Example sentences of "[adv] as if she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was none of the coy evasion of most women in her , he was thinking ; and went on as if she had not spoken . |
| 2 | But he carried on as if she had n't spoken . |
| 3 | ‘ Take this as a promise of my intention , ’ he went on as if she had n't spoken , and before she had time to realise what he intended to do , his mouth was on hers , harsh and demanding . |
| 4 | She was going on as if she loved the fucking man , not just the fucking ! |
| 5 | She used to ring Otto at his office , rather as if she felt this experience had some professional interest to Otto . |
| 6 | ‘ But there are things you have no experience of , ’ he continued inexorably as if she had n't spoken . |
| 7 | First let her fear build up : let her come to believe that this prize , this catch of the season , would leave her not only as if she had never met him but somehow spoiled . |
| 8 | He held out the clipboard impatiently as if she quibbled over a minor detail . |
| 9 | ‘ That 's the image you project on stage , ’ he continued mildly as if she had n't spoken . |
| 10 | Jenna began awkwardly , and he suddenly gave a shout of laughter , vaulting the fence and then reaching to lift her over as if she weighed nothing at all . |
| 11 | There seemed no point in justifying her mistake still further , so she merely sat down in silence and allowed Lyddy to place paper and ink and a pen before her , just as if she had summoned her all the way upstairs for that very purpose . |
| 12 | ‘ Would you mind if they had ? ’ he asked , just as if she 'd spoken the thought aloud . |
| 13 | There must be a strong reason why no one of her family will have her and it is not as if she had no money . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's not as if she 's ever been any different , ’ she said . |
| 15 | It 's not as if she did n't warn me , is it ? |
| 16 | She flinched away as if she 'd been burnt . |
| 17 | With a furious blink , she met Guy 's intent appraisal across the table , and whipped her gaze away as if she 'd been burned . |
| 18 | ‘ I noticed , ’ she said , reaching out to touch him — and pulling away as if she had been stung as the telephone rang inside the house . |
| 19 | She felt as guilty about running away as if she had just robbed a lame beggar of his last groat . |
| 20 | She smiled back then looked away quickly as if she had been caught doing something wrong . |
| 21 | And remembering it — it seemed more as if she relived it — her whole body ached , tensed , fidgeted . |
| 22 | FitzAlan turned on her , flinging her off as if she carried the plague . |
| 23 | Her presence in the workhouse in itself seems an odd occurrence ; it was hardly as if she had no-one to turn to — any one of her brothers must have been in a position to help when help was needed . |
| 24 | She held her hands out as if she held a sub-machine-gun and went ‘ Rat-tat-tat-ta . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I beg your pardon ? ’ said Mrs Cramp again , reeling back as if she had just been slapped in the face . |
| 26 | Anne stepped back as if she had been struck . |
| 27 | The old woman stared at him and her eyes were bright and piercing and the silver thimble had fallen to the lap of her dress , and her fists were clenched now as if she searched for a memory , and her husband watched her anxiously as if he witnessed that she was at war within herself . |
| 28 | She was as much a part of this murky landscape now as if she had been born here , every step of the way between Miss Gemma Dallam 's cloistered corner and her own — in spirit a universe apart — being so familiar to her that it seemed she had always known them , or had known them before , in another place , a dozen other places ; another life . |
| 29 | When Benny moved to the end of the vestibule — striding boldly as if she belonged , hoping to attract less attention than a furtive visitor would — she was momentarily stunned at the sheer scale of what lay before her . |
| 30 | The Arguments continue along much the same agile lines with singer Juliette bounding around as if she 's been plugged into the national grid . |