Example sentences of "[verb] as if [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His lips parted as if about to shape some words . |
| 2 | Her scalp gleamed as if freshly oiled , and pornographic tattoos seemed to writhe across it with a life of their own . |
| 3 | The stone gleamed as if freshly washed whilst every window was glazed , some with pure glass , others , despite the poor light , even displaying brave heraldic emblems in a variety of hues . |
| 4 | Corbett rose as if about to leave . |
| 5 | I seized that bloody pole , swinging the barge round even as I felt the water beneath me slop and gurgle as if maliciously laughing at me , waiting to embrace us in its frozen grasp . |
| 6 | Er which also really does n't look as if actually asks you cross section . |
| 7 | Her hair never looked unkempt , but always shone as if newly brushed and was usually tied in a pony-tail with well-ironed blue or pink ribbon . |
| 8 | The official blurb explains that the plaster figures ‘ stand as if boldly forging ahead , their eyes fixed on our motherland 's beautiful future ’ . |
| 9 | Barbirolli 's accompaniment may be rumbustious rather than subtle , yet the music sounds as if newly minted , alive in all its first audacious ardour and novelty . |
| 10 | My dogs were straining against the sledge now and yelping as if badly hurt . |
| 11 | Charles Wilson broadly agreed , while Humphrey spoke as if directly coached by the British ( he also anticipated in striking fashion the language of Henry Kissinger in the early 1970s ) . |
| 12 | Though chopped every which way , the whole tentacle squirmed towards where they stood as if still joined together , glued by some adhesive force from outside the normal universe . |