Example sentences of "as [conj] [verb] they [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is no more than the action of clashing their teeth together as if sinking them into the neck of the prey , in the specialized killing bite of the cat , but it has become a sound signal that many observers have commented on . |
| 2 | Philip French wrote in The Times , ‘ Once again , the considerable talent of Michael Crawford is squandered on feeble material , and he is excusably incapable of convincing us of the irresistible attraction of an insipid newcomer called Genevieve Gilles , who delivers her lines as if reading them from the small print of an oculist 's chart ( from which they might well have derived ) . |
| 3 | The man looked at the boys as if seeing them for the first time . |
| 4 | Julius looked at her jeans and T-shirt , as if seeing them for the first time . |
| 5 | Eddie 's gaze ran on round the room , taking in , as if seeing them for the first time , the stool and easel , the framed reproduction Leonardo drawings on the walls , the low divan bed . |
| 6 | But on the following day he had shaved the red stubble from his chin , was wearing a cleaner shirt , and was once more beginning to adopt a stern and over-bearing expression The Magistrate continued to give the orders which regulated the defence of the enclave , but in a subdued tone , as if referring them to the final authority of the Collector , should he wish to exercise it . |
| 7 | Jannie put her spare hand over her eyes as if shielding them from the sun , and closed out the sight of her husband . |
| 8 | The old woman settled back in her chair and shook her shoulders as if to free them from the burdens of the present . |