Example sentences of "as [conj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | as if to reassure the Danzigers , on the first day of the election campaign Hitler announced his intention to renegotiate the Anglo-German Air and Naval pacts . |
| 2 | They shepherded their charges with a cheerful , maternal competence as if to reassure them that the place might look like a prison but was as gently beneficent as a nursing home and that they were only there for their own good . |
| 3 | Laidlaw watched Graham until he had disappeared into the house then touched his holstered P220 automatic as if to reassure himself . |
| 4 | as if to reassure , Sophie added , ‘ I was in my room . |
| 5 | Even so , he lit the lamp on his desk , put a fresh cigarette in his holder and firmly affixed his monocle — all as if to reassure himself , as if to confirm both his identity and his authority : Colonel Eric R. S. Windsor , DSO , Colonel-in Chief of His Majesty 's 16th Infantry Division , currently stationed in Cambridge Barracks , Cork . |
| 6 | But then he stood , although his hand rested momentarily on my shoulder , as if to reassure me ; to say it did not matter . |
| 7 | She gripped my arms as she hugged me , as if to reassure herself I was n't going to disappear . |
| 8 | as if to reassure herself , she coldly analysed his features from under thick gold-brown eyelashes . |
| 9 | The sky was heavy with rain-filled clouds which pressed down on the dome of St Paul 's as if to deflate it , and the wharves and warehouses bordering the river cowered like black giants in the smoky gloom . |
| 10 | He imagined for a moment that he was still in short pants , until she turned to him and added , ‘ What I mean is , I would have still recognised you , ’ and as if to soften her first statement she added further , ‘ Of course , you 've grown much taller . |
| 11 | The Prince smiled , as if to soften his sartorial orders , then gestured at one of his Dutch aides . |
| 12 | Amsterdam rose and put his hand on his aunt 's shoulder as if to soften the blow he was about to deliver . |
| 13 | A translucent figure appeared before him , its three fingered hand outstretched as if to claim him for death . |
| 14 | In the new one , as if to repeat the church 's social teaching against communism that ‘ every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own ’ ( Leo XIII 1903 : 210 ) , Article 43 announced : |
| 15 | He spoke as if to placate her . |
| 16 | His face goes white , then red , and he raises his fist to me as if to hit me , thinks better of it , pushes his nose in the air and his voice down to his boots . |
| 17 | She swung her arm as if to hit him , but Johnny caught hold of it and pushed her hand away . |
| 18 | Miss Armstrong said the defendants were in some way prodding the woman from behind she swung round as if to hit the children with her bag and they ran off . |
| 19 | as if to highlight the fact that the referee 's performance was as inconsistent as everybody 's else 's , McGinlay was booked seven minutes before the interval for hand ball . |
| 20 | He made as if to talk to them when they melted before his very eyes ; he could n't believe it and as the guard approached he told him what he had seen . |
| 21 | He just looked at me as if to say ‘ how did you know I was doing that ? ’ |
| 22 | Then one day she started pushing the baby toward me , as if to say , ‘ Go on . |
| 23 | ‘ This is my window , ’ she added and tossed a haughty look to the rest of the room as if to say , ‘ Are foreigners as stupid as shit , or what ? ’ |
| 24 | She looked at him as if to say : ‘ Truce ? ’ |
| 25 | Bringing up the rear , Stanley , catalogue in hand , turned and gestured with his head , as if to say : ‘ Are you coming then ? ’ |
| 26 | Mungo turned as if to say : ‘ What 's so funny ? ’ |
| 27 | When I got past I 'd put my head up again , as if to say , ‘ I do n't care ’ . |
| 28 | Von Karajan simply looked over , as if to say , ‘ I know my job , I hope you know yours . |
| 29 | He just glanced over again , as if to say OK , but not a word was spoken . |
| 30 | With a hop , skip and neat somersault under the ropes the crew-cut American cop was in the ring , brandishing his sawn-off rifle at Berzerker , as if to say ‘ go ahead , punk , make my day … ‘ . |