortal lives . |
| 14 | Arsenal started the 1932–3 season as if determined to erase the unhappy memories of the previous spring . |
| 15 | as if determined to seize the initiative , Natasha said as soon as the maid had gone : ‘ I was shocked to hear of Sam 's abduction . |
| 16 | Davide caught his start when she leant over to give him a clean plate , how he set his chair straight and then , after a falter , flowed on , hammering the air with his clenched hands as he made his points , as if determined not to notice her . |
| 17 | Then he stroked her lightly , soothingly , as if determined not to make any sudden movements that would startle her . |
| 18 | However the gem is surely the Third Ballade with the opening pages played as if improvised on the spot , the figuration commencing at 3′34″ foaming and cascading with a freedom and liberality unknown to most players . |
| 19 | She switched on the electric fire , the room was freezing as if hung with icicles . |
| 20 | Limeking went down as if shot , and his rider Pat Buckley desperately tried to get him to his feet as the horse , flanks heaving , lay in a mess of thorn and fir and mud . |
| 21 | Thus the illustration contributes nothing to the text , which runs ‘ Edward [ actually Edgar ! ] lightly sprung aside and avoided the cut aimed at him , and then delivered a blow with all his force just in front of the ear , and the man dropped again as if shot . ’ |
| 22 | At five to seven she decided that her long gold hair needed another combing — and jumped up from the dressing-table as if shot when a minute later the phone in her room rang and the receptionist told her that a car had come for her . |
| 23 | But as if fixed to a wall there . |
| 24 | Small and forlorn , as if exorcised . |
| 25 | It has been noted that on occasions the cremated bones are found in the urns in a small cluster as if placed there in a small bag . |
| 26 | He looked round the little nursery with a puzzled frown , as if disconcerted not to find a chair . |
| 27 | In one of a series of flashy special effects that often intrude rather than enhance the action , Streep 's upper and nether regions instantaneously tighten as if bolted into an invisible vice . |
| 28 | As his hand closed on the rubber border , the man appeared to steady , staring fixedly as if fascinated by the spectacle . |
| 29 | Mr Hobbs gazed at me as if fascinated . |
| 30 | The Lord Chancellor 's Practice Direction of 17 March 1987 provides that clear photographic copies ( of all documents ) will be accepted as if printed or typed . |