Example sentences of "as [subord] he [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you put someone on a second floor balcony , for instance , to deliver an address , it looks as if he is simply haranguing his listeners . |
| 2 | When Disllokey nods to me this morning it is with a distant seriousness , as if he is already bracing himself to lose his identity in the harshly impersonal world across the water . |
| 3 | He smokes at it as if he 's just a-digging ’ in his own garden ! ’ |
| 4 | Now , with the Hollywood movie Not Without My Daughter , in which he stars opposite Sally Field , due out later this year , it looks as if he 's finally set for international fame . |
| 5 | ‘ He does n't look as if he 's ever seen hounds before ! |
| 6 | It 's not as if he 's ever seen either of us , or is ever likely to again , ’ Cara hissed , as one or two people turned to look at them . |
| 7 | This child had been asked to look at his foot carefully ‘ as if he 's never seen it before ’ . |
| 8 | He looks as if he 's always having dreams . |
| 9 | Sometimes it 's as if he 's constantly rejecting the first idea that comes into his mind , and plays the second instead . |