Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] as if [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His knees were wobbling as if they might collapse under the strain of holding his body upright . |
| 2 | Again her eyes were blinking as if her memory were groping to recall the special occasion when her father had a walking stick and she had a parasol . |
| 3 | ‘ They were talking as if they had lost a £10 note . |
| 4 | The old stone pillars were shaking as if they were being brought back to life . |
| 5 | The bacteria were behaving as if they ‘ knew ’ the glucose was there and were responding adaptively . |
| 6 | The Emissary and his people were behaving as if she simply was n't there . |
| 7 | It seemed like a complete breakdown ; but after a few minutes he saw that they were playing as if they had always played this way . |
| 8 | The rest of the hens were roaming as if nothing had happened . |
| 9 | My heart was thumping as if I had run a race and there was a pain in my back . |
| 10 | Now , for reasons she still could n't fully fathom , she was lifting curtains to reveal all to a man who was , in truth , little more than a stranger — and he was reacting as if he were a long-lost brother . |
| 11 | Sue sat quietly and smiled while this was happening as if she had nothing to do with the incident . |
| 12 | At the end of one hour her back was aching as if it had been kicked all over by a mule ; but she went on doggedly , though it soon became absolute agony . |
| 13 | Nicolo had flung his head back ; he was laughing as if she had just told the world 's funniest joke . |
| 14 | Hannah Dooley was looking as if she might do something usefully hysterical at any moment . |
| 15 | And this year 's general trade was looking as if it might not equal last year 's , until Monday 21st December , when , with many companies and all the schools having closed , panic buying on an old-fashioned scale happened , ’ reported John Lauder . |
| 16 | Corbett took his seat , trying to ignore de Craon who was grinning as if he had suddenly found something amusing . |
| 17 | He was acting as if they had a settled relationship , but they had n't . |
| 18 | But Patrick was acting as if he lived her kind of life , which indeed he had once . |
| 19 | He 'd been a bit scared of her before , but he was even more so now she was acting as if she was n't right in the head . |
| 20 | Athelstan could have sworn he was acting as if there was someone else there . |
| 21 | Such is Ireland 's thrust for self-respect that , after the match , the Irish dressing room was buzzing as if there was some confusion about the outcome . |
| 22 | He was behaving as if nothing at all had happened between them . |
| 23 | Annie was behaving as if she were fully dressed . |
| 24 | My heart was behaving as if I were going before a judge . |
| 25 | ‘ Do n't look so wistful — there will be another time for Bamburgh , ’ he said quietly , and she wondered why he was talking as if they had a future together . |
| 26 | Marguerite was talking as if they would be here for ages . |
| 27 | She was feeling as if she 'd made a long , exhausting hike instead of just the kilometre or so that she 'd actually walked , but it was n't a bad feeling . |
| 28 | He 'd been thinking that he 'd covered every angle , but now he was feeling as if he 'd been wrong-footed . |
| 29 | Then he remembered a woman he 'd met once on a train , she was singing hymns to the window , he 'd been embarrassed at first , half her fringe was missing as if someone had taken a bite out of it , only he knew she 'd done it because she caught him staring and laughed and said , ‘ I always cut it when I 'm loaded , ’ and he remembered something about a house , and because there was nothing left to cling to , because it was the only piece of wreckage left afloat , he remembered how to get there too , it was either remember or die . |
| 30 | He was smiling as if he recognized her , and she had a queer , uncanny feeling that she knew him very well … |