Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] as [subord] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | We 've got to realise that there 's going to families out and about , and what we 'll do is the aircraft er I have n't seen the scenario on paper , but just off the top of my head , I can tell you that the aircraft will make their approaches to the base as if it were a real target . |
| 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 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ The reader interprets the text as if it had been written in his own language , culture and time … . |
| 6 | The small khat traders from Djibouti , who travel the route as if it were the local bus , shrieked and angrily rearranged their shawls and robes . |
| 7 | He blinked at the light as if it hurt him . |
| 8 | She strutted around in the snow as if it belonged to her . |
| 9 | He is then slid into the back of the ambulance as if it was an oven . |
| 10 | It was a dazzling Saturday afternoon , and the park was full of contented people : children stood knicker-deep in bliss , stroking the paddling-pool as if it were some great tame animal ; attendant mothers soaked in the sun ; lovers were prone and entranced on the grass . |
| 11 | ‘ Before what reaches us ? ’ she croaked , hanging on to the wheel as if it were a lifebelt . |
| 12 | So we entertain the illusion of hearing much of the dialogue as if it were second-hand . |
| 13 | Their sleep disturbed , their murmured resentment rises into a wind , stirring up the packed clay of the wasteground as if it were desert sand . |
| 14 | His foot went through the ice as if it had been paper . |
| 15 | It tells us that the soldiers are thinking back to before the war , to the sun as if it were something in the distant past which they took for granted but has now become their last hope and so they are turning back to nature to put right a problem they caused . |
| 16 | If we imagine ourselves to be standing outside time , looking down upon the history of the Universe as if it were a relief map , we get a different perspective . |
| 17 | It lets existing Windows programs recognize the pen as if it were a mouse . |
| 18 | He could picture the scene as if it were yesterday . |
| 19 | inadequately educated persons er , view of what it is to be well educated i.e. we 've got to comment on the spelling as if it were important |
| 20 | Your treating the question as if it did n't exist is no help to you , no one ever got away by playing the ostrich . ’ |
| 21 | Nicandra smiled and acknowledged the obeisance as if it was from a dog doing its trick . |
| 22 | Doyle was closing his notebook and supervising the removal of the body as if it were a precious exhibit which he was frightened someone would break . |
| 23 | Some pupils observed doing the practical task attempted to treat the charge as if it was a continuous scale , but there was no firm evidence of this happening in the written test version . |
| 24 | Christians quote from the Bible as if it had divine authority . |
| 25 | It was therefore natural to test the phonograph as if it were taking down shorthand . |
| 26 | And then , for ten , twenty , forty hours or so the millions sit back to watch the show as the huge tropical storm lashes and bursts and howls its way around the islands , shaking , shuddering and drenching the place as if it held all the concentrated fury of nature and had decided to unleash it upon this one unfortunate spot . |
| 27 | We 're not yet a police lab even if you do walk in and out of the place as if it 's your own kitchen . |
| 28 | HERR NORDERN would have recognised the scene inside the Station as if it were a replay of a film , or a remake , rather : the shady characters and the drunks , and the badinage reflecting a curious bonhomie between the Duty Officer and the offenders , although the cast was different and , it being later , the Station was busier ; the offenders looking more offensive and the policemen more policeman-like , bigger , harder , and , in all senses of the word , more arresting — although , big and hard though they were , two of them , bundling out an unfortunate to a police van , gave way respectfully to Frau Nordern as she stalked towards the desk . |
| 29 | Frau Nordern took the phone again , bellowed ‘ Karl ! ’ several decibels louder than Omi , shook the phone as if it were a recalcitrant child , listened again , then put it down . |
| 30 | ‘ They write this stuff for office workers , ’ Carmichael complains , peering at the newsprint as if it was written in a foreign language . |