Example sentences of "[noun sg] as [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you want a new car , then cherish your beaten-up old Ford as if it were a gleaming red convertible . |
| 2 | He strode briskly into the building as if nothing had happened . |
| 3 | Some energy from point Q is also detected by the sensor as if it had originated at P , due to scattering at S1 . |
| 4 | In particular , I do not claim that the text " " presents " " these units " , in practice he picks out intonational units from the text as if they were given ( albeit he sometimes admits to ambiguities of prosodic structure ) . |
| 5 | ‘ The reader interprets the text as if it had been written in his own language , culture and time … . |
| 6 | So , you can rotate , stretch and generally fiddle with text as if it was a square or what have you . |
| 7 | The park lay in sodden neglect , sprawling over its rank acreage as if it had passed out . |
| 8 | His companion , swathed in a dark tawny robe as if he felt the cold , was a different kettle of fish : jet black hair framed a white face . |
| 9 | Perhaps this is a challenge to put it at the centre of our lives , to think about it and , this Lent , to read the story as if we were there . |
| 10 | I swilled down the half-pint of champagne as if it was bitter lemon . |
| 11 | ‘ I think it would be a good idea if we all had a swim before breakfast , do n't you ? ’ he said , the announcement seized upon with alacrity by the two little girls who , once again , began jumping up and down on the mattress as if it were a trampoline . |
| 12 | Beside him Vauban seemed to share the joke ; that extraordinary bastard leaned against the arm of the throne as if he was the king 's brother , openly stifling a yawn at Dacourt 's ponderous phrases . |
| 13 | When the castrato comes , I have to sing with him , for I have to teach him his whole part as if he were a child . |
| 14 | Erm it was the way they sort of checked all the way round the car park as if they were looking to see which would be the best . |
| 15 | Esther says of Mrs Jellyby : her voice impressed my fancy as if it had a sort of spectacles on too Ch 8 and of Mr Turveydrop : |
| 16 | Culley pulled on the man 's hair as if it were a bell rope , backhanded him across the throat again , then clamped his hand over Schmidt 's mouth . |
| 17 | They will also dance to an electric light bulb as if it were the sun . |
| 18 | He waved a dismissive hand in her direction as if she were an irritating fly . |
| 19 | Ana seemed to pick up the vibes very quickly and tagged along with Mitch , laughing at his humour , turning her head from time to time in Maggie 's direction as if she could hear steam coming from her ears . |
| 20 | To my mind it is as much of a prostitution of literary talent as Hemingway committed by his glorification of bullfighting , to read the likes of Allan Massie , lending his elegant prose to the description of pugilists , praising boxing as an art-form as if they were opera singers engaged in an aria celebrating physical courage in a coloratura of fists . |
| 21 | The decision should be made in the first instance as if it were easy to be made . |
| 22 | Learning them by heart as if they were magic signs . |
| 23 | The dun cock went down as the blue followed through , landing full-flush and kneading the gaffs on the dun 's heart as if he were working a treadle . |
| 24 | The thought that Doreen might be pregnant , that the processes of gestation might be irretrievably in motion at that very moment , returned at regular intervals with more and more force , pumping worry into his heart as if it were a balloon . |
| 25 | He began to rub his jaw as if he was in pain ; his normally pale face had turned white . |
| 26 | She was lifted against his bare chest as if she weighed no more than a feather , the shock of his warm skin and the slight roughness of short , curling hair against her palms rendering her abruptly speechless . |
| 27 | It was said with a kind of embarrassed formality as if he , not Dalgliesh , were the host and he was apologizing for the unexpected absence of the hostess . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , Ian , ’ he said , stroking the beard as if it were a favourite pet that had curled up on his chin , ‘ I think we have established incontrovertibly that you are an eidetiker of sorts . |
| 29 | But , ‘ No , ’ Lubor replied , every bit as if her question was an everyday one . |
| 30 | Must look a bit as if everything 's coming to an end . ’ |