Example sentences of "as [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So you actually write down questions so much going on you ca n't be expected to remember everything and if you 've got just you know sort of questions written down the page like what is your name , it 's simple as that it gets you to do , what ? |
| 2 | He does n't see us as a part of a crowd , he does n't see us as a number on a computer , he does n't see us as numbers on a bank account , or in some other organizational er er er computer set up or whatever it is , he does n't just see us as that he sees us as individuals . |
| 3 | The girls screamed ; some gritted their teeth , others stayed cool as if nothing worried them . |
| 4 | We studied the view as if we owned it ; |
| 5 | I became one of the enthusiastic mob ( mostly female ) who hung over the balcony rail at the end of performances of Swan Lake and Coppelia , yelling for Margot and Bobby ( Fonteyn and Helpmann ) , as if we knew them personally . |
| 6 | We were reminded , as if we needed it , of another old barker probably on the Air Ministry roof in SW1 , having ordered their Majesties to take good cover . |
| 7 | Miserable wheatears looked as if they wished they had stayed in Africa . |
| 8 | There are a few like myself , who look as if they wished they were n't there , and would like to get the whole thing over as quickly as possible . |
| 9 | The provision of horses was unexpected , but curiously cheering , because it seemed to show that the giants were sending Floy and Snodgrass off in reasonable style , as if they expected them to return . |
| 10 | Many viewers were ‘ structuring their lives round it ’ and spoke of the characters as if they knew them well ( BBC , 1986 ) . |
| 11 | On the dressing table inside the large bay window all her cosmetics and lotions stood vacantly , as if they knew they would never be used again . |
| 12 | How can anyone be so arrogant as to talk about this Creature , this Thing , as if they knew It , as if they had just had a letter from It or had chatted to It over the phone , when the It can not be conceived , understood , described , or even proved to exist . |
| 13 | And as if they knew it they sent another flare up into the sky , so that it glowed bright and cheerful as a street lamp above his path of retreat . |
| 14 | Cecilia turned the pages of her address book , she turned them slowly , she scrutinized them as if they fascinated her . |
| 15 | In his wake were two older men in crumpled uniforms , unshaven clumsy fellows , carrying their rifles gingerly as if they feared they might go off unexpectedly . |
| 16 | Most of the square-skulled men I followed in this way in the streets turned out to have very macho faces , conventionally handsome , proud , even disdainful , as if they felt they alone were the lords and masters of the earth . |
| 17 | Deems 's eyes were soft , and did not rest long in one place , as if they sought something they feared to find . |
| 18 | Abruptly , the dark head was bent to hers again , the compulsive brush of his lips against the side of her neck so searing it felt as if they grazed her skin . |
| 19 | Creeping after her as if they stalked her . |
| 20 | She could never ignore them as she passed them on the street , and they , as if they sensed it , turned to her , picking her out at once from a throng of a hundred other pedestrians as the one who saw and heard them . |
| 21 | They were in their early thirties , so 1 did not feel too out of place from the point of view of age , and at first no one took any notice of me , as if they thought I was just another mature student . |
| 22 | She was a little woman , not much taller than Carrie , but she seemed strong as a railway porter , carrying their cases as if they weighed nothing . |
| 23 | This may be true , and many advertisers of these categories of goods — which tend to account for the majority of advertisements appearing on TV and in major national newspapers and magazines — behave as if they believe it . |
| 24 | It was as if they considered themselves above socialising with a mere shop assistant . |
| 25 | It was almost as if they considered him to be as much a victim of his government as they were of theirs , as if he could no more be held responsible for Reagan 's actions than they could for Gaddafi 's . |
| 26 | They stayed close to the Oaks , as if they considered it their duty , and they looked as if they might find life a serious business . |
| 27 | It 's as if they think there 's something wrong with me . |
| 28 | I think there 's less risk of you being caught then — Lee 's and your mother 's people are looking for either a single man and woman or two unrelated young people ; it seems as if they think it 's inconceivable that you should have remained together . |
| 29 | " They 're acting as if they think I did it . " |
| 30 | It 's as if they think I 'm really Firmin and then from time to time I just pretend to be this white man called Charlie . |