Example sentences of "[adv] as [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are you sure , ’ said Simon , speaking slowly as if to someone with a poor knowledge of English , ‘ that Gazzer has n't already got the money ? |
| 2 | He rose and then dived within her , starting slowly as if to the beating of a primal drum . |
| 3 | I saw it was Alec , walking slowly as if in a daze , his right hand held up to his nose and mouth , his eyes downcast . |
| 4 | We floated on as if in a timeless limbo . |
| 5 | Nor can it be compared with the ballerina 's dance in Rhapsodie where she wafts to and fro as if in a dream before breaking into her solo . |
| 6 | He stiffened suddenly as if in sudden pain , as he recollected the incident . |
| 7 | The day before the Sale Arthur Crawford arrived with his plants for the Sale , suddenly as if by magic , turning a whole section of the pews into a beautiful living garden — perhaps the most appropriate way of all to support this particular cause ? |
| 8 | Unconsciously they had moved together as if for support . |
| 9 | Nell laid her cheek on her hands , held together as if in prayer , forming a pillow . |
| 10 | No one had bothered to wind it for a long time ; the two hands were clasped together as if in prayer , pointing eternally upwards — either to heaven or to twelve o'clock . |
| 11 | The way that had been made through the fallen rock was very narrow and uneven and to take John out he was laid on a board and pushed along as if on a sledge . |
| 12 | Suddenly , the ‘ other-worldliness ’ vanished as a cheerful young man dressed in white shirt and trousers bounced in as if on springs . |
| 13 | So as if by magic . |
| 14 | And then , just as if in answer to her private thought , the pilot went on : ‘ I 'd like to kiss each one of you before I go , but as I ca n't very well do that I 'll give your Brown Owl a big thank-you kiss for you all ! ’ |
| 15 | not as if on here you can actually only swivel round . |
| 16 | She could feel the enchantment in the words , the song from thirteen years back doubling with the fierce bewitchment of the moment — her eyes were dulling , the smell of the sea overcoming her , her mind sinking away as if into deep water . |
| 17 | If the current GATT proposals for opening up world trade for agriculture were inaugurated , he said , they would force Third World farmers to industrialise their production or be " washed away as if by a catastrophic flood " . |
| 18 | As priests and choir chant the story of the resurrection one priest is instructed to move away as if from the tomb , and then to turn back when another sings in Latin ‘ Whither goest thou ? ’ |
| 19 | He had , however , and deliberately , put these words away as if in a cupboard . |
| 20 | It was two in the morning and she walked the short distance to her home as if on a cushion of air . |
| 21 | The Vietminh had seemed to bring it off as if by a miracle . |
| 22 | The perspective of the dream must have shifted several times , for I saw her once as if from above , moving through a kind of square , or crossing place , and then again from the fixed point of the dream where I stood watching her , left forefront . |
| 23 | The faces watched him as he walked half the length of the hut , searchlights following him , and Holly went briskly as if by the speed of his step fourteen years might somehow trickle faster through the future 's fingers . |
| 24 | His hair fell over his forehead in a damp straight lock and his blue eyes were screwed up as if in concern or alarm . |
| 25 | We had dinner and a floor show , when part of the floor rose up as if by magic and a cabaret was presented . |
| 26 | ‘ Wow ! ’ said Angalo , his eyes lighting up as if by some internal power source . |
| 27 | The heat from the room below belched up as if from a furnace . |
| 28 | The smell was terrible , worse than anything Maggie had ever known , and on this frosty morning steam came up as if from a dung heap . |
| 29 | They drew up with a rasp of gravel just behind the trailer , and Sergeant Allen 's head popped out as if on a string . |
| 30 | Until now , Fenway Court has always retained the feeling of a private home , enhanced by such domestic touches as little vases of flowers , evening concerts and even a table laid out as if for tea ; it never seemed wholly incredible that Mrs Gardner herself would suddenly stroll through the door . |